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

On that day Jesus went out of the house, and sat by the sea.

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hid in a field, which, when a man finds it, he hides; and for the joy it gives, he goes and sells all that he has, and buys that field.

Another parable he laid before them, saying: The kingdom of heaven is like- a grain of mustard, that a man took and sowed in his field.

Is not this the son of the carpenter? Is not his mother called Mary? and his brothers, James and Joses and Simon and Judas?

But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear.

For verily I say to you, Many prophets and righteous men desired to see what you see, and did not see; and to hear what you hear, and did not hear.

Yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while; and when affliction or persecution arises on account of the word, he immediately takes offense.

He that received seed on the stony places is he that hears the word, and immediately receives it with joy.

But he that received seed on the good ground, is he that hears the word and understands it; who also produces fruit, and yields, one a hundred; another, sixty; another, thirty.

He said to them, An enemy has done this. The servants said to him, Is it your will, then, that we go and gather them up?

But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went away.

And the servants of the master of the house came, and said to him, Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? Whence, then, has it tares?

But when the blade sprung up, and produced fruit, then appeared the tares also.

the field is the world; the good seed are the sons of the kingdom; the tares are the sons of the Wicked One;

All these things Jesus spoke to the multitudes in parables, and without a parable he did not speak to them;

that the word might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying: I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things that have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.

And he spoke many things to them in parables, saying: Behold, the sower went out to sow.

And the disciples came and said to him: "Why dost thou speak to them in parables?

He answered, and said to them: Because it is given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven; but to them it is not given.

He spoke another parable to them: The kingdom of. heaven is like leaven which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, till the whole was leavened.

The Son of man will send forth his angels, and collect out of his kingdom all things that offend, and those who work iniquity,

And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed from that place.

And as he sowed, some seeds fell by the way: and the birds came and ate them up.

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that is cast into the sea, and that gathers of every kind:

But he said, No; lest while you are gathering the tares, you root up the wheat with them.

Others fell on stony places, where they had not much earth; and they immediately sprung up, because they had no depth of earth.

Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun, in the kingdom of their Father. He that has ears to hear,- let him hear.

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking goodly pearls.

He that received seed among the thorns, is he that hears the word; and the cares of this age, and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

For whoever has, to him shall be given, and he shall have abundance; but whoever has not, even that which he has shall be taken from him.

And in them is fulfilled the prophesy of Isaiah, which says: You shall surely hear, and you will not understand; and you shall surely see, and you will not perceive.

For this reason I speak to them in parables; because when they see, they see not; and when they hear, they hear not, nor do they understand.

He answered and said to them: He that sows the good seed is the Son of man;

And he came into his own country, and taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said: Whence has this man this wisdom, and these mighty works?

For the heart of this people has become fat; and with their ears they hear heavily; and their eyes they have closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should turn to me, and I should give them health.

But when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.

He said to them: Therefore, every scribe that is trained for the kingdom of heaven, is like the master of a house, who brings out of his treasury things new and old.

Then Jesus left the multitudes, and went into the house. And his disciples came to him and said: Explain to us the parable of the tares of the field.

As, therefore, the tares are collected and burned in fire, so shall it be in the end of this age.

And many multitudes came together to him, so that he went into a ship and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore.

and cast them into the furnace of fire; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Hear you, therefore, the parable of the sower.

When any one hears the word of the kingdom, and understands it not, the wicked one comes and catches away that which was sown in his heart. This is he that received seed by the way side.

the enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the age; and the reapers are angels.

So shall it be in the end of the age: the angels shall come forth and separate the wicked from among the just,

It is, indeed, the least of all seeds; but when it is grown it is the largest of garden-plants, and be comes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and roost in its branches.

He that has ears to hear, let him hear.

Others fell upon good ground, and brought forth fruit, some a hundred, some fifty. some thirty.

Let both grow together till the harvest, and in time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Collect first the tares, and bind them into bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat into my granary.

And they found in him occasion for offense. But Jesus said to them: A prophet is not without honor, unless it be in his own country and in his own house.

And he did not many mighty works there, on account of their unbelief.

Others fell among thorns, and the thorns sprung up and choked them.

When he finds one pearl of great value, he goes and sells all that he has, and buys it.

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

Jesus said to them: Have you understood all these things? They said to him: Yes, Lord.

when it is full, they draw it to the shore; and sitting down, they collect the good into vessels, but throw the bad away.

And his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence, then, has this man all these things?