40:013:023 But he that received seed into the good
ground is he that
heareth
the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth
fruit,
and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty,
some
thirty.
40:013:024 Another parable put he forth unto them,
saying, The kingdom of
heaven
is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his
field:
40:013:025 But while men slept, his enemy came and
sowed tares among the
wheat,
and went his way.
40:013:026 But when the blade was sprung up, and brought
forth fruit,
then
appeared the tares also.
40:013:027 So the servants of the householder came
and said unto him,
Sir,
didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence
then
hath it tares?
40:013:028 He said unto them, An enemy hath done this.
The servants said
unto
him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?
40:013:029 But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather
up the tares, ye root
up
also the wheat with them.
40:013:030 Let both grow together until the harvest:
and in the time of
harvest
I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first
the
tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them:
but gather
the
wheat into my barn.
40:013:031 Another parable put he forth unto them,
saying, The kingdom of
heaven
is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took,
and
sowed in his field:
40:013:032 Which indeed is the least of all seeds:
but when it is grown,
it
is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so
that
the
birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.
40:013:033 Another parable spake he unto them; The
kingdom of heaven is
like
unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three
measures
of meal, till the whole was leavened.
40:013:034 All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude
in parables;
and
without a parable spake he not unto them:
40:013:035 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken
by the prophet,
saying,
I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things
which
have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.
40:013:036 Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and
went into the house:
and
his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us
the
parable
of the tares of the field.
40:013:037 He answered and said unto them, He that
soweth the good seed
is
the Son of man;
40:013:038 The field is the world; the good seed are
the children of the
kingdom;
but the tares are the children of the wicked one;
40:013:039 The enemy that sowed them is the devil;
the harvest is the end
of
the world; and the reapers are the angels.


