1On that day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea.

2A very large crowd gathered around him, so he got into a boat and sat in it, while the whole crowd stood on the beach.

3Then Jesus said many things to them in parables. He said, “Behold, a farmer went out to sow seed.

4As he sowed, some seeds fell beside the road, and the birds came and devoured them.

5Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much soil. Immediately they sprang up, because the soil had no depth.

6But when the sun had risen, they were scorched because they had no root, and they withered away.

7Other seeds fell among the thorn plants. The thorn plants grew up and choked them.

8Other seeds fell on good soil and produced a crop, some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.

9He who has ears, let him listen.”

10The disciples came and said to Jesus, “Why do you talk to the crowd in parables?”

11Jesus answered and said to them, “You have been given the privilege of understanding mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.

12For whoever has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. But whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

13This is why I talk to them in parables: Though they are seeing, they do not see; and though they are hearing, they do not hear, or understand.

14To them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, that which says, 'While hearing you will hear, but you will in no way understand;
while seeing you will see, but you will in no way perceive.

15For this people's heart has become dull,
and they are hard of hearing,
and they have closed their eyes,
so they should not see with their eyes,
or hear with their ears,
or understand with their hearts,
so they would turn again,
and I would heal them.'

16But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear.

17Truly I say to you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see the things that you see, and did not see them. They desired to hear the things that you hear, and did not hear them.

18Listen then to the parable of the farmer who sowed his seed.

19When anyone hears the word of the kingdom but does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is the seed that was sown beside the road.

20What was sown on rocky ground is the person who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy,

21yet he has no root in himself and he endures for a while. When tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, he quickly falls away.

22What was sown among the thorn plants, this is the person who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.

23What was sown on the good soil, this is the person who hears the word and understands it. He bears fruit and makes a crop, some yielding one hundred times as much as was planted, some sixty, and some thirty times as much.”

24Jesus presented another parable to them. He said, “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.

25But while people slept, his enemy came and also sowed weeds among the wheat and then went away.

26When the blades sprouted and then produced their crop, then the weeds appeared also.

27The servants of the landowner came and said to him, 'Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? How does it now have weeds?'

28He said to them, 'An enemy has done this.' The servants said to him, 'So do you want us to go and pull them out?'

29The landowner said, 'No. Because while you are pulling out the weeds, you might uproot the wheat with them.

30Let both grow together until the harvest. At the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, “First pull out the weeds and tie them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn.”'”

31Then Jesus presented another parable to them. He said, “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed which a man took and sowed in his field.

32This seed is indeed the smallest of all seeds. But when it has grown, it is greater than the garden plants. It becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches.”

33Jesus then told them another parable. “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed with three measures of flour until all the dough had risen.”

34All these things Jesus said to the crowds in parables; and he said nothing to them without a parable.

35This was in order that what had been said through the prophet might come true, when he said, “I will open my mouth in parables.
I will say things that were hidden from the foundation of the world.”

36Then Jesus left the crowds and went into the house. His disciples came to him and said, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds of the field.”

37Jesus answered and said, “He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man.

38The field is the world; and the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one,

39and the enemy who sowed them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels.

40Therefore, as the weeds are gathered up and burned with fire, so will it be at the end of the age.

41The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all the things that cause sin and those who commit iniquity.

42They will throw them into the furnace of fire, where there will be weeping and grinding of teeth.

43Then will the righteous people shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him listen.

44The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in a field. A man found it and hid it. In his joy he goes, sells everything he possesses, and buys that field.

45Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a man who is a merchant looking for valuable pearls.

46When he found one pearl of very great value, he went and sold everything that he possessed and bought it.

47Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was cast into the sea, and that gathered creatures of every kind.

48When it was filled, the fishermen drew it up on the beach. Then they sat down and gathered the good things into containers, but the worthless things they threw away.

49It will be this way at the end of the age. The angels will come and separate the wicked from among the righteous.

50They will throw them into the furnace of fire, where there will be weeping and grinding of teeth.

51Have you understood all these things?” The disciples said to him, “Yes.”

52Then Jesus said to them, “Therefore every scribe who has become a disciple to the kingdom of heaven is like a man who is the owner of a house, who draws out old and new things from his treasure.”

53Then it came about that when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed from that place.

54Then Jesus entered his own region and taught the people in their synagogue. The result was that they were astonished and said, “Where does this man get his wisdom and these miracles from?

55Is not this man the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary? Are not his brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas?

56Are not all his sisters with us? Where did he get all these things?”

57They were offended by him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his own country and in his own family.”

58He did not do many miracles there because of their unbelief.