Matthew 13:24-58

²⁴Another parable Jesus put forth to them, and said, The kingdom of heavens is made like to a man, that sowed good seed in his field.

²⁵And when men slept, his enemy came, and sowed above tares in the middle of (the) wheat, +or and sowed above darnels, or cockles, in the midst of the wheat, and (then) went away.

²⁶But when the herb was grown, and made fruit, then the tares, or the darnels, or (the) cockles, appeared.

²⁷And the servants of the husbandman came, and said to him, Lord, whether hast thou not sown good seed in thy field? whereof then hath it tares, or darnels, or cockles?

²⁸And he said to them, An enemy hath done this thing. And the servants said to him, Wilt thou that we go, and gather them?

²⁹And he said, Nay, lest peradventure ye in gathering (the) tares, or the darnels, or (the) cockles, draw up with them also the wheat by the root.

³⁰Suffer ye them both to wax into reaping time; and in the time of ripe corn, I shall say to the reapers, (or Allow them both to grow until harvest time; and at harvest time, I shall say to the harvesters), First gather ye together the tares, or the darnels, or (the) cockles, and bind them together in knitches, or small bundles, to be burnt, but gather ye the wheat into my barn.

³¹Another parable Jesus put forth to them, and said, The kingdom of heavens is like to a corn of sinapi, which a man took, and sowed in his field. (Jesus put forth another parable to them, and said, The Kingdom of Heaven is like a kernel, or a grain, of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field.)

³²Which truly is the least of all seeds, but when it hath waxen, it is the most of all worts, (or but when it hath grown, it is the largest of all herbs, or all plants), and is made (into) a tree; so that the birds of the air come, and dwell in the boughs or in the branches thereof.

³³Another parable Jesus spake to them or He spake another parable to them, The kingdom of heavens is like to sourdough (or is like yeast), which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till it were all soured (or until it was all leavened).

³⁴Jesus spake all these things in parables to the people, and he spake not to them without parables,

³⁵(so) that it should be fulfilled, that is said by the prophet, saying, I shall open my mouth in parables; I shall tell out hid things or things hid from the making of the world (or I shall tell out hidden things from the creation of the world).

³⁶Then he left the people (or Then he dismissed the people, or let them go), and came into an house; and his disciples came to him, and said, Expound to us the parable of the tares, or the darnels, or (the) cockles, of the field.

³⁷Which answered, and said, He that soweth good seed is man’s Son;

³⁸the field is the world; but the good seed, these be the sons of the kingdom, but (the) tares, these be (the) evil children, or forsooth (the) darnels, or (the) cockles, these be (the) sons of the wicked (one);

³⁹the enemy that soweth them is the fiend or the devil; and the ripe corn (or the harvest) is the ending of the world, the reapers be (the) angels.

⁴⁰Therefore as (the) tares, or (the) darnels, or (the) cockles, be gathered together, and be burnt in the fire, so it shall be in the ending of the world.

⁴¹Man’s Son shall send his angels, and they shall gather from his realm all causes of stumbling, and them that do wickedness;

⁴²and they shall send them into the chimney of fire; there shall be weeping, and beating together of teeth (or and grinding of teeth).

⁴³Then just men shall shine as the sun, in the realm of their Father (or in their Father’s Kingdom). He that hath ears of hearing, hear he.

⁴⁴The kingdom of heavens is like to (a) treasure hid in a field (or The Kingdom of Heaven is like a treasure hidden in a field), which a man that findeth, hideth; and for (the) joy of it he goeth, and selleth all (the) things that he hath, and buyeth that field.

⁴⁵Again the kingdom of heavens is like to a merchant, that seeketh good margarites or good pearls;

⁴⁶but when he hath found one precious margarite (or one precious pearl), he went, and sold all (the) things that he had, and bought it.

⁴⁷Again the kingdom of heavens is like to a net cast into the sea, and that gathereth together of all kinds of fishes;

⁴⁸which when it was full, they drew it up, and sat by the brink, and chose the good into their vessels, but the evil they cast out. (which when it was full, they drew it up, and sat on the shore, and chose the good ones for their pails, or their baskets, but the bad ones they threw away.)

⁴⁹So it shall be in the end(ing) of the world. Angels shall go out, and shall separate evil men from the middle or from the midst of just men.

⁵⁰And they shall send them into the chimney of fire; there shall be weeping, and grinding of teeth.

⁵¹Have ye understood all these things? They say to him, Yea.

⁵²He saith to them, Therefore every wise man of the law taught in the kingdom of heavens, is like to an husbandman, that bringeth forth of his treasure new things and old.

⁵³And it was done, when Jesus had ended these parables, he passed from thence (or he went away from there).

⁵⁴And he came into his country, and taught them in their synagogues, so that they wondered, and said, From whence this wisdom and virtues, (or works of power, or miracles), came to this? or Whereof to him this wisdom and virtues? (or From where did he get such wisdom and power to work such miracles?)

⁵⁵Whether this is not the son of a carpenter? Whether his mother be not said Mary? (or Is not his mother called Mary?), and his brethren, James, and Joseph, and Simon, and Judas?

⁵⁶and his sisters, whether they all be not among us? From whence then all these things come or came to this? and his sisters, whether they be not all among us? Therefore whereof to him all these things?

⁵⁷And so they were offended in him. But Jesus said to them, A prophet is not without honour, no but in his own country, and in his own house. (And so they were offended by him, or they were contemptuous of him. And Jesus said to them, A prophet is not without honour, except in his own hometown, and among his own family.)

⁵⁸And he did not there many virtues, for the unbelief of them. (And he did not do many works of power, or miracles, there, because of their unbelief.)