Matthew 13:24-58

²⁴Another parable He set before them, saying: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man sowing good seed in his field.

²⁵But while the men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went away.

²⁶But when the stalk had sprouted and produced fruit, then the tares also appeared.

²⁷So the servants of the master of the house approached and said to him, ‘Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? From where then does it have tares?’

²⁸He said to them, ‘An enemy has done this.’ So the servants said to him, ‘Do you wish then that we should go and gather them up?’

²⁹But he said, ‘No, lest gathering up the tares you also uproot the wheat with them.

³⁰Leave both to grow together until the harvest; and at the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, “First gather together the tares, and bind them into bundles to burn them, but gather together the wheat into my barn.” ’ ”

³¹Another parable He set before them, saying: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field,

³²which indeed is smaller than all the seeds; but whenever it is grown, it is greater than the garden vegetables and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches.”

³³Another parable He spoke to them: “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, until it was all leavened.”

³⁴Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the crowds, and without a parable He did not speak to them,

³⁵so that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying: “I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things having been hidden from the foundation of the world.”

³⁶Then having dismissed the crowds, Jesus went into the house. And His disciples came to Him, saying, “Explain to us the parable of the tares of the field.”

³⁷He answered and said to them: “He that sows the good seed is the Son of Man.

³⁸And the field is the world, and the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom, but the tares are the sons of the evil one.

³⁹The enemy who sowed them is the devil, the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are the angels.

⁴⁰Therefore just as the tares are gathered and burned with fire, thus it will be at the end of this age.

⁴¹The Son of Man will send forth His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all things that offend, and those who work iniquity,

⁴²and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

⁴³Then the righteous will shine forth like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear!”

⁴⁴“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like treasure having been hidden in a field, which a man found and hid; and for joy over it, he went and sold everything he had, and bought that field.”

⁴⁵“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking beautiful pearls,

⁴⁶who, when he found one very precious pearl, went and sold everything he had and bought it.”

⁴⁷“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a dragnet having been cast into the sea, and gathering some of every kind,

⁴⁸which, when it was filled, they pulled up on the shore; and sitting down, they collected the good into vessels, but the rotten they threw out.

⁴⁹Thus it shall be at the end of the age: the angels shall go forth and separate the evil from among the righteous,

⁵⁰and cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

⁵¹Jesus said to them, “Have you understood all these things?” They said to Him, “Yes, Lord.”

⁵²Then He said to them, “Therefore every scribe who has become a disciple in the kingdom of heaven is like the master of a house who brings out of his treasure both new things and old.”

⁵³Now it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these parables, He went away from there.

⁵⁴And coming into His hometown, He began to teach them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished and said, “Where did this Man get this wisdom and the powerful works?

⁵⁵Is this not the carpenter's son? Is not His mother called Mary? And His brothers James, Joses, Simon, and Jude?

⁵⁶And His sisters, are they not all with us? From where then did this Man get all these things?”

⁵⁷So they were offended at Him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown, and in his own house.”

⁵⁸And He did not do many miracles there because of their unbelief.