Verse 3
Matthew 13:3
World English Bible
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He spoke to them many things in parables, saying,
“Behold, a farmer went out to sow.
Original Language Text
greek
καὶ ἐλάλησεν αὐτοῖς πολλὰ ἐν παραβολαῖς λέγων· Ἰδοὺ ἐξῆλθεν ὁ σπείρων τοῦ σπείρειν.
English Translation
And he spoke to them many things in parables, saying: Behold, a sower went out to sow.
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Chapter 13 Context
1
On that day Yashua (Jesus) went out of the house, and sat by the seaside.
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Great multitudes gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat, and sat, and all the multitude sto...
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He spoke to them many things in parables, saying,
“Behold, a farmer went out to sow.
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As he sowed, some seeds fell by the roadside, and the birds came and devoured them.
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Others fell on rocky ground, where they didn’t have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, beca...
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When the sun had risen, they were scorched. Because they had no root, they withered away.
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Others fell among thorns. The thorns grew up and choked them.
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Others fell on good soil, and yielded fruit: some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some t...
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9
He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
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10
The disciples came, and said to him, “Why do you speak to them in parables?”
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11
He answered them,
“To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, but it is not...
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12
For whoever has, to him will be given, and he will have abundance, but whoever doesn’t have, from h...
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13
Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they don’t see, and hearing, they don’t hear,...
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14
In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says,
‘By hearing you will hear,
and will in no...
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15
for this people’s heart has grown callous,
their ears are dull of hearing,
they have closed their e...
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16
“But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear.
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17
For most certainly I tell you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see the things which...
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18
“Hear, then, the parable of the farmer.
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19
When anyone hears the word of the Kingdom, and doesn’t understand it, the evil one comes, and snatc...
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20
What was sown on the rocky places, this is he who hears the word, and immediately with joy receives...
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yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while. When oppression or persecution arises becau...
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What was sown among the thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of this age and the de...
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23
What was sown on the good ground, this is he who hears the word, and understands it, who most certa...
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24
He set another parable before them, saying,
“The Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who sowed good seed...
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25
but while people slept, his enemy came and sowed darnel weeds
also among the wheat, and went away....
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But when the blade sprang up and produced fruit, then the darnel weeds appeared also.
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27
The servants of the householder came and said to him, ‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field?...
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28
“He said to them, ‘An enemy has done this.’
“The servants asked him, ‘Do you want us to go and gath...
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“But he said, ‘No, lest perhaps while you gather up the darnel weeds, you root up the wheat with th...
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Let both grow together until the harvest, and in the harvest time I will tell the reapers, “First,...
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31
He set another parable before them, saying,
“The Kingdom of Heaven is like a grain of mustard seed,...
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32
which indeed is smaller than all seeds. But when it is grown, it is greater than the herbs, and bec...
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33
He spoke another parable to them.
“The Kingdom of Heaven is like yeast, which a woman took, and hid...
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34
Yashua (Jesus) spoke all these things in parables to the multitudes; and without a parable, he didn’...
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35
that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying,
“I will open my mouth in pa...
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36
Then Yashua (Jesus) sent the multitudes away, and went into the house. His disciples came to him, sa...
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37
He answered them,
“He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man,
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the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the children of the Kingdom; and the darnel we...
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The enemy who sowed them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angel...
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40
As therefore the darnel weeds are gathered up and burned with fire; so will it be at the end of thi...
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41
The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will gather out of his Kingdom all things that ca...
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42
and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
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43
Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the Kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear,...
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44
“Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like treasure hidden in the field, which a man found, and hid. In...
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45
“Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a merchant seeking fine pearls,
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who having found one pearl of great price, he went and sold all that he had, and bought it.
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“Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a dragnet, that was cast into the sea, and gathered some fish...
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48
which, when it was filled, they drew up on the beach. They sat down, and gathered the good into con...
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49
So will it be in the end of the world. The angels will come and separate the wicked from among the...
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50
and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.”
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51
Yashua (Jesus) said to them,
“Have you understood all these things?”
They answered him, “Yes, Lord....
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52
He said to them,
“Therefore every scribe who has been made a disciple in the Kingdom of Heaven is li...
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53
When Yashua (Jesus) had finished these parables, he departed from there.
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54
Coming into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and sa...
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55
Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t his mother called Mary, and his brothers, James, Joses, Simon,...
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Aren’t all of his sisters with us? Where then did this man get all of these things?”
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57
They were offended by him.
But Yashua (Jesus) said to them,
“A prophet is not without honor, except...
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58
He didn’t do many mighty works there because of their unbelief.
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Verse Information
- Book
- Matthew
- Chapter
- Chapter 13 (58 verses)
- Version
- World English Bible