Matthew 13, book of Matthew, Bible

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book of Matthew, chapter 13
Matthew 13

On that day Jesus went out of the house, and was sitting by the sea.
  2  And great multitudes gathered to Him, so that He got into a boat and sat down, and the whole multitude was standing on the beach.
  3  And He spoke many things in them in parables, saying “Behold, the sower went out to sow;
  4  and as the sowed, some seeds fell beside the road, and the birds came and ate them up.
  5  “And others fell upon the rocky places, where they did not have much soil; and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of soil.
  6  “But when the sun had risen, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.
  7  “And others fell among the thorns, and the thorns came up and choked them out.
  8  “And others fell on the good soil, and *yielded a crop, some a hundredfold, some sixty, and some thirty.
  9  “He who has ears, let him hear.”
 10  And the disciplines came and said to Him, “Why do You speak to them in parables?”
 11  And He answered and said to them, “To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been granted.
 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 from him.
 13  “Therefore I speak to them in parables; because while seeing they do not see, and while hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.
 14  “And in their case the prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled, which says,
     ‘YOU WILL KEEP ON HEARING,
        BUT WILL NOT UNDERSTAND;
      AND YOU WILL KEEP ON SEEING,
        BUT WILL NOT PERCEIVED;
 15   FOR THE HEART OF THIS PEOPLE
        HAS BECOME DULL,
      AND WITH THEIR EARS THEY
        SCARCELY HEAR,
      AND THEY HAVE CLOSED THEIR
        EYES
      LEST THEY SHOULD SEE WITH
        THERE EYES,
      AND HEAR WITH THEIR EARS,
      AND UNDERSTAND WITH THEIR
        HEART AND RETURN,
      AND I SHOULD HEAR THEM.’
 16  “But blessed are your eyes, because they see; and your ears, because they hear.
 17  “For truly I say to you, that many prophets and righteous men desired to see what you see, and did not see it; and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.
 18  “Hear then the parable of the sower.
 19  “When anyone hears the word of the kingdom, and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart.  This is the one on whom seed was sown beside the road.
 20  “And the one on whom seed was sown on the rocky places, this is the man who hears the word, and immediately receives it with joy;
 21  yet he has no firm root in himself, but is only temporary, and when affliction or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he falls away.
 22  “And the one on whom seed was sown among the thorns, this is the man who hears the word, and the worry of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.   
 23  “And the one on whom seed was sown on the good soil, this is the man who hears the word and understands it; who ineed bears fruit, and brings forth, some a hundredfold (100fold), some sixty (60), and some thirty (30).”
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Matthew 13
book of Matthew, chapter 13
The gospel according to Matthew

The parable of the sower
The purpose of the parables
Jesus explains the parable of the sower

The parable of the sower

That same day Jesus left the house and went to the lakeside, where he sat down to teach.
2  The crowd that gathered around him was so large that he got into a boat and sat in it, while the crowd stood on the shore.
3  He used parables to tell them many things.
   “Once there was a man who went out to sow grain.
   4  As he scattered the seed in the field, some of it fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up.
   5  Some of it fell on rocky ground, where there was little soil.  The seeds soon sprouted, because the soil wasn't deep.
   6  But when the sun came up, it burned the young plants; and because the roots had not grown deep enough, the plants soon dried up.  
   7  Some of the seed fell among thorn bushes, while grew up and choked the plants.
   8  But some seeds fell in good soil, and the plants bore grain:  some had one hundred grains, others sixty, and others thirty.”
   9  And Jesus concluded, “Listen, then, if you have ears!”

The purpose of the parables

   10  Then the disciples came to Jesus and asked him, “Why do you use parables when you takl to the people?”
   11  Jesus answered, “The knowledge about the secrets of the Kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.
12  For the person who has something will be given more, so that he will have more than enough; but the person who has nothing will have taken away from him even the little he has.
13  The reason I use parables in talking to them is that they look, but do not see, and they listen, but do not hear or understand.
14  So the prophecy of Isaiah applies to them:
   ‘This people will listen and listen, but not understand,
     they will look and look, but not see,
   15  because their minds are dull,
     and they have stopped up their ears and have closed their eyes.
    Otherwise, their eyes would see,
     their ears would hear,
     their minds would understand,
    and they would turn to me, says God,
     and I would heal them.’
   16  “As for you, how fortunate you are!  Your eyes see and your ears hear.
17  I assure you that many prophets and many of God's people wanted very much to see what you see, but they could not, and to hear what you hear, but they did not.  
    
