Matthew 13:24-58

²⁴And he gave them another story, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a man who put good seed in his field:

²⁵But while men were sleeping, one who had hate for him came and put evil seeds among the grain, and went away.

²⁶But when the green stem came up and gave fruit, the evil plants were seen at the same time.

²⁷And the servants of the master of the house came and said to him, Sir, did you not put good seed in your field? how then has it evil plants?

²⁸And he said, Someone has done this in hate. And the servants say to him, Is it your pleasure that we go and take them up?

²⁹But he says, No, for fear that by chance while you take up the evil plants, you may be rooting up the grain with them.

³⁰Let them come up together till the getting in of the grain; and then I will say to the workers, Take up first the evil plants, and put them together for burning: but put the grain into my store-house.

³¹He put another story before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and put in his field:

³²Which is smaller than all seeds; but when it has come up it is greater than the plants, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of heaven come and make their resting-places in its branches.

³³Another story he gave to them: The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took, and put in three measures of meal, till it was all leavened.

³⁴All these things Jesus said to the people in the form of stories; and without a story he said nothing to them:

³⁵That it might come true which was said by the prophet, Opening my mouth, I will give out stories; I will give knowledge of things kept secret from before all time.

³⁶Then he went away from the people, and went into the house; and his disciples came to him, saying, Make clear to us the story of the evil plants in the field.

³⁷And he made answer and said, He who puts the good seed in the earth is the Son of man;

³⁸And the field is the world; and the good seed is the sons of the kingdom; and the evil seeds are the sons of the Evil One;

³⁹And he who put them in the earth is Satan; and the getting in of the grain is the end of the world; and those who get it in are the angels.

⁴⁰As then the evil plants are got together and burned with fire, so will it be in the end of the world.

⁴¹The Son of man will send out his angels, and they will take out of his kingdom everything which is a cause of error, and all those who do wrong,

⁴²And will put them into the fire; there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.

⁴³Then will the upright be shining as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him give ear.

⁴⁴The kingdom of heaven is like a secret store of wealth in a field, which a man came across and put back again; and in his joy he goes and gives all he has, to get that field.

⁴⁵Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a trader searching for beautiful jewels.

⁴⁶And having come across one jewel of great price, he went and gave all he had in exchange for it.

⁴⁷Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net, which was put into the sea and took in every sort of fish:

⁴⁸When it was full, they took it up on the sands; and seated there they put the good into vessels, but the bad they put away.

⁴⁹So will it be in the end of the world: the angels will come and take out the bad from the good,

⁵⁰And will put them into the fire: there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.

⁵¹Are all these things now clear to you? They say to him, Yes.

⁵²And he said to them, For this reason every scribe who has become a disciple of the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house, who gives out from his store things new and old.

⁵³And when Jesus had come to the end of these stories he went away from there.

⁵⁴And coming into his country, he gave them teaching in their Synagogue, so that they were greatly surprised and said, Where did this man get this wisdom and these works of power?

⁵⁵Is not this the woodworker's son? is not his mother named Mary? and his brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas?

⁵⁶And his sisters, are they not all with us? from where, then, has he all these things?

⁵⁷And they were bitter against him. But Jesus said to them, A prophet is nowhere without honour but in his country and among his family.

⁵⁸And the works of power which he did there were small in number because they had no faith.