Matthew 13:31-58 ▼

31 And He submitted another parable to them, saying; The kingdom of the heavens is like unto a grain of mustard seed, which, a man having taken, sowed in his field;

32 which indeed is the smallest of all seeds; and when it grows up, is the greatest of herbs, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of heaven indeed lodge in its branches.

33 And he spake another parable unto them; The kingdom of the heavens is like unto the leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, until the whole was leavened.

34 Jesus spoke all of these things to the multitudes in parables; and without a parable He was not speaking to them:

35 in order that the word spoken by Isaiah, the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables: I will make known the things which have been hidden from the foundation.

36 Then leaving the multitudes, He came into the house: and His disciples came to Him saying; Explain to us the parable of the tares of the field.

37 And He responding said, The one sowing the good seed is the Son of man;

38 and the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; and the tares are the sons of the wicked one,

39 and the enemy sowing them is the devil: and the harvest is the end of the age; and the reapers are the angels.

40 Then as the tares are gathered and burnt up with fire; so it will be in the end of the age.

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

42 and will cast them into the furnace of the fire: and there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

43 Then the righteous will shine as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. But let the one having ears, hear.

44 The kingdom of the heavens is like unto a treasure having been hidden in a field; which a man having found, concealed; and from his joy he goes and sells all things so many as he has, and buys that field.

45 Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like unto a man seeking beautiful pearls:

46 and having found one pearl of great price, having gone away he sold all things, so many as he had, and bought it.

47 Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like unto a net cast into the sea, and gathering of every kind;

48 which, when it was filled, drawing up on the shore, and sitting down, they gathered the good into baskets, and threw the bad away.

49 So it will be in the end of the age: the angels will go forth, and will separate the wicked from the midst of the righteous,

50 and will cast them into the furnace of the fire: and there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

51 Do you understand all these things? They say to Him, Yea.

52 And He said to them, Therefore every scribe having been discipled into the kingdom of the heavens is like unto a man who is a landlord, who bringeth out of his treasure things both new and old.

53 And it came to pass, when Jesus finished these parables, He departed thence.

54 And having come into His own country He was teaching them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, Whence this wisdom and these miracles unto Him?

55 Is not He the son of the carpenter? is not His mother called Mary? are not His brothers, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?

56 And are not His sisters all here with us? Whence then are these things to Him?

57 And they were offended in Him. And Jesus said to them; A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and in his own house.

58 And He did not many mighty works there on account of their unbelief.