rkjnt - Matthew:13:3-23

rkjnt@Matthew:13:3 @ And he spoke many things to them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;

rkjnt@Matthew:13:4 @ And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the wayside, and the birds came and devoured them:

rkjnt@Matthew:13:5 @ Some fell upon stony places, where they did not have much earth: and at once they sprang up, because they had no depth of soil:

rkjnt@Matthew:13:6 @ And when the sun came up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.

rkjnt@Matthew:13:7 @ And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up, and choked them:

rkjnt@Matthew:13:8 @ But other seeds fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some a hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.

rkjnt@Matthew:13:9 @ He who has ears, let him hear.

rkjnt@Matthew:13:10 @ And the disciples came, and said to him, Why do you speak to them in parables?

rkjnt@Matthew:13:11 @ He answered them, It has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.

rkjnt@Matthew:13:12 @ For whoever has, to him shall more be given, and he shall have an abundance: but whoever does not have, even what he has shall be taken away.

rkjnt@Matthew:13:13 @ Therefore, I speak to them in parables: because seeing they see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.

rkjnt@Matthew:13:14 @ And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, who says, You shall continue to hear, but not understand; and you shall continue to see, but not perceive:

rkjnt@Matthew:13:15 @ For this people's heart has become dull, and their ears are hard of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

rkjnt@Matthew:13:16 @ But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.

rkjnt@Matthew:13:17 @ For truly I say to you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which you see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which you hear, and have not heard them.

rkjnt@Matthew:13:18 @ Hear then the parable of the sower.

rkjnt@Matthew:13:19 @ When anyone hears the word of the kingdom, and does not understand it, then the wicked one comes, and catches away that which was sown in his heart. This is the seed that was sown by the wayside.

rkjnt@Matthew:13:20 @ The seed sown upon stony places is he who hears the word, and immediately receives it with joy;

rkjnt@Matthew:13:21 @ Yet he has no root in himself, and endures only for a while: when tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, he falls away.

rkjnt@Matthew:13:22 @ The seed sown among the thorns is he who hears the word; and the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.

rkjnt@Matthew:13:23 @ But the seed sown on the good ground is he who hears the word, and understands it; he also bears fruit, and brings forth, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty.