Matthew Chapter 13
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yea, Father, for so it was well-pleasing in thy sight.
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All things have been delivered unto me of my Father: and no one knoweth the Son, save the Father; neither doth any know the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son willeth to reveal
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him.
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Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
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Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
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For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
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At that season Jesus went on the sabbath day through the grainfields; and his disciples were hungry and began to pluck ears and to eat.
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But the Pharisees, when they saw it, said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that which it is not lawful to do upon the sabbath.
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But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was hungry, and they that were with him;
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how he entered into the house of God, and ate the showbread, which it was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them that were with him, but only for the priests?
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Or have ye not read in the law, that on the sabbath day the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are guiltless?
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But I say unto you, that one greater than the temple is here.
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But if ye had known what this meaneth, I desire mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.
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For the Son of man is lord of the sabbath.
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And he departed thence, and went into their synagogue:
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and behold, a man having a withered hand. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day? that they might accuse him.
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And he said unto them, What man shall there be of you, that shall have one sheep, and if this fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out?
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How much then is a man of more value than a sheep! Wherefore it is lawful to do good on the sabbath day.
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Then saith he to the man, Stretch forth thy hand. And he stretched it forth; and it was restored whole, as the other.
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But the Pharisees went out, and took counsel against him, how they might destroy him.
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And Jesus perceiving
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it withdrew from thence: and many followed him; and he healed them all,
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and charged them that they should not make him known:
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that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,
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Behold, my servant whom I have chosen;
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My beloved in whom my soul is well pleased:
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I will put my Spirit upon him,
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And he shall declare judgment to the Gentiles.
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He shall not strive, nor cry aloud;
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Neither shall any one hear his voice in the streets.
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A bruised reed shall he not break,
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And smoking flax shall he not quench,
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Till he send forth judgment unto victory.
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And in his name shall the Gentiles hope.
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Then was brought unto him one possessed with a demon, blind and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the dumb man spake and saw.
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And all the multitudes were amazed, and said, Can this be the son of David?
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But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This man doth not cast out demons, but by Beelzebub the prince of the demons.
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And knowing their thoughts he said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand:
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and if Satan casteth out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then shall his kingdom stand?
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And if I by Beelzebub cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore shall they be your judges.
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But if I by the Spirit of God cast out demons, then is the kingdom of God come upon you.
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Or how can one enter into the house of the strong
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man, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong
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man? and then he will spoil his house.
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He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth.
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Therefore I say unto you, Every sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men; but the blasphemy against the Spirit shall not be forgiven.
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And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him; but whosoever shall speak against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, nor in that which is to come.
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Either make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by its fruit.
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Ye offspring of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
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The good man out of his good treasure bringeth forth good things: and the evil man out of his evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
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And I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
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For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
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Then certain of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying, Teacher, we would see a sign from thee.
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But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it but the sign of Jonah the prophet:
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for as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
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The men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, a greater than Jonah is here.
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The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
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But the unclean spirit, when he is gone out of the man, passeth through waterless places, seeking rest, and findeth it not.
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And that [same] day Jesus went out from the house and sat down by the sea.
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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.
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And he spoke to them many things in parables, saying, Behold, the sower went out to sow:
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and as he sowed, some [grains] fell along the way, and the birds came and devoured them;
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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,
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but when the sun rose they were burned up, and because of not having [any] root were dried up;
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and others fell upon the thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them;
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and others fell upon the good ground, and produced fruit, one a hundred, one sixty, and one thirty.
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He that has ears, let him hear.
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And the disciples came up and 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 be caused to be in abundance; but he who has not, even what he has shall be taken away from him.
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For this cause I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear nor understand;
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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;
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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.
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But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear;
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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].
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Ye, therefore, hear the parable of the sower.
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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.
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But he that is sown on the rocky places — this is he who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy,
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Another parable set he before them, saying, The kingdom of the heavens has become like a man sowing good seed in his field;
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but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed darnel amongst the wheat, and went away.
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But when the blade shot up and produced fruit, then appeared the darnel also.
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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?
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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]?
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But he said, No; lest [in] gathering the darnel ye should root up the wheat with it.
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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.
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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 took and sowed in his field;
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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.
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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.
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All these things Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables, and without a parable he did not speak to them,
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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.
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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.
