He put before them another parable, saying, "The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field.

On that day Jesus went out of the house [and] was sitting by the sea.

"The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, that a man found [and] concealed, and in his joy he goes and sells everything that he has and buys that field.

He put before them another parable, saying, "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took [and] sowed in his field.

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

But your eyes [are] blessed because they see, and your ears because they hear.

For truly I say to you that many prophets and righteous [people] longed to see what you see, and did not see [it], and to hear what you hear, and did not hear [it]!

But he does not have a root in himself, but {lasts only a little while}, and [when] affliction or persecution happens because of the word, immediately he falls away.

And what was sown on the rocky ground--this is the one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy.

But what was sown on the good soil--this is the one who hears the word and understands [it], who indeed bears fruit and produces, this one a hundred [times as much], and this one sixty, and this one thirty."

And he said to them, 'An enemy has done this!' So the slaves said to him, 'Then do you want us to go [and] gather them?'

But while his people were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed darnel in the midst of the wheat and went away.

So the slaves of the master of the house came [and] said to him, 'Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have darnel?'

So when the {wheat} sprouted and yielded grain, then the darnel appeared also.

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.

Jesus spoke all these [things] to the crowds in parables, and he was saying nothing to them without a parable,

in order that what was spoken through the prophet would be fulfilled, who said, "I will open my mouth in parables; I will proclaim what has been hidden since the creation."

And he spoke many [things] to them in parables, saying, "Behold, the sower went out to sow,

And the disciples came up [and] said to him, "{Why} do you speak to them in parables?"

And he answered [and] said to them, "To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to those [people] it has not been granted.

He told them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took [and] put into three measures of wheat flour until the whole [batch] was leavened."

The Son of Man will send out his angels and they will gather out of his kingdom all the causes of sin and those who do lawless deeds,

And it happened that when Jesus had finished these parables he went away from there.

and while he was sowing, {some seed} fell on the side of the path, and the birds came [and] devoured it.

"Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a dragnet that was thrown into the sea and gathered [fish] of every kind,

But he said, "No, lest [when you] gather the darnel you uproot the wheat together with it.

And other [seed] fell on the rocky ground, where it did not have much soil, and it sprang up at once because it did not have [any] depth of soil.

Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. The one who has ears, let him hear!

"Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant searching for fine pearls.

And what was sown into the thorn plants--this is the one who hears the word, and the anxiety of this world and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word and it becomes unproductive.

For whoever has, to him [more] will be given, and he will have an abundance. But whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

and with reference to them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says, "{You will listen carefully} and will never understand, and {you will look closely} and will never perceive.

For this [reason] I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand,

So he answered [and] said, "The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man,

And he came to his hometown [and] began to teach them in their synagogue, so that they were amazed and said, "From where did this man [get] this wisdom and these miracles?

For the heart of this people has become dull, and with their ears they hear with difficulty, and they have shut their eyes, so that they would not see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and turn, and I would heal them."

But [when] the sun rose it was scorched, and because it did not have [enough] root, it withered.

And he said to them, "For this [reason] every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like the master of the house who brings out of his storeroom new [things] and old [things]."

Then he left the crowds [and] came into the house, and his disciples came to him saying, "Explain the parable of the darnel in the field to us."

Thus just as the darnel is gathered and burned with fire, so it will be at the end of the age.

And large crowds gathered close around him, so that he got into a boat to sit down, and all the crowd was standing on the shore.

and throw them into the fiery furnace. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth!

"You, therefore, listen to the parable of the sower:

[When] anyone hears the word about the kingdom and does not understand [it], the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is what was sown on the side of the path.

And the enemy who sowed them is the devil, and the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels.

Thus it will be at the end of the age. The angels will go out and separate the evil from among the righteous

{It} is the smallest of all the seeds, but when it is grown it is larger than the garden herbs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the sky come and nest in its branches."

The one who has ears, let him hear!"

But other [seed] fell on the good soil and produced grain, this one a hundred [times as much] and this one sixty and this one thirty.

Let both grow together until the harvest, and at the season of the harvest I will tell the reapers, "First gather the darnel and tie it into bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my storehouse." '"

And they were offended by him. But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor except in his [own] hometown and in his [own] household."

And he did not perform many miracles in that place because of their unbelief.

And other [seed] fell among the thorn plants, and the thorn plants came up and choked it.

And [when he] found one very valuable pearl, he went [and] sold everything that he possessed and purchased it.

and throw them into the fiery furnace. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth!

"Have you understood all these [things]?" They said to him, "Yes."

which when it was filled they pulled to shore and sat down [and] collected the good [fish] into containers, but the bad they threw out.

And are not all his sisters with us? From where then did this man [get] all these [things]?"