Matthew 13:24-58

²⁴Anothir parable Jhesus puttide forth to hem, and seide, The kyngdom of heuenes is maad lijk to a man, that sewe good seed in his feld.

²⁵And whanne men slepten, his enemy cam, and sewe aboue taris in the myddil of whete, and wente awei.

²⁶But whanne the erbe was growed, and made fruyt, thanne the taris apperiden.

²⁷And the seruauntis of the hosebonde man camen, and seiden to hym, Lord, whether hast thou not sowun good seed in thi feeld? where of thanne hath it taris?

²⁸And he seide to hem, An enemy hath do this thing. And the seruauntis seiden to him, `Wolt thou that we goon, and gaderen hem?

²⁹And he seide, Nay, lest perauenture ye in gaderynge taris drawen vp with hem the whete bi the roote.

³⁰Suffre ye hem bothe to wexe in to repyng tyme; and in the tyme of ripe corne Y shal seie to the reperis, First gadere ye to gidere the taris, and bynde hem to gidere in knytchis to be brent, but gadere ye whete in to my berne.

³¹Another parable Jhesus puttide forth to hem, and seide, The kyngdom of heuenes is lijk to a corn of seneuey, which a man took, and sewe in his feeld.

³²Which is the leeste of alle seedis, but whanne it hath woxen, it is the moste of alle wortis, and is maad a tre; so that briddis of the eir comen, and dwellen in the bowis therof.

³³Another parable Jhesus spac to hem, The kyngdom of heuenes is lijk to sour douy, which a womman took, and hidde in thre mesuris of mele, til it were alle sowrid.

³⁴Jhesus spac alle thes thingis in parablis to the puple, and he spac not to hem with out parablis, that it schulde be fulfillid,

³⁵that is seid bi the prophete, seiynge, Y shal opene my mouth in parablis; Y shal telle out hid thingis fro the makyng of the world.

³⁶Thanne he lefte the puple, and cam in to an hous; and hise disciplis camen to him, and seiden, Expowne to vs the parable of taris of the feeld.

³⁷Which answeride, and seide, He that sowith good seed is mannus sone;

³⁸the feeld is the world; but the good seed, these ben sones of the kyngdom, but taris, these ben yuele children;

³⁹the enemye that sowith hem is the feend; and the ripe corn is the endyng of the world, the reperis ben aungels.

⁴⁰Therfor as taris ben gaderid togidere, and ben brent in fier, so it shal be in the endyng of the world.

⁴¹Mannus sone shal sende hise aungels, and thei schulen gadere fro his rewme alle sclaundris, and hem that doon wickidnesse;

⁴²and thei schulen sende hem in to the chymney of fier, there shal be weping and betyng to gidere of teeth.

⁴³Thanne iuste men schulen schyne as the sunne, in the rewme of her fadir. He that hath eeris of heryng, here he.

⁴⁴The kyngdom of heuenes is lijk to tresour hid in a feld, which a man that fyndith, hidith; and for ioye of it he goith, and sillith alle thingis that he hath, and bieth thilk feeld.

⁴⁵Eftsoone the kyngdom of heuenes is lijk to a marchaunt, that sechith good margaritis;

⁴⁶but whanne he hath foundun o precious margarite, he wente, and selde alle thingis that he hadde, and bouyte it.

⁴⁷Eft the kyngdom of heuenes is lijk to a nette cast into the see, and that gaderith to gidere of al kynde of fisschis;

⁴⁸which whanne it was ful, thei drowen vp, and seten bi the brenke, and chesen the goode in to her vessels, but the yuel thei kesten out.

⁴⁹So it schal be in the endyng of the world. Aungels schulen go out, and schulen departe yuel men fro the myddil of iuste men.

⁵⁰And thei shulen sende hem in to the chymnei of fier; ther shal be weping and gryntyng of teeth.

⁵¹Han ye vndirstonde alle these thingis? Thei seien to hym, Yhe.

⁵²He seith to hem, Therfor euery wise man of lawe in the kyngdom of heuenes, is lijk to an hosebonde man, that bryngith forth of his tresoure newe thingis and elde.

⁵³And it was doon, whanne Jhesus hadde endid these parablis, he passide fro thennus.

⁵⁴And he cam in to his cuntrei, and tauyte hem in her synagogis, so that thei wondriden, and seiden, Fro whennus this wisdam and vertues camen to this?

⁵⁵Whether `is not this the sone of a carpentere? Whether his modir be not seid Marie? and hise britheren, James, and Joseph, and Symount, and Judas? and hise sistris,

⁵⁶whether thei alle ben not among us? Fro whennus thanne `alle thes thingis camen to this?

⁵⁷And so thei weren sclaundrid in hym. But Jhesus seide to hem, A profete is not with oute worschip, but in his owen cuntre, and in his owen hous.

⁵⁸And he dide not there manye vertues, for the vnbileue of hem.