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Matthew 13

3 The state of the kingdom of God set forth by the parable of the seed. 24 Of the tares. 31 Of the mustard seed. 33 Of the leaven. 44 Of the treasure hid in the field. 45 Of the pearls. 47 And of the net. 57 The Prophet is contemned in his own country.
1.The *same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side.
2.And agreat multitudes resorted unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat down: & the whole multitude stood on the shore.
3.Then he spake many things to them in parables, saying, *Behold, a sower went forth to sow.
4.And as he sowed, some fell by the ways side, and the fowls came and devoured them up.
5.And some fell upon stony ground, where they had not much earth, and anon they sprung up, because they had no depth of earth.
6.And when the sun rose up, they were parched, and for lack of rooting, withered away.
7.And some fell among thorns, and the thorns sprung up, and choked them.
8.Some again fell in good ground, and brought forth fruit, one corn an hundred fold, some sixty fold, and another thirty fold.
9.He that bhath ears to hear, let him hear.
10.¶ Then the disciples came, and said to him, Why speakest thou to them in parables?
11.And he answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you, to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not cgiven.
12.*dFor whosoever hath, to him shalbe given, and he shall have abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shalbe taken away, even ethat he hath.
13.Therefore speak I to them in parables, because they seeing, do not see: and hearing, they hear not, neither understand.
14.So in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which prophecy saith, *By hearing, ye shall hear, and shall not understand, and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive.
15.fFor this people’s heart is waxed fat, and their ears are dull of hearing, & with their eyes they have winked, lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their hearts, and should return, that I might heal them.
16.But blessed are your eyes, for they gsee: and your ears, for they hear.
17.*For verily I say unto you, that many Prophets, and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them, and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.
18.*Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.
19.Whensoever a man heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, the evil one cometh, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart: and this is he which ^hath received the seed by the way side.
20.And he that received seed in the stony ground, is he which heareth the word, and incontinently with joy receiveth it.
21.Yet hath he no root in him self, and dureth but a season: for assoon as tribulation or persecution cometh because of the word, by and by he is offended.
22.And he that receiveth the seed, among thorns, is he that heareth the word: but the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he is made unfruitful.
23.But he that receiveth the seed in the good ground, is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it, which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundreth fold, some sixty fold, and some thirty fold.
24.¶ Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like unto a man which sowed good seed in his field.
25.hBut while men slept, there came his enemy, and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.
26.And when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.
28.And he said to them, The envious man hath done this. Then the servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?
29.But he said, Nay, lest while ye go about to gather the tares, ye pluck up also with them the wheat.
30.iLet both grow together until the harvest, and in time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye first the tares, & bind them in sheaves to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn. 31¶ *Another parable he put forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like unto a grain of mustard seed, which a man taketh and soweth in his field:
32.Which in deed is the kleast of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and it is a tree, so that the birds of heaven come and build in the branches thereof.
33.*Another parable spake he to them, The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman taketh and hideth in three pecks of meal, ltill all be leavened.
34.*All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables, and without parables spake he not to them,
35.That it might be fulfilled, which was spoken by the Prophet, saying, *I will open my mouth in mparables, and will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.
36.Then sent Jesus 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.
37.Then answered he, and said to them, He that soweth the good seed, is the Son of man,
38.And the field is the world, & the good seed, they are the children of the kingdom, and the tares are the children of the wicked,
39.And the enemy that soweth them, is the devil, *and the harvest is the end of the world, and the reapers be the Angels.
40.As then the tares are gathered and burned in the fire, so shall it be in the end of this world.
41.The Son of man shall send forth his Angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that noffend, and them which do iniquity,
42.And shall cast them into a furnace of fire. There shalbe wailing and gnashing of teeth.
43.*Then shall the just men shine as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
44.¶ Again the kingdom of heaven is like unto a treasure hid in the field, which when a man hath found, he hideth it, and for joy thereof departeth and selleth all that he hath, and byeth that field.
45.¶ Again the kingdom of heaven is like to a merchant man, that seeketh good pearls,
46.Who having found a pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.
47.¶ Again the kingdom of heaven is like ounto a draw net cast into the sea, that gathereth of all kinds of things.
48.Which, when it is full, men draw to land, and sit and gather the good into vessels, and cast the pbad away.
49.So shall it be at the end of the world. The Angels shall go forth, and sever the bad from among the just,
50.And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shalbe wailing, and gnashing of teeth. 51¶ Jesus said unto them, Understand ye all these things? They say unto him, Yea, Lord.
52.Then said he unto them, Therefore every qScribe which is taught unto the kingdom of heaven, is like unto an householder, which bringeth forth out of his rtreasure things both new and old.
53.¶ And it came to pass, that when Jesus had ended these parables, he departed thence,
54.*And came into his own country, and taught them in their Synagogue, so that they were astonied, and said, Whence cometh this wisdom and great works unto this man?
55.Is not this the carpenter’s son? Is not his mother called Marie, *and his ^brethren, James and Joses, and Simon and Judas?
56.And are not his sisters all with us? Whence then hath he all these things?
57.And they were offended with him. Then Jesus said to them, *A Prophet is not without honour, ssave in his own country, and in his own house.
58.And he did not many great works there, for their unbelief’s sake.

Notes

1-*.
Mar 4.1.
2-a.
All desired to hear his doctrine, but there was not like affection in all.
3-*.
Luk. 8.5.
9-b.
He shows that all men can not understand these mysteries, and also makes his disciples more attentive.
11-c.
The Gospel is hidden to them that perish.
12-*.
Chap. 25.29.
12-d.
Christ increases in his children his graces.
12-e.
Even that which he seems to have.
14-*.
Isa. 6.9, Mar. 4.12, Luk. 8.10, John 12.40, Act. 28.26, Rom. 11.8.
15-f.
That which the Prophet refers to the secret counsel of God, is here attributed to the hard stubbornness of the people: for the one can not be separated from the other.
16-g.
To wit, the glory of the Son of God, to acknowledge him their Saviour.
17-*.
Luk. 10.24.
18-*.
Mar. 4.15, Luk. 8.11.
19-^.
Or, was sowen.
25-h.
He teaches that the good and the bad shall be mixed together in the Church to the end that the faithful may arm themselves with patience and constancy.
30-i.
Christ means only that the Church shall never be without some wicked men: although they be never so sharply punished by such means as he has left to purge his Church.
31-*.
Mar. 4.30, Luk. 13.18.
32-k.
This teaches us not to be astonished at the small beginnings of the Gospel.
33-*.
Luk. 13.21.
33-l.
By this he admonishes them to wait till the fruit of the Gospel appears.
34-*.
Mar. 4.33.
35-*.
Psal. 78.2.
35-m.
This word signifies grave and sententious proverbs, to the end that the doctrine might have the more majesty, and the wicked might thereby be confounded.
39-*.
Joel 3.13, Rev. 14.15.
41-n.
The wicked which hurt others by their evil example.
43-*.
Dan. 12.3, Wis. 3.7.
47-o.
It is a kind of net that gathers in all things that come in the way.
48-p.
The Greek word signifies rotten things.
52-q.
Because the Scribe’s office was to expound the Scriptures, he means him that does interpret them aright, and according to the Spirit.
52-r.
The preachers of God’s word must have store of sundry and ample instructions.
54-*.
Mar. 6.1, Luk. 4.16.
55-*.
John 6.42.
55-^.
Or, cousins.
57-*.
Mar. 6.4, Luk. 4.24, John 4.44.
57-s.
Men commonly neglect them, whom they have known of children: also them do envy them of the same country: and such is their ingratitude that they take light occasion to contemn the graces of God in others.