Verse 13
Matthew 13:13
Bible in Basic English
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For this reason I put things into the form of stories; because they see without seeing, and give ear without hearing, and the sense is not clear to them.
Original Language Text
greek
διὰ τοῦτο ἐν παραβολαῖς αὐτοῖς λαλῶ, ὅτι βλέποντες οὐ βλέπουσιν καὶ ἀκούοντες οὐκ ἀκούουσιν οὐδὲ συνίουσιν·
English Translation
For this reason, I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.
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Chapter 13 Context
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On that day Yashua (Jesus) went out of the house and was seated by the seaside.
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And great numbers of people came together to him, so that he got into a boat; and the people took up...
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And he gave them teaching in the form of a story, saying, A man went out to put seed in the earth;
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And while he did so, some seeds were dropped by the wayside, and the birds came and took them for fo...
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And some of the seed went among the stones, where it had not much earth, and straight away it came u...
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And when the sun was high, it was burned; and because it had no root it became dry and dead.
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And some seeds went among thorns, and the thorns came up and they had no room for growth:
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And some, falling on good earth, gave fruit, some a hundred, some sixty, some thirty times as much.
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He who has ears, let him give ear.
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And the disciples came and said to him, Why do you say things to them in the form of stories?
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And he said to them in answer, To you is given the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven...
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Because whoever has, to him will be given, and he will have more; but from him who has not, even wha...
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For this reason I put things into the form of stories; because they see without seeing, and give ear...
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And for them the words of Isaiah have come true, Though you give ear, you will not get knowledge; an...
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For the heart of this people has become fat and their ears are slow in hearing and their eyes are sh...
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But a blessing be on your eyes, because they see; and on your ears, because they are open.
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For truly, I say to you that prophets and upright men had a desire to see the things which you see,...
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Give ear, then, to the story of the man who put the seed in the earth.
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When the word of the kingdom comes to anyone, and the sense of it is not clear to him, then the Evil...
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And that which went on the stones, this is he who, hearing the word, straight away takes it with joy...
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But having no root in himself, he goes on for a time; and when trouble comes or pain, because of the...
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And that which was dropped among the thorns, this is he who has the word; and the cares of this life...
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And the seed which was put in good earth, this is he who gives ear to the word, and gets the sense o...
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And he gave them another story, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a man who put good seed in his...
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But while men were sleeping, one who had hate for him came and put evil seeds among the grain, and w...
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But when the green stem came up and gave fruit, the evil plants were seen at the same time.
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And the servants of the master of the house came and said to him, Sir, did you not put good seed in...
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And he said, Someone has done this in hate. And the servants say to him, Is it your pleasure that we...
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But he says, No, for fear that by chance while you take up the evil plants, you may be rooting up th...
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Let them come up together till the getting in of the grain; and then I will say to the workers, Take...
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He put another story before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed whic...
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Which is smaller than all seeds; but when it has come up it is greater than the plants, and becomes...
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Another story he gave to them: The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took, and put in...
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All these things Yashua (Jesus) said to the people in the form of stories; and without a story he sa...
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That it might come true which was said by the prophet, Opening my mouth, I will give out stories; I...
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Then he went away from the people, and went into the house; and his disciples came to him, saying, M...
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And he made answer and said, He who puts the good seed in the earth is the Son of man;
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And the field is the world; and the good seed is the sons of the kingdom; and the evil seeds are the...
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And he who put them in the earth is Satan; and the getting in of the grain is the end of the world;...
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As then the evil plants are got together and burned with fire, so will it be in the end of the world...
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The Son of man will send out his angels, and they will take out of his kingdom everything which is a...
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And will put them into the fire; there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.
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Then will the upright be shining as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him...
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The kingdom of heaven is like a secret store of wealth in a field, which a man came across and put b...
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Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a trader searching for beautiful jewels.
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And having come across one jewel of great price, he went and gave all he had in exchange for it.
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Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net, which was put into the sea and took in every sort of fis...
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When it was full, they took it up on the sands; and seated there they put the good into vessels, but...
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So will it be in the end of the world: the angels will come and take out the bad from the good,
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And will put them into the fire: there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.
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Are all these things now clear to you? They say to him, Yes.
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And he said to them, For this reason every scribe who has become a disciple of the kingdom of heaven...
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And when Yashua (Jesus) had come to the end of these stories he went away from there.
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And coming into his country, he gave them teaching in their Synagogue, so that they were greatly sur...
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Is not this the woodworker's son? is not his mother named Mary? and his brothers James and Joseph an...
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And his sisters, are they not all with us? from where, then, has he all these things?
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And they were bitter against him. But Yashua (Jesus) said to them, A prophet is nowhere without hono...
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And the works of power which he did there were small in number because they had no faith.
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Verse Information
- Book
- Matthew
- Chapter
- Chapter 13 (58 verses)
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- Bible in Basic English