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But he answering said, He that sows the good seed is the Son of man,
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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];
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and the enemy who has sowed it is the devil; and the harvest is [the] completion of [the] age, and the harvestmen are angels.
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As then the darnel is gathered and is burned in the fire, thus it shall be in the completion of the age.
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The Son of man shall send his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all offences, and those that practise lawlessness;
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and they shall cast them into the furnace of fire; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
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Then the righteous shall shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He that has ears, let him hear.
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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.
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Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like a merchant seeking beautiful pearls;
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and having found one pearl of great value, he went and sold all whatever he had and bought it.
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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,
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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.
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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,
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and shall cast them into the furnace of fire; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
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Jesus says to them, Have ye understood all these things? They say to him, Yea, [Lord].
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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.
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And it came to pass when Jesus had finished these parables he withdrew thence.
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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?
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Is not this the son of the carpenter? Is not his mother called Mary, and his brethren James, and Joseph, 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. And Jesus said to them, A prophet is not without honour, unless in his country and in his house.
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And he did not there many works of power, because of their unbelief.
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In illo die exiens Iesus de domo, sedebat secus mare.
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Et congregatæ sunt ad eum turbæ multæ, ita ut naviculam ascendens sederet: et omnis turba stabat in littore,
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et locutus est eis multa in parabolis, dicens: Ecce exiit qui seminat, seminare.
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Et dum seminat, quædam ceciderunt secus viam, et venerunt volucres cæli, et comederunt ea.
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Alia autem ceciderunt in petrosa, ubi non habebant terram multam: et continuo exorta sunt, quia non habebant altitudinem terræ.
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sole autem orto æstuaverunt: et quia non habebant radicem, aruerunt.
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Alia autem ceciderunt in spinas: et creverunt spinæ, et suffocaverunt ea.
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Alia autem ceciderunt in terram bonam: et dabant fructum aliud centesimum, aliud sexagesimum, aliud trigesimum.
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Qui habet aures audiendi, audiat.
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Et accedentes discipuli dixerunt ei: Quare in parabolis loqueris eis?
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Qui respondens, ait illis: Quia vobis datum est nosse mysteria regni cælorum: illis autem non est datum.
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Qui enim habet, dabitur ei, et abundabit: qui autem non habet, et quod habet auferetur ab eo.
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Ideo in parabolis loquor eis: quia videntes non vident, et audientes non audiunt, neque intelligunt.
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Et adimpletur in eis prophetia Isaiæ dicentis: Auditu audietis, et non intelligetis: et videntes videbitis, et non videbitis:
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Incrassatum est enim cor populi huius, et auribus graviter audierunt, et oculos suos clauserunt: ne quando videant oculis, et auribus audiant, et corde intelligant, et convertantur, et sanem eos.
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Vestri autem beati oculi quia vident, et aures vestræ quia audiunt.
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Amen quippe dico vobis, quia multi prophetæ, et iusti cupierunt videre quæ videtis, et non viderunt: et audire quæ auditis, et non audierunt.
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Vos ergo audite parabolam seminantis.
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Omnis, qui audit verbum regni, et non intelligit, venit malus, et rapit quod seminatum est in corde eius: hic est qui secus viam seminatus est.
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Qui autem super petrosa seminatus est, hic est, qui verbum audit, et continuo cum gaudio accipit illud:
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non habet autem in se radicem, sed est temporalis. facta autem tribulatione et persecutione propter verbum, continuo scandalizatur.
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Qui autem seminatus est in spinis, hic est, qui verbum audit, et solicitudo sæculi istius, et fallacia divitiarum suffocat verbum, et sine fructu efficitur.
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Qui vero in terram bonam seminatus est, hic est qui audit verbum, et intelligit, et fructum affert, et facit aliud quidem centesimum, aliud autem sexagesimum, aliud vero trigesimum.
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Aliam parabolam proposuit illis, dicens: Simile factum est regnum cælorum homini, qui seminavit bonum semen in agro suo.
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cum autem dormirent homines, venit inimicus eius, et superseminavit zizania in medio tritici, et abiit.
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Cum autem crevisset herba, et fructum fecisset, tunc apparuerunt et zizania.
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Accedentes autem servi patrisfamilias, dixerunt ei: Domine, nonne bonum semen seminasti in agro tuo? Unde ergo habet zizania?
