Verse 3
Matthew 13:3
Free Bible Version
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He explained many things to them, using stories as illustrations. “The sower went out to sow,” he began.
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
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Later that day Yashua (Jesus) left the house, and sat down to teach beside the sea.
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So many people gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat down there to teach, while all th...
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He explained many things to them, using stories as illustrations. “The sower went out to sow,” he be...
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“As he was sowing, some of the seeds fell on the path. The birds came and ate them up.
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Still other seeds fell on good soil. They produced a harvest—some one hundred, some sixty, and some...
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Anybody who has ears should be listening!”
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The disciples came to Yashua (Jesus) and asked him, “Why do you use illustrations when you speak to...
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“You're privileged to have revealed to you the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but they're not g...
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“Those who already have will have more given to them, more than enough. But those who don't have, wh...
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That's why I speak to them in illustrations. For even though they see, they don't see; and even thou...
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The prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled in them: ‘Even though you hear, you won't understand, and even t...
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They have a hard-hearted attitude, they don't want to listen, and they've closed their eyes. If they...
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Your eyes are blessed, for they see. Your ears are blessed too, for they hear.
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I'm telling you, many prophets and good people longed to see what you're seeing, but didn't see it....
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When people hear the message about the kingdom and don't understand it, the evil one comes along and...
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They last for a while, but because they don't have roots, when problems and troubles come, they quic...
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The seeds sown among thorns are people who hear the message, but then life's worries and the temptat...
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The seeds sown on good soil are people who hear the message, and understand it, and who produce a go...
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Then he told them another illustrated story: “The kingdom of heaven is like a farmer who sowed good...
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But while his workers were sleeping, an enemy came and sowed weed seeds on top of the wheat. Then th...
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So when the wheat grew and produced ears of grain, the weeds also grew up.
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The farmer's workers came and asked him, ‘Sir, didn't you sow good seeds in your field? Where did th...
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‘Some enemy has done this,’ he replied. ‘Do you want us to go and pull up the weeds?’ they asked him...
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‘No,’ he answered, ‘as you pull up the weeds, you might uproot the wheat too.
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Let them both grow until harvest, and then at harvest-time I'll tell the reapers to first gather the...
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He gave them another illustration: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a farmer sowed...
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Even though it's the tiniest of seeds it grows much bigger than other plants. In fact it grows into...
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He told them another illustrated story: “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman mixed with...
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Yashua (Jesus) explained all these things to the crowds using illustrated stories—in fact he didn't...
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This fulfilled the prophet's words: “I will speak using stories, and I will explain things hidden fr...
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Then Yashua (Jesus) left the crowds and went into a house. His disciples came over to him, and asked...
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“The one who sows the good seed is the Son of man,” Yashua (Jesus) explained.
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“The field is the world. The good seeds are the children of the kingdom. The weed seeds are the chil...
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The enemy that sowed the weed seeds is the devil. The harvest is the end of the world. The reapers a...
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The Son of man will send out his angels, and they will gather up every sinful thing and everyone who...
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and will throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and grinding of teeth.
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Then those who live right will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Anybody with ears...
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The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. A man found it, reburied it, and then full...
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Or again, the kingdom of heaven is like a fishing net thrown into the sea that caught all kinds of f...
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When it was full it was dragged ashore. The good fish were put into baskets while the bad ones were...
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That's the way it will be when the end of the world comes. The angels will go out and separate the e...
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Now do you understand everything?” “Yes,” they replied.
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“This is why every religious teacher who's learned about the kingdom of heaven is like a house-owner...
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After Yashua (Jesus) finished telling these stories, he left.
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He went back to his home town and taught in the synagogue there. People were amazed, and asked, “Whe...
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Isn't this the carpenter's son? Isn't his mother's name Mary, and his brothers James, and Joseph, an...
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Don't his sisters live here among us? So where does he get all this from?”
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And so they refused to believe in him. “A prophet is honored everywhere except in his homeland and i...
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Since they failed to trust in him, he did not do many miracles there.
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