Matthew 13:24-58

²⁴He put another parable to them, saying: “The kingdom of the heavens is like a man who sowed good seed in his field;

²⁵but while the people were sleeping his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went away.

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

²⁷So the servants of the owner came and said to him, ‘Sir, was it not good seed that you sowed in your field? How then does it have tares?’

²⁸He said to them, ‘An enemy did it.’ The servants said to him, ‘So do you want us to go and gather them up?’

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

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

³¹He put another parable to them, saying: “The kingdom of the heavens is like a mustard seed which a man took and sowed in his field;

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

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

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

³⁵so that what was spoken through the prophet should be fulfilled, namely: “I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things kept secret from the foundation of the world.”

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

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

³⁸The field is the world; as for the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom, while the tares are the sons of the malignant one.

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

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

⁴¹The Son of the Man will send out His angels, and they will collect out of His kingdom everything that is offensive, and those who perpetrate lawlessness;

⁴²and they will throw them into the furnace of fire. There there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

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

⁴⁴“Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like a treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and re-hid, and in his joy he goes and sells everything he has and buys that field.

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

⁴⁶who upon finding one very valuable pearl went and sold everything he had and bought it.

⁴⁷“Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like a seine that was cast into the sea and gathered of every kind,

⁴⁸which, when it was full, they pulled upon the shore; and sitting down they collected the good into vessels, but threw out the bad.

⁴⁹So it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come forth and will separate the malignant out from among the righteous,

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

⁵¹Jesus says to them, “Did you understand all these things?” They say to Him, “Yes, Lord.”

⁵²So He said to them, “Therefore every scribe who has been discipled into the kingdom of the heavens is like a man, a householder, who brings out of his reservoir things new and old.”

⁵³Now it happened, when Jesus had finished these parables, that He departed 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 mighty works?

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

⁵⁶And his sisters, are they not all with us? 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 mighty works there because of their unbelief.