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Et ait illis: Inimicus homo hoc fecit: Servi autem dixerunt ei, Vis, imus, et colligimus ea?
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Et ait: Non: ne forte colligentes zizania, eradicetis simul cum eis et triticum.
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Sinite utraque crescere usque ad messem, et in tempore messis dicam messoribus: Colligite primum zizania, et alligate ea in fasciculos ad comburendum, triticum autem congregate in horreum meum.
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Aliam parabolam proposuit eis dicens: Simile est regnum cælorum grano sinapis, quod accipiens homo seminavit in agro suo:
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quod minimum quidem est omnibus seminibus: cum autem creverit, maius est omnibus oleribus, et fit arbor, ita ut volucres cæli veniant, et habitent in ramis eius.
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Aliam parabolam locutus est eis. Simile est regnum cælorum fermento, quod acceptum mulier abscondit in farinæ satis tribus, donec fermentatum est totum.
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Hæc omnia locutus est Iesus in parabolis ad turbas: et sine parabolis non loquebatur eis:
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ut impleretur quod dictum erat per Prophetam dicentem: Aperiam in parabolis os meum, eructabo abscondita a constitutione mundi.
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Tunc, dimissis turbis, venit in domum: et accesserunt ad eum discipuli eius, dicentes: Edissere nobis parabolam zizaniorum agri.
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Qui respondens ait illis: Qui seminat bonum semen, est Filius hominis.
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Ager autem, est mundus. Bonum vero semen, hi sunt filii regnum. Zizania autem, filii sunt nequam.
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Inimicus autem, qui seminavit ea, est diabolus. Messis vero, consummatio sæculi est. Messores autem, angeli sunt.
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Sicut ergo colliguntur zizania, et igni comburuntur: sic erit in consummatione sæculi.
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mittet filius hominis angelos suos, et colligent de regno eius omnia scandala, et eos, qui faciunt iniquitatem:
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et mittent eos in caminum ignis. Ibi erit fletus, et stridor dentium.
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Tunc iusti fulgebunt sicut sol in regno Patris eorum. Qui habet aures audiendi, audiat.
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Simile est regnum cælorum thesauro abscondito in agro: quem qui invenit homo, abscondit, et præ gaudio illius vadit, et vendit universa quæ habet, et emit agrum illum.
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Iterum simile est regnum cælorum homini negotiatori, quærenti bonas margaritas.
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Inventa autem una pretiosa margarita, abiit, et vendidit omnia quæ habuit, et emit eam.
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Iterum simile est regnum cælorum sagenæ missæ in mare, et ex omni genere piscium congreganti.
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Quam, cum impleta esset, educentes, et secus littus sedentes, elegerunt bonis in vasa, malos autem foras miserunt.
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Sic erit in consummatione sæculi: exibunt angeli, et separabunt malos de medio iustorum,
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et mittent eos in caminum ignis: ibi erit fletus, et stridor dentium.
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Intellexistis hæc omnia? Dicunt ei: Etiam.
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Ait illis: Ideo omnis scriba doctus in regno cælorum, similis est homini patrifamilias, qui profert de thesauro suo nova et vetera.
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Et factum est, cum consummasset Iesus parabolas istas, transiit inde.
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Et veniens in patriam suam, docebat eos in synagogis eorum, ita ut mirarentur, et dicerent: Unde huic sapientia hæc, et virtutes?
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Nonne hic est fabri filius? Nonne mater eius dicitur Maria, et fratres eius, Iacobus, et Ioseph, et Simon, et Iudas:
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et sorores eius, nonne omnes apud nos sunt? Unde ergo huic omnia ista?
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Et scandalizabantur in eo. Iesus autem dixit eis: Non est propheta sine honore nisi in patria sua, et in domo sua.
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Et non fecit ibi virtutes multas propter incredulitatem illorum.
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On that day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the seaside.
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Great multitudes gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat and sat; and all the multitude stood on the beach.
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He spoke to them many things in parables, saying, “Behold, a farmer went out to sow.
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As he sowed, some seeds fell by the roadside, and the birds came and devoured them.
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Others fell on rocky ground, where they didn’t have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of earth.
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When the sun had risen, they were scorched. Because they had no root, they withered away.
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Others fell among thorns. The thorns grew up and choked them.
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Others fell on good soil and yielded fruit: some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.
