Matthew 13:34-58 ▼

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

35 so that it might be fulfilled, that having been spoken through the prophet, saying: “I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world.”

36 Then, having dismissed the crowds, He went into the house. And His disciples came to Him, saying, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds of the field.”

37 And answering, He 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 weeds are the sons of the evil one;

39 and the enemy having sown them is the devil; and the harvest is the consummation of the age; and the harvesters are angels.

40 Therefore, as the weeds are gathered together and are burned up in fire, so will it be in the consummation of the age.

41 The Son of Man will send forth His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all the stumbling blocks and those doing lawlessness,

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

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

44 The kingdom of the heavens is like treasure hidden in the field, which a man, having found, hid. And from his joy, he goes and he sells all that he has, and he buys that field.

45 Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like a man, a merchant, seeking fine pearls.

46 And having found one very precious pearl, having gone away, he has sold all things, as many as he had, and bought it.

47 Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like a dragnet having been cast into the sea and having gathered together of every kind,

48 which, when it was filled, having drawn it up on the shore and having sat down, they collected the good into vessels, and they cast out the bad.

49 So will it be in the consummation of the age: The angels will go out and will separate the evil from the midst of the righteous

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

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

52 And He said to them, “Because of this, every scribe having been discipled in the kingdom of the heavens is like a man, a master of a house, who puts forth out of his treasure new and old.”

53 And it came to pass, when Jesus finished these parables, that He withdrew from there.

54 And having come into His hometown, He was teaching them in their synagogue, so that they are astonished and are saying, “From where unto this One is this wisdom and the miracles?”

55 Is this not the son of the carpenter? Is not His mother called Mary, and His brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas?

56 And are not all His sisters with us? Then from where are unto this One all these things?”

57 And they were taking offense at Him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor, except in his hometown and in his house.”

58 And He did not do many miracles there, because of their unbelief.