Jesus explains the parable of the sower

   18  “Listen, then, and learn what the parable of the sower means.
19  Those who hear the message about the Kingdom but do not understand it are like the seeds that fell along the path.  The Evil One comes and snatches away what was sown in them.
20  The seeds that fell on rocky ground stand for those who receive the message gladly as soon as they hear it.
21  But it does not sink deep into them, and they don't last long.  So when trouble or persecution comes because of the message, they give up at once.
22  The seeds that fell among thorn bushes stand for those who hear the message; but the worries about this life and the love for riches choke the message, and they don't bear fruit.
23  And the seeds sown in the good soil stand for those who hear the message and understand it:  they bear fruit, some as much as one hundred, others sixty, and other thirty.”
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Matthew Chapter 13

The parables of the sower and the cockle: of the mustardseed, etc.

13:1. The same day Jesus going out of the house, sat by the sea side.
13:2. And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he
went up into a boat and sat: and all the multitude stood on the shore.
13:3. And he spoke to them many things in parables, saying: Behold the
sower went forth to sow.
13:4. And whilst he soweth some fell by the way side, and the birds of
the air came and ate them up.
13:5. “And other some fell upon stony ground, where they had not much
earth: and they sprung up immediately, because they had no deepness of
earth.
13:6. “And when the sun was up they were scorched: and because they had
not root, they withered away.
13:7. “And others fell among thorns: and the thorns grew up and choked
them.
13:8. “And others fell upon good ground: and they brought forth fruit,
some an hundred fold, some sixty fold, and some thirty fold.
13:9. “He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.”
13:10. And his disciples came and said to him: “Why speakest thou to them
in parables?”
13:11. Who answered and said to them: “Because to you it is given to know
the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven: but to them it is not given.
13:12. “For he that hath, to him shall be given, and he shall abound: but
he that hath not, from him shall be taken away that also which he hath.
13:13. “Therefore do I speak to them in parables: because seeing they see
not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
13:14. “And the prophecy of Isaias is fulfilled in them, who saith:

      ‘By hearing you shall hear,
         and shall not understand:
       and seeing you shall see,
         and shall not perceive.
13:15. For the heart of this people
         is grown gross,
       and with their ears
         they have been dull of hearing,
       and their eyes they have shut:
       lest at any time they should see with their eyes,
       and hear with their ears,
       and understand with their heart, and be converted,
       and I should heal them.’

13:16. “But blessed are your eyes, because they see, and your ears,
because they hear.
13:17. “For, amen, I say to you, many prophets and just men have desired
to see the things that you see, and have not seen them: and to hear the
things that you hear and have not heard them.
13:18. “Hear you therefore the parable of the sower.
13:19. “When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth
it not, there cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was
sown in his heart: this is he that received the seed by the way side.
13:20. “And he that received the seed upon stony ground, is he that
heareth the word, and immediately receiveth it with joy.
13:21. Yet hath he not root in himself, but is only for a time: and when
there ariseth tribulation and persecution because of the word, he is
presently scandalized.
13:22. “And he that received the seed among thorns, is he that heareth
the word, and the care of this world and the deceitfulness of riches
choketh up the word, and he becometh fruitless.
13:23. “But he that received the seed upon good ground, is he that
heareth the word, and understandeth, and beareth fruit, and yieldeth the
one an hundredfold, and another sixty, and another thirty.”

13:24. Another parable he proposed to them, saying: The kingdom of
heaven is likened to a man that sowed good seed in his field.

13:25. But while men were asleep, his enemy came and oversowed cockle
among the wheat and went his way.

13:26. And when the blade was sprung up, and had brought forth fruit,
then appeared also the cockle.

13:27. And the servants of the good man of the house coming said to him.
Sir, didst thou not sow good seed in thy field? Whence then hath it
cockle?

13:28. And he said to them: An enemy hath done this. And the servants
said to him: Wilt thou that we go and gather it up?

13:29. And he said: No, lest perhaps gathering up the cockle, you root
up the wheat also together with it.

13:30. Suffer both to grow until the harvest, and in the time of the
harvest I will say to the reapers: Gather up first the cockle, and bind
it into bundles to burn, but the wheat gather ye into my barn.

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