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He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
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The disciples came, and said to him, “Why do you speak to them in parables?”
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He answered them, “To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, but it is not given to them.
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For whoever has, to him will be given, and he will have abundance; but whoever doesn’t have, from him will be taken away even that which he has.
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Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they don’t see, and hearing, they don’t hear, neither do they understand.
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In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says, ‘By hearing you will hear, and will in no way understand; Seeing you will see, and will in no way perceive;
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for this people’s heart has grown callous, their ears are dull of hearing, and they have closed their eyes; or else perhaps they might perceive with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their heart, and would turn again, and I would heal them.’
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“But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear.
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For most certainly I tell you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see the things which you see, and didn’t see them; and to hear the things which you hear, and didn’t hear them.
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“Hear, then, the parable of the farmer.
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When anyone hears the word of the Kingdom and doesn’t understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away that which has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown by the roadside.
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What was sown on the rocky places, this is he who hears the word and immediately with joy receives it;
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yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles.
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What was sown among the thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of this age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.
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What was sown on the good ground, this is he who hears the word and understands it, who most certainly bears fruit and produces, some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.”
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He set another parable before them, saying, “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field,
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but while people slept, his enemy came and sowed darnel weeds also among the wheat, and went away.
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But when the blade sprang up and produced grain, then the darnel weeds appeared also.
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The servants of the householder came and said to him, ‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Where did these darnel weeds come from?’
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“He said to them, ‘An enemy has done this.’ “The servants asked him, ‘Do you want us to go and gather them up?’
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“But he said, ‘No, lest perhaps while you gather up the darnel weeds, you root up the wheat with them.
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Let both grow together until the harvest, and in the harvest time I will tell the reapers, “First, gather up the darnel weeds, and bind them in bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat into my barn.”’”
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He set another parable 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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which indeed is smaller than all seeds. But when it is grown, it is greater than the herbs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in its branches.”
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He spoke another parable to them. “The Kingdom of Heaven is like yeast which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, until it was all leavened.”
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Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the multitudes; and without a parable, he didn’t speak to them,
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that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, “I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world.”
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Then Jesus sent the multitudes away, and went into the house. His disciples came to him, saying, “Explain to us the parable of the darnel weeds of the field.”
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He answered them, “He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man,
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the field is the world, the good seeds are the children of the Kingdom, and the darnel weeds are the children of the evil one.
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The enemy who sowed them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels.
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As therefore the darnel weeds are gathered up and burned with fire; so will it be at the end of this age.
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The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will gather out of his Kingdom all things that cause stumbling and those who do iniquity,
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and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
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Then the righteous will shine like 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 Heaven is like treasure hidden in the field, which a man found and hid. 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 man who is a merchant seeking fine pearls,
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who having found one pearl of great price, he went and sold all that he had and bought it.
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“Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a dragnet that was cast into the sea and gathered some fish of every kind,
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which, when it was filled, fishermen drew up on the beach. They sat down and gathered the good into containers, but the bad they threw away.
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So it will be in the end of the world. The angels will come and separate the wicked from among the righteous,
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and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
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Jesus said to them, “Have you understood all these things?” They answered him, “Yes, Lord.”
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He said to them, “Therefore every scribe who has been made a disciple in the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a householder, who brings out of his treasure new and old things.”
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When Jesus had finished these parables, he departed from there.
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Coming into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished and said, “Where did this man get this wisdom and these mighty works?
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Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t his mother called Mary, and his brothers James, Joses, Simon, and Judas?
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Aren’t all of his sisters with us? Where then did this man get all of these things?”
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They were offended by him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country and in his own house.”
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He didn’t do many mighty works there because of their unbelief.
