And there were shepherds in the same country abiding in the field, and keeping watch by night over their flock.

And He spake a parable to them, saying, "A certain rich man's field yielded bountifully;

Now, if God so clotheth the grass in the field, which to-day is, and to-morrow is cast into an oven, how much more shall He clothe you, O ye of little faith!

"And they all, with one consent, began to make excuse. The first said to him, 'I bought a field, and I must go out to see it; I pray you, have me excused.'

"Now his elder son was in a field; and as, in coming, he drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing.

But who is there of you, having a servant plowing, or tending sheep, that will say to him, having come in from the field, 'Coming straightway, recline at table;'

"In that day let him who shall be on the housetop and his goods in the house not come down to take them away: and let him who is in the field likewise not return back.