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Bookmark this verse Matthew 13
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And◦ in that▵ same day, Jesus, going··out▵ from the house, sat by the sea.
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And many crowds gathered together to Him, so··that◦ stepping into a ship, He sat; and all the crowds stood on the shore.
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And He spoke to them many things in parables, saying, Behold◦, there went··out▵ a sower to sow;
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and in his sowing, some◦ seeds indeed fell along the way, and the birds came, and devoured them.
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And◦ other seeds fell on rocky places, where it had not much earth, and straightway it sprang up1, on··account··of not◦ having depth of earth;
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and◦ when the sun rose◦, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
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And◦ others fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up, and choked them.
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But◦ others fell on the good◦ earth, and gave fruit, indeed some a hundred, and◦ some sixty, and◦ some thirty.
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He who has ears to hear, let him hear.
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And the disciples coming said◦ to Him, Why◦ speakest Thou to them in parables?
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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.
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For whoever has, to him shall be given, and he shall have abundance; but◦ whoever has not, even what he has shall be taken away from him.
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On· this ·account I speak to them in parables, because seeing▫ they do not see▫, and hearing they do not hear, neither do they understand.
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And in▫ them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, who says, By hearing you shall hear and shall not understand, and looking you shall look and shall not see◦.
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For◦ the heart of this people has become··gross, and with their ears they hear heavily, and their eyes have they closed, lest at any time they should see◦ with the eyes, and hear with the ears, and understand with the heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.2
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But◦ happy are your eyes, because they see▫, and your ears, because they hear.
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For◦ amen I say to you, that many prophets and just men have longed to see◦ what you look··upon, and have not seen◦, and to hear what you hear, and have not heard.
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Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.
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When anyone hears the Word of the kingdom, and understands not◦, the wicked one comes, and seizes upon what was sown in his heart; this is he that was sown along the way.
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And◦ that which was sown upon rocky places is he who hears the Word, and straightway with joy receives it.
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And◦ he has not root in himself, but is temporary; and◦ when affliction or persecution comes because of the Word, he is straightway caused··to··stumble.
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And◦ that which is sown among thorns is he who hears the Word; and the anxieties of this age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the Word, and it becomes unfruitful.
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And◦ that sown upon the good◦ earth is he◦ who hears the Word, and understands, who also▵ bears··fruit, and does, indeed some a hundred, and◦ some sixty, and◦ some thirty.
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Another parable He set··before them, saying, The kingdom of the heavens is likened to a man sowing good seed in his field.
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And◦ while the men slept, his enemy came, and sowed tares in the midst of the wheat, and went▵ his way.
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And◦ when the blade sprouted, and bore fruit, then appeared also the tares.
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And◦ the servants of the householder, coming, said◦ to him, Lord, didst thou not sow good◦ seed in thy field? Whence then◦ has it the tares?
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But◦ he declared◦ to them, A man, an enemy, has done this. And◦ the servants said to him, Willest thou then that we go▵ and collect them?
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But◦ he declared◦, No, lest while you collect the tares, you root up the wheat together with them.
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Let both◦ grow··together even··to◦ the harvest, and in the time of the harvest I will say▵ to the reapers, First collect the tares, and bind them into bundles to burn· them ·up; but◦ gather the wheat into my barn.
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Another parable set· He ·before them, saying, The kingdom of the heavens is like a grain of mustard··seed, which a man taking sowed in his field,
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which indeed is the least of all seeds; but◦ when it is grown, it is greater than the herb, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the heaven come, and nest in its branches.
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Another parable spoke He to them: The kingdom of the heavens is like leaven, which a woman taking hid in◦ three satas3 of meal, till the whole was leavened.
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All these things Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables; and without a parable spoke He not unto them,
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that it might be fulfilled what was declared by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will pour forth things which have been hidden from the founding of the world.4
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Then leaving the crowds, Jesus came into the house, and His disciples came to Him, saying, Explain to us the parable of the tares of the field.
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And◦ He answering them, said unto them, He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man;
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and◦ the field is the world; and◦ the good seed, they are the sons of the kingdom; and◦ the tares are the sons of the wicked5;
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and◦ the enemy who sows them is the Devil; and◦ the harvest is the consummation of the age; and◦ the reapers are the angels.
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Therefore just··as the tares are collected and burnt··up by the fire, so shall it be in the consummation of this age.
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The Son of Man shall send··out His angels, and they shall collect out··of His kingdom all offenses, and those who do iniquity,
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and shall cast them into the furnace of the fire, where◦ there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
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Then shall the just give forth brightness as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.
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Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like treasure hidden in the field, which a man finding, he hides, and from the joy of it goes◦ and sells all that he has, and buys that▵ field.
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Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like a man, a merchant, seeking goodly◦6 pearls;
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who, finding one very··precious pearl, went··away◦, and sold◦ all that he had, and bought it.
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Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like a seine7 cast into the sea, and gathering of◦ every kind;
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which, when it was full, they brought it up to the shore, and sitting down, collected the good into vessels◦, and◦ cast out the bad◦.
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So shall it be in the consummation of the age; the angels shall come··forth, and shall separate the wicked from◦ the midst of the just,
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and shall cast them into the furnace of the fire, where◦ there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
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Jesus says to them, Have you understood all these things? They say unto Him, Yes, Lord.
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And◦ He says◦ unto them, On··account··of this, every scribe instructed for the kingdom of the heavens is like a man, and a householder, who◦ puts forth out of his treasure things new and old.
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And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these parables, that He passed thence.
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And coming into His own country◦, He taught them in their synagogue, so··that◦ they wondered, and said, Whence has this Man this wisdom, and these powers?
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Is not this the carpenter’s son? Is not His mother called Mary? And His brothers, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?
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And His sisters, are they not all with us? Whence then has this Man all these things?
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And they were offended in Him; but◦ Jesus said◦ unto them, A prophet is not without··honor, except in his own country◦, and in his own house.
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And He did not many works of power there, because of their unbelief.
1literally, “rose out”
2Isaiah 6:9,10
3AC 7906:3 (in the Latin) uses the Greek word “sata” here, from the Hebrew seah. A “sata” is about 1.5 pecks.
4Psalm 78:2
5AC 9295:4 indicates that “the wicked” means “the wicked kingdom.”
6The Heavenly Doctrine uses a word meaning “beautiful” (AC 2967:7, 5374:1, and elsewhere).
7a net; not the common word for “net” in the New Testament