wh1881 (wh1881) - Westcott-Hort Greek NT 1881 eBible USFM
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εν τη ημερα εκεινη εξελθων ο ιησους της οικιας εκαθητο παρα την θαλασσαν
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και συνηχθησαν προς αυτον οχλοι πολλοι ωστε αυτον εις πλοιον εμβαντα καθησθαι και πας ο οχλος επι τον αιγιαλον ιστηκει
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και ελαλησεν αυτοις πολλα εν παραβολαις λεγων ιδου εξηλθεν ο σπειρων του σπειρειν
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και εν τω σπειρειν αυτον α μεν επεσεν παρα την οδον και ελθοντα τα πετεινα κατεφαγεν αυτα
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αλλα δε επεσεν επι τα πετρωδη οπου ουκ ειχεν γην πολλην και ευθεως εξανετειλεν δια το μη εχειν βαθος γης
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ηλιου δε ανατειλαντος εκαυματισθη και δια το μη εχειν ριζαν εξηρανθη
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αλλα δε επεσεν επι τας ακανθας και ανεβησαν αι ακανθαι και απεπνιξαν αυτα
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αλλα δε επεσεν επι την γην την καλην και εδιδου καρπον ο μεν εκατον ο δε εξηκοντα ο δε τριακοντα
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ο εχων ωτα ακουετω
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και προσελθοντες οι μαθηται ειπαν αυτω δια τι εν παραβολαις λαλεις αυτοις
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ο δε αποκριθεις ειπεν οτι υμιν δεδοται γνωναι τα μυστηρια της βασιλειας των ουρανων εκεινοις δε ου δεδοται
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οστις γαρ εχει δοθησεται αυτω και περισσευθησεται οστις δε ουκ εχει και ο εχει αρθησεται απ αυτου
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δια τουτο εν παραβολαις αυτοις λαλω οτι βλεποντες ου βλεπουσιν και ακουοντες ουκ ακουουσιν ουδε συνιουσιν
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και αναπληρουται αυτοις η προφητεια ησαιου η λεγουσα ακοη ακουσετε και ου μη συνητε και βλεποντες βλεψετε και ου μη ιδητε
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επαχυνθη γαρ η καρδια του λαου τουτου και τοις ωσιν βαρεως ηκουσαν και τους οφθαλμους αυτων εκαμμυσαν μηποτε ιδωσιν τοις οφθαλμοις και τοις ωσιν ακουσωσιν και τη καρδια συνωσιν και επιστρεψωσιν και ιασομαι αυτους
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υμων δε μακαριοι οι οφθαλμοι οτι βλεπουσιν και τα ωτα [υμων] οτι ακουουσιν
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αμην γαρ λεγω υμιν οτι πολλοι προφηται και δικαιοι επεθυμησαν ιδειν α βλεπετε και ουκ ειδαν και ακουσαι α ακουετε και ουκ ηκουσαν
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υμεις ουν ακουσατε την παραβολην του σπειραντος
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παντος ακουοντος τον λογον της βασιλειας και μη συνιεντος ερχεται ο πονηρος και αρπαζει το εσπαρμενον εν τη καρδια αυτου ουτος εστιν ο παρα την οδον σπαρεις
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ο δε επι τα πετρωδη σπαρεις ουτος εστιν ο τον λογον ακουων και ευθυς μετα χαρας λαμβανων αυτον
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ουκ εχει δε ριζαν εν εαυτω αλλα προσκαιρος εστιν γενομενης δε θλιψεως η διωγμου δια τον λογον ευθυς σκανδαλιζεται
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ο δε εις τας ακανθας σπαρεις ουτος εστιν ο τον λογον ακουων και η μεριμνα του αιωνος και η απατη του πλουτου συμπνιγει τον λογον και ακαρπος γινεται
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ο δε επι την καλην γην σπαρεις ουτος εστιν ο τον λογον ακουων και συνιεις ος δη καρποφορει και ποιει ο μεν εκατον ο δε εξηκοντα ο δε τριακοντα
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αλλην παραβολην παρεθηκεν αυτοις λεγων ωμοιωθη η βασιλεια των ουρανων ανθρωπω σπειραντι καλον σπερμα εν τω αγρω αυτου
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εν δε τω καθευδειν τους ανθρωπους ηλθεν αυτου ο εχθρος και επεσπειρεν ζιζανια ανα μεσον του σιτου και απηλθεν
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οτε δε εβλαστησεν ο χορτος και καρπον εποιησεν τοτε εφανη και τα ζιζανια
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προσελθοντες δε οι δουλοι του οικοδεσποτου ειπον αυτω κυριε ουχι καλον σπερμα εσπειρας εν τω σω αγρω ποθεν ουν εχει ζιζανια
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ο δε εφη αυτοις εχθρος ανθρωπος τουτο εποιησεν οι δε αυτω λεγουσιν θελεις ουν απελθοντες συλλεξωμεν αυτα
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ο δε φησιν ου μηποτε συλλεγοντες τα ζιζανια εκριζωσητε αμα αυτοις τον σιτον
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αφετε συναυξανεσθαι αμφοτερα εως του θερισμου και εν καιρω του θερισμου ερω τοις θερισταις συλλεξατε πρωτον τα ζιζανια και δησατε αυτα [εις] δεσμας προς το κατακαυσαι αυτα τον δε σιτον συναγετε εις την αποθηκην μου
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αλλην παραβολην παρεθηκεν αυτοις λεγων ομοια εστιν η βασιλεια των ουρανων κοκκω σιναπεως ον λαβων ανθρωπος εσπειρεν εν τω αγρω αυτου
