Godbey - Matthew - 13

13:1  On that day Jesus having come out from the house, was sitting by the sea:

13:2  and many multitudes were gathered unto Him, so that having gone into a ship, He sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore.

13:3  And He spoke many things to them in parables, saying, Behold a sower went out to sow.

13:4  And while he was sowing, some seeds fell by the wayside, and the fowls came and ate them up.

13:5  And others fell among stones, where they had not much earth: and sprang up immediately, because they had no depth of earth:

13:6  and the sun having risen, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.

13:7  But others fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up and choked them.

13:8  But others fell in good ground, and gave fruit, some a hundred, some sixty, and some thirty.

13:9  Let him that hath ears to hear, hear.

13:10  And His disciples coming, said to Him; Wherefore do you speak to them in parables?

13:11  He responding said to them, Because it has been given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of the heavens, but to them it has not been given.

13:12  But whosoever has, it shall be given to him, and he shall have more abundantly: but whosoever has not, it shall be taken from him even what he has.

13:13  Therefore 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 Isaiah is fulfilled unto them, saying, By hearing ye shall hear, and may not understand; and seeing you shall see, and may not perceive.

13:15  Because the heart of this people is waxed gross, and they heard heavily with their ears, and closed their eyes; lest they may see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and turn, and I shall heal them.

13:16  But happy are your eyes, because they see; and your ears, because they hear.

13:17  Truly I say unto you, that many prophets and righteous men desired to see those things which you see, and saw them not; and to hear those things which you hear, and heard them not.

13:18  Therefore hear ye the parable of the sower.

13:19  Every one hearing the word of the kingdom, and not understanding it, the wicked one comes, and seizes away that which is sown in his heart: he is the one sown by the wayside.

13:20  But the one sown upon the rocks, is he who heareth the word, and immediately with joy receives it;

13:21  but it has no root in him, but is temporary; and tribulation or persecution arising on account of the word, immediately he is offended.

13:22  But the one sown among the thorns, is he who heareth the word; and the care of this age, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke out the word, and he becomes unfruitful.

13:23  And the one having been sown on good ground, is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; who truly bears fruit, and produces, some a hundred, some sixty, and some thirty.

13:24  He put forth another parable to them, saying, The kingdom of the heavens is like unto a man sowing good seed in his field.

13:25  And while the men slept, an enemy came, and sowed tares in the midst of the wheat, and departed.

13:26  And when the blades sprang up, and produced fruit, then the tares were also made manifest.

13:27  And the servants of the landlord having come to him said, Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? whence then hath it tares?

13:28  And he said to them, A hostile man did this. And the servants say to him, Then do you wish that we, having gone, may gather them?

13:29  And he says, No; lest gathering the tares together you may at the same time along with them root up the wheat.

13:30  Let both grow together till the harvest: and at the time of the harvest, I will say to the reapers, First gather the tares, and bind them in bundles, in order to burn them: and gather the wheat into my barn.

13:31  And He submitted another parable to them, saying; The kingdom of the heavens is like unto a grain of mustard seed, which, a man having taken, sowed in his field;

13:32  which indeed is the smallest of all seeds; and when it grows up, is the greatest of herbs, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of heaven indeed lodge in its branches.

13:33  And he spake another parable unto them; The kingdom of the heavens is like unto the leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, until the whole was leavened.

13:34  Jesus spoke all of these things to the multitudes in parables; and without a parable He was not speaking to them:

13:35  in order that the word spoken by Isaiah, the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables: I will make known the things which have been hidden from the foundation.

13:36  Then leaving the multitudes, He came into the house: and His disciples came to Him saying; Explain to us the parable of the tares of the field.

13:37  And He responding said, The one sowing the good seed is the Son of man;

13:38  and the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; and the tares are the sons of the wicked one,

13:39  and the enemy sowing them is the devil: and the harvest is the end of the age; and the reapers are the angels.

13:40  Then as the tares are gathered and burnt up with fire; so it will be in the end of the age.

13:41  The Son of man will send forth His angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and those who do iniquity,

13:42  and will cast them into the furnace of the fire: and there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

13:43  Then the righteous will shine as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. But let the one having ears, hear.

13:44  The kingdom of the heavens is like unto a treasure having been hidden in a field; which a man having found, concealed; and from his joy he goes and sells all things so many as he has, and buys that field.

13:45  Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like unto a man seeking beautiful pearls:

13:46  and having found one pearl of great price, having gone away he sold all things, so many as he had, and bought it.

13:47  Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like unto a net cast into the sea, and gathering of every kind;

13:48  which, when it was filled, drawing up on the shore, and sitting down, they gathered the good into baskets, and threw the bad away.

13:49  So it will be in the end of the age: the angels will go forth, and will separate the wicked from the midst of the righteous,

13:50  and will cast them into the furnace of the fire: and there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

13:51  Do you understand all these things? They say to Him, Yea.

13:52  And He said to them, Therefore every scribe having been discipled into the kingdom of the heavens is like unto a man who is a landlord, who bringeth out of his treasure things both new and old.

13:53  And it came to pass, when Jesus finished these parables, He departed thence.

13:54  And having come into His own country He was teaching them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, Whence this wisdom and these miracles unto Him?

13:55  Is not He the son of the carpenter? is not His mother called Mary? are not His brothers, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?

13:56  And are not His sisters all here with us? Whence then are these things to Him?

13:57  And they were offended in Him. And Jesus said to them; A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and in his own house.

13:58  And He did not many mighty works there on account of their unbelief.