Matthew:13:23-51
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As for what was sown on good soil ,
this is he who hears the word and understands it ;
he indeed bears fruit ,
and yields ,
in one case a hundredfold ,
in another sixty ,
and in another thirty ."
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Another parable he put before them ,
saying , "
The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field ;
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but while men were sleeping ,
his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat ,
and went away .
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So when the plants came up and bore grain ,
then the weeds appeared also .
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And the servants of the householder came and said to him , `
Sir ,
did you not sow good seed in your field ?
How then has it weeds ?'
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He said to them , `
An enemy has done this .'
The servants said to him , `
Then do you want us to go and gather them ?'
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But he said , `
No ;
lest in gathering the weeds you root up the wheat along with them .
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Let both grow together until the harvest ;
and at harvest time I will tell the reapers ,
Gather the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned ,
but gather the wheat into my barn .'"
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Another parable he put before them ,
saying , "
The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and sowed in his field ;
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it is the smallest of all seeds ,
but when it has grown it is the greatest of shrubs and becomes a tree ,
so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches ."
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He told them another parable . "
The kingdom of heaven is like leaven which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour ,
till it was all leavened ."
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All this Jesus said to the crowds in parables ;
indeed he said nothing to them without a parable .
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This was to fulfil what was spoken by the prophet : "
I will open my mouth in parables ,
I will utter what has been hidden since the foundation of the world ."
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Then he left the crowds and went into the house .
And his disciples came to him ,
saying , "
Explain to us the parable of the weeds of the field ."
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He answered , "
He who sows the good seed is the Son of man ;
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the field is the world ,
and the good seed means the sons of the kingdom ;
the weeds are the sons of the evil one ,
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and the enemy who sowed them is the devil ;
the harvest is the close of the age ,
and the reapers are angels .
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Just as the weeds are gathered and burned with fire ,
so will it be at the close of the age .
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The Son of man will send his angels ,
and they will gather out of his kingdom all causes of sin and all evildoers ,
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and throw them into the furnace of fire ;
there men will weep and gnash their teeth .
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Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father .
He who has ears ,
let him hear .
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The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field ,
which a man found and covered up ;
then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field .
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Again ,
the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls ,
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who ,
on finding one pearl of great value ,
went and sold all that he had and bought it .
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Again ,
the kingdom of heaven is like a net which was thrown into the sea and gathered fish of every kind ;
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when it was full ,
men drew it ashore and sat down and sorted the good into vessels but threw away the bad .
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So it will be at the close of the age .
The angels will come out and separate the evil from the righteous ,
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and throw them into the furnace of fire ;
there men will weep and gnash their teeth .
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Have you understood all this ?"
They said to him , "
Yes ."
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