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ο μικροτερον μεν εστιν παντων των σπερματων οταν δε αυξηθη μειζον των λαχανων εστιν και γινεται δενδρον ωστε ελθειν τα πετεινα του ουρανου και κατασκηνοιν εν τοις κλαδοις αυτου
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αλλην παραβολην [ελαλησεν αυτοις] ομοια εστιν η βασιλεια των ουρανων ζυμη ην λαβουσα γυνη ενεκρυψεν εις αλευρου σατα τρια εως ου εζυμωθη ολον
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ταυτα παντα ελαλησεν ο ιησους εν παραβολαις τοις οχλοις και χωρις παραβολης ουδεν ελαλει αυτοις
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οπως πληρωθη το ρηθεν δια του προφητου λεγοντος ανοιξω εν παραβολαις το στομα μου ερευξομαι κεκρυμμενα απο καταβολης
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τοτε αφεις τους οχλους ηλθεν εις την οικιαν και προσηλθαν αυτω οι μαθηται αυτου λεγοντες διασαφησον ημιν την παραβολην των ζιζανιων του αγρου
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ο δε αποκριθεις ειπεν ο σπειρων το καλον σπερμα εστιν ο υιος του ανθρωπου
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ο δε αγρος εστιν ο κοσμος το δε καλον σπερμα ουτοι εισιν οι υιοι της βασιλειας τα δε ζιζανια εισιν οι υιοι του πονηρου
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ο δε εχθρος ο σπειρας αυτα εστιν ο διαβολος ο δε θερισμος συντελεια αιωνος εστιν οι δε θερισται αγγελοι εισιν
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ωσπερ ουν συλλεγεται τα ζιζανια και πυρι κατακαιεται ουτως εσται εν τη συντελεια του αιωνος
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αποστελει ο υιος του ανθρωπου τους αγγελους αυτου και συλλεξουσιν εκ της βασιλειας αυτου παντα τα σκανδαλα και τους ποιουντας την ανομιαν
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και βαλουσιν αυτους εις την καμινον του πυρος εκει εσται ο κλαυθμος και ο βρυγμος των οδοντων
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τοτε οι δικαιοι εκλαμψουσιν ως ο ηλιος εν τη βασιλεια του πατρος αυτων ο εχων ωτα ακουετω
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ομοια εστιν η βασιλεια των ουρανων θησαυρω κεκρυμμενω εν τω αγρω ον ευρων ανθρωπος εκρυψεν και απο της χαρας αυτου υπαγει και πωλει οσα εχει και αγοραζει τον αγρον εκεινον
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παλιν ομοια εστιν η βασιλεια των ουρανων εμπορω ζητουντι καλους μαργαριτας
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ευρων δε ενα πολυτιμον μαργαριτην απελθων πεπρακεν παντα οσα ειχεν και ηγορασεν αυτον
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παλιν ομοια εστιν η βασιλεια των ουρανων σαγηνη βληθειση εις την θαλασσαν και εκ παντος γενους συναγαγουση
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ην οτε επληρωθη αναβιβασαντες επι τον αιγιαλον και καθισαντες συνελεξαν τα καλα εις αγγη τα δε σαπρα εξω εβαλον
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ουτως εσται εν τη συντελεια του αιωνος εξελευσονται οι αγγελοι και αφοριουσιν τους πονηρους εκ μεσου των δικαιων
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και βαλουσιν αυτους εις την καμινον του πυρος εκει εσται ο κλαυθμος και ο βρυγμος των οδοντων
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συνηκατε ταυτα παντα λεγουσιν αυτω ναι
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ο δε ειπεν αυτοις δια τουτο πας γραμματευς μαθητευθεις τη βασιλεια των ουρανων ομοιος εστιν ανθρωπω οικοδεσποτη οστις εκβαλλει εκ του θησαυρου αυτου καινα και παλαια
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και εγενετο οτε ετελεσεν ο ιησους τας παραβολας ταυτας μετηρεν εκειθεν
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και ελθων εις την πατριδα αυτου εδιδασκεν αυτους εν τη συναγωγη αυτων ωστε εκπλησσεσθαι αυτους και λεγειν ποθεν τουτω η σοφια αυτη και αι δυναμεις
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ουχ ουτος εστιν ο του τεκτονος υιος ουχ η μητηρ αυτου λεγεται μαριαμ και οι αδελφοι αυτου ιακωβος και ιωσηφ και σιμων και ιουδας
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και αι αδελφαι αυτου ουχι πασαι προς ημας εισιν ποθεν ουν τουτω ταυτα παντα
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και εσκανδαλιζοντο εν αυτω ο δε ιησους ειπεν αυτοις ουκ εστιν προφητης ατιμος ει μη εν τη πατριδι και εν τη οικια αυτου
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και ουκ εποιησεν εκει δυναμεις πολλας δια την απιστιαν αυτων
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And in that day Jesus, having gone forth from the house, was sitting by the sea,
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and gathered together unto him were many multitudes, so that he having gone into the boat did sit down, and all the multitude on the beach did stand,
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and he spake to them many things in similes, saying: `Lo, the sower went forth to sow,
