Matthew 13:24-58

²⁴Another simile he set before them, saying: 'The reign of the heavens was likened to a man sowing good seed in his field,

²⁵and, while men are sleeping, his enemy came and sowed darnel in the midst of the wheat, and went away,

²⁶and when the herb sprang up, and yielded fruit, then appeared also the darnel.

²⁷'And the servants of the householder, having come near, said to him, Sir, good seed didst thou not sow in thy field? whence then hath it the darnel?

²⁸And he saith to them, A man, an enemy, did this; and the servants said to him, Wilt thou, then, that having gone away we may gather it up?

²⁹'And he said, No, lest — gathering up the darnel — ye root up with it the wheat,

³⁰suffer both to grow together till the harvest, and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather up first the darnel, and bind it in bundles, to burn it, and the wheat gather up into my storehouse.'

³¹Another simile he set before them, saying: 'The reign of the heavens is like to a grain of mustard, which a man having taken, did sow in his field,

³²which less, indeed, is than all the seeds, but when it may be grown, is greatest of the herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the heaven do come and rest in its branches.'

³³Another simile spake he to them: 'The reign of the heavens is like to leaven, which a woman having taken, hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.'

³⁴All these things spake Jesus in similes to the multitudes, and without a simile he was not speaking to them,

³⁵that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through the prophet, saying, 'I will open in similes my mouth, I will utter things having been hidden from the foundation of the world.'

³⁶Then having let away the multitudes, Jesus came to the house, and his disciples came near to him, saying, 'Explain to us the simile of the darnel of the field.'

³⁷And he answering said to them, 'He who is sowing the good seed is the Son of Man,

³⁸and the field is the world, and the good seed, these are the sons of the reign, and the darnel are the sons of the evil one,

³⁹and the enemy who sowed them is the devil, and the harvest is a full end of the age, and the reapers are messengers.

⁴⁰'As, then, the darnel is gathered up, and is burned with fire, so shall it be in the full end of this age,

⁴¹the Son of Man shall send forth his messengers, and they shall gather up out of his kingdom all the stumbling-blocks, and those doing the unlawlessness,

⁴²and shall cast them to the furnace of the fire; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth.

⁴³'Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the reign of their Father. He who is having ears to hear — let him hear.

⁴⁴'Again, the reign of the heavens is like to treasure hid in the field, which a man having found did hide, and from his joy goeth, and all, as much as he hath, he selleth, and buyeth that field.

⁴⁵'Again, the reign of the heavens is like to a man, a merchant, seeking goodly pearls,

⁴⁶who having found one pearl of great price, having gone away, hath sold all, as much as he had, and bought it.

⁴⁷'Again, the reign of the heavens is like to a net that was cast into the sea, and did gather together of every kind,

⁴⁸which, when it was filled, having drawn up again upon the beach, and having sat down, they gathered the good into vessels, and the bad they did cast out,

⁴⁹so shall it be in the full end of the age, the messengers shall come forth and separate the evil out of the midst of the righteous,

⁵⁰and shall cast them to the furnace of the fire, there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth.'

⁵¹Jesus saith to them, 'Did ye understand all these?' They say to him, 'Yes, sir.'

⁵²And he said to them, 'Because of this every scribe having been discipled in regard to the reign of the heavens, is like to a man, a householder, who doth bring forth out of his treasure things new and old.'

⁵³And it came to pass, when Jesus finished these similes, he removed thence,

⁵⁴and having come to his own country, he was teaching them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and were saying, 'Whence to this one this wisdom and the mighty works?

⁵⁵is not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary, and his brethren James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?

⁵⁶and his sisters — are they not all with us? whence, then, to this one all these?'

⁵⁷and they were stumbled at him. And Jesus said to them, 'A prophet is not without honour except in his own country, and in his own house:'

⁵⁸and he did not there many mighty works, because of their unbelief.