Matthew:13

---

Seeker Overlay ON

* And that [same ] day Jesus went out from the house and sat down by the sea . * And great crowds were gathered together to him , so that going on board ship himself he sat down , and the whole crowd stood on the shore . * And he spoke to them many things in parables , saying , Behold , the sower went out to sow : * and as he sowed , some [grains ] fell along the way , and the birds came and devoured them ; * and others fell upon the rocky places where they had not much earth , and immediately they sprang up out of [the ground ] because of not having [any ] depth of earth , * but when the sun rose they were burned up , and because of not having [any ] root were dried up ; * and others fell upon the thorns , and the thorns grew up and choked them ; * and others fell upon the good ground , and produced fruit , one a hundred , one sixty , and one thirty . * He that has ears , let him hear . * And the disciples came up and said to him , Why speakest thou to them in parables ? * And he answering said to them , Because to you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of the heavens , but to them it is not given ; * for whoever has , to him shall be given , and he shall be caused to be in abundance ; but he who has not , even what he has shall be taken away from him . * For this cause I speak to them in parables , because seeing they do not see , and hearing they do not hear nor understand ; * and in them is filled up the prophecy of Esaias , which says , Hearing ye shall hear and shall not understand , and beholding ye shall behold and not see ; * for the heart of this people has grown fat , and they have heard heavily with their ears , and they have closed their eyes as asleep , lest they should see with the eyes , and hear with the ears , and understand with the heart , and should be converted , and I should heal them . * But blessed are your eyes because they see , and your ears because they hear ; * for verily I say unto you , that many prophets and righteous [men ] have desired to see the things which ye behold and did not see [them ], and to hear the things which ye hear and did not hear [them ]. * Ye , therefore , hear the parable of the sower . * From every one who hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand [it ], the wicked one comes and catches away what was sown in his heart : this is he that is sown by the wayside . * But he that is sown on the rocky places -- this is he who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy , * but has no root in himself , but is for a time only ; and when tribulation or persecution happens on account of the word , he is immediately offended . * And he that is sown among the thorns -- this is he who hears the word , and the anxious care of this life , and the deceit of riches choke the word , and he becomes unfruitful . * But he that is sown upon the good ground -- this is he who hears and understands the word , who bears fruit also , and produces , one a hundred , one sixty , and one thirty . * Another parable set he before them , saying , The kingdom of the heavens has become like a man sowing good seed in his field ; * but while men slept , his enemy came and sowed darnel amongst the wheat , and went away . * But when the blade shot up and produced fruit , then appeared the darnel also . * And the bondmen of the householder came up and said to him , Sir , hast thou not sown good seed in thy field ? whence then has it darnel ? * And he said to them , A man [that is ] an enemy has done this . And the bondmen said to him , Wilt thou then that we should go and gather it [up ]? * But he said , No ; lest [in ] gathering the darnel ye should root up the wheat with it . * Suffer both to grow together unto the harvest , and in time of the harvest I will say to the harvestmen , Gather first the darnel , and bind it into bundles to burn it ; but the wheat bring together into my granary . * Another parable set he before them , saying , The kingdom of the heavens is like a grain of mustard [seed ] which a man took and sowed in his field ; * which is less indeed than all seeds , but when it is grown is greater than herbs , and becomes a tree , so that the birds of heaven come and roost in its branches . * He spoke another parable to them : The kingdom of the heavens is like leaven , which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal until it had been all leavened . * All these things Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables , and without a parable he did not speak to them , * so that that should be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet , saying , I will open my mouth in parables ; I will utter things hidden from [the ] world 's foundation . * Then , having dismissed the crowds , he went into the house ; and his disciples came to him , saying , Expound to us the parable of the darnel of the field . * But he answering said , He that sows the good seed is the Son of man , * and the field is the world ; and the good seed , these are the sons of the kingdom , but the darnel are the sons of the evil [one ]; * and the enemy who has sowed it is the devil ; and the harvest is [the ] completion of [the ] age , and the harvestmen are angels . * As then the darnel is gathered and is burned in the fire , thus it shall be in the completion of the age . * The Son of man shall send his angels , and they shall gather out of his kingdom all offences , and those that practise lawlessness ; * and they shall cast them into the furnace of fire ; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth . * Then the righteous shall shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father . He that has ears , let him hear . * The kingdom of the heavens is like a treasure hid in the field , which a man having found has hid , and for the joy of it goes and sells all whatever he has , and buys that field . * Again , the kingdom of the heavens is like a merchant seeking beautiful pearls ; * and having found one pearl of great value , he went and sold all whatever he had and bought it . * Again , the kingdom of the heavens is like a seine which has been cast into the sea , and which has gathered together of every kind , * which , when it has been filled , having drawn up on the shore and sat down , they gathered the good into vessels and cast the worthless out . * Thus shall it be in the completion of the age : the angels shall go forth and sever the wicked from the midst of the just , * and shall cast them into the furnace of fire ; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth . * Jesus says to them , Have ye understood all these things ? They say to him , Yea , [Lord ]. * And he said to them , For this reason every scribe discipled to the kingdom of the heavens is like a man [that is ] a householder who brings out of his treasure things new and old . * And it came to pass when Jesus had finished these parables he withdrew thence . * And having come into his own country , he taught them in their synagogue , so that they were astonished , and said , Whence has this [man ] this wisdom and these works of power ? * Is not this the son of the carpenter ? Is not his mother called Mary , and his brethren James , and Joseph , and Simon , and Judas ? * And his sisters , are they not all with us ? Whence then has this [man ] all these things ? * And they were offended in him . And Jesus said to them , A prophet is not without honour , unless in his country and in his house . * And he did not there many works of power , because of their unbelief .

---