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and in his sowing, some indeed fell by the way, and the fowls did come and devour them,
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and others fell upon the rocky places, where they had not much earth, and immediately they sprang forth, through not having depth of earth,
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and the sun having risen they were scorched, and through not having root, they withered,
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and others fell upon the thorns, and the thorns did come up and choke them,
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and others fell upon the good ground, and were giving fruit, some indeed a hundredfold, and some sixty, and some thirty.
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He who is having ears to hear--let him hear.'
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And the disciples having come near, said to him, `Wherefore in similes dost thou speak to them?'
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And he answering said to them that--`To you it hath been given to know the secrets of the reign of the heavens, and to these it hath not been given,
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for whoever hath, it shall be given to him, and he shall have overabundance, and whoever hath not, even that which he hath shall be taken from him.
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`Because of this, in similes do I speak to them, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor understand,
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and fulfilled on them is the prophecy of Isaiah, that saith, With hearing ye shall hear, and ye shall not understand, and seeing ye shall see, and ye shall not perceive,
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for made gross was the heart of this people, and with the ears they heard heavily, and their eyes they did close, lest they might see with the eyes, and with the ears might hear, and with the heart understand, and turn back, and I might heal them.
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`And happy are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear,
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for verily I say to you, that many prophets and righteous men did desire to see that which ye look on, and they did not see, and to hear that which ye hear, and they did not hear.
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`Ye, therefore, hear ye the simile of the sower:
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Every one hearing the word of the reign, and not understanding--the evil one doth come, and doth catch that which hath been sown in his heart; this is that sown by the way.
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`And that sown on the rocky places, this is he who is hearing the word, and immediately with joy is receiving it,
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and he hath not root in himself, but is temporary, and persecution or tribulation having happened because of the word, immediately he is stumbled.
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`And that sown toward the thorns, this is he who is hearing the word, and the anxiety of this age, and the deceitfulness of the riches, do choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.
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`And that sown on the good ground: this is he who is hearing the word, and is understanding, who indeed doth bear fruit, and doth make, some indeed a hundredfold, and some sixty, and some thirty.'
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Another simile he set before them, saying: `The reign of the heavens was likened to a man sowing good seed in his field,
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and, while men are sleeping, his enemy came and sowed darnel in the midst of the wheat, and went away,
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and when the herb sprang up, and yielded fruit, then appeared also the darnel.
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`And the servants of the householder, having come near, said to him, Sir, good seed didst thou not sow in thy field? whence then hath it the darnel?
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And he saith to them, A man, an enemy, did this; and the servants said to him, Wilt thou, then, <FI>that<Fi> having gone away we may gather it up?
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`And he said, No, lest--gathering up the darnel--ye root up with it the wheat,
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suffer both to grow together till the harvest, and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather up first the darnel, and bind it in bundles, to burn it, and the wheat gather up into my storehouse.'
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Another simile he set before them, saying: `The reign of the heavens is like to a grain of mustard, which a man having taken, did sow in his field,
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which less, indeed, is than all the seeds, but when it may be grown, is greatest of the herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the heaven do come and rest in its branches.'
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Another simile spake he to them: `The reign of the heavens is like to leaven, which a woman having taken, hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.'
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All these things spake Jesus in similes to the multitudes, and without a simile he was not speaking to them,
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that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through the prophet, saying, `I will open in similes my mouth, I will utter things having been hidden from the foundation of the world.'
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Then having let away the multitudes, Jesus came to the house, and his disciples came near to him, saying, `Explain to us the simile of the darnel of the field.'
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And he answering said to them, `He who is sowing the good seed is the Son of Man,
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and the field is the world, and the good seed, these are the sons of the reign, and the darnel are the sons of the evil one,
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and the enemy who sowed them is the devil, and the harvest is a full end of the age, and the reapers are messengers.
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`As, then, the darnel is gathered up, and is burned with fire, so shall it be in the full end of this age,
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the Son of Man shall send forth his messengers, and they shall gather up out of his kingdom all the stumbling-blocks, and those doing the unlawlessness,
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and shall cast them to the furnace of the fire; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth.
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`Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the reign of their Father. He who is having ears to hear--let him hear.
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`Again, the reign of the heavens is like to treasure hid in the field, which a man having found did hide, and from his joy goeth, and all, as much as he hath, he selleth, and buyeth that field.
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`Again, the reign of the heavens is like to a man, a merchant, seeking goodly pearls,
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who having found one pearl of great price, having gone away, hath sold all, as much as he had, and bought it.
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`Again, the reign of the heavens is like to a net that was cast into the sea, and did gather together of every kind,
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which, when it was filled, having drawn up again upon the beach, and having sat down, they gathered the good into vessels, and the bad they did cast out,
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so shall it be in the full end of the age, the messengers shall come forth and separate the evil out of the midst of the righteous,
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and shall cast them to the furnace of the fire, there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth.'
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Jesus saith to them, `Did ye understand all these?' They say to him, `Yes, sir.'
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And he said to them, `Because of this every scribe having been discipled in regard to the reign of the heavens, is like to a man, a householder, who doth bring forth out of his treasure things new and old.'
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And it came to pass, when Jesus finished these similes, he removed thence,
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and having come to his own country, he was teaching them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and were saying, `Whence to this one this wisdom and the mighty works?
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is not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary, and his brethren James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?
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and his sisters--are they not all with us? whence, then, to this one all these?'
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and they were stumbled at him. And Jesus said to them, `A prophet is not without honour except in his own country, and in his own house:'
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and he did not there many mighty works, because of their unbelief.
Explanations by Age Level
Explain Like I'm 5
A long, long time ago, there was nothing at all - no earth, no sky, no animals, no people. It was all dark and empty. But God was there! God is so powerful that He can make anything just by speaking. So God said "Let there be light!" and BOOM! There was light everywhere! God saw that the light was beautiful and good. He called the light "day" and the darkness "night." This was the very first day when God started making our wonderful world!
Explain Like I'm 10
Before anything existed - no planets, stars, or life - God decided to create the universe. The earth started out as a dark, empty place covered with water. But God's Spirit was there, ready to bring order and beauty to everything. When God spoke and said "Let there be light," light immediately appeared because God's words have incredible power. God looked at the light and was pleased with what He had made. He organized time by separating light (day) from darkness (night), creating the first 24-hour period. This shows us that God is organized and purposeful in everything He does.
Explain Like I'm 15
Genesis 1:1-5 establishes fundamental theological truths about God and creation. The Hebrew word "bara" (created) indicates creation from nothing (ex nihilo), demonstrating God's absolute sovereignty and power. The phrase "without form and void" (tohu wa-bohu) describes a state of chaos that God transforms into order. The Spirit of God "hovering" or "brooding" over the waters suggests active, caring involvement in creation. The creation of light before the sun (created on day 4) indicates that God Himself is the ultimate source of light and energy. The establishment of day and night creates the framework of time, showing that God operates within orderly patterns while transcending them. This passage refutes both atheistic materialism and pantheism, establishing that God is both transcendent (separate from creation) and immanent (actively involved in it).