13:24And he delivered them another parable, saying; The kingdom of heaven is like a man sowing good seed in his field; 13:25and while the men slept, his enemy came and sowed poisonous darnel in the midst of the wheat, and went away. 13:26But when the stalk grew up and bore fruit, then the poisonous darnel appeared. 13:27And the servants of the householder came and said to him, Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? Whence then has it poisonous darnel? 13:28And he said to them, An enemy has done this. And they said to him, Do you wish us to go and take them out? 13:29And he said, No; lest in taking out the poisonous darnel, you pull up the wheat with it; 13:30let both grow together till the harvest, and at the time of the harvest, I will say to the reapers, Collect first the poisonous darnel, and bind it in bundles to be burnt; but collect the wheat in my storehouse.
5 13:31He delivered them another parable, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed which a man took and sowed in his field, 13:32which is the least of all seeds, but when it is grown is the greatest of plants, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of heaven come and lodge on its branches. 13:33He spoke another parable to them; The kingdom of heaven is like leaven which a woman took and hid in three sata [33 quarts] of flour, till the whole was leavened. 13:34All these things spoke Jesus to the multitudes in parables; and without a parable spoke he not to them; 13:35that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will declare things which have been concealed from the foundation of the world.
6 13:36Then leaving the multitudes; he went into the house, and his disciples came to him, saying, Explain to us the parable of the poisonous darnel of the field. 13:37And he answered and said to them, He that sows the good seed is the Son of man; 13:38the field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; the poisonous darnel are the children of the wicked one; 13:39the enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the consummation of the world; and the reapers are angels. 13:40As, therefore, poisonous darnel is collected and burned with fire, so shall it be at the consummation of the world. 13:41The Son of man will send his angels, and they shall collect out of his kingdom all offenses, and all that commit wickedness, 13:42and cast them into a furnace of fire; and there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 13:43Then the righteous shall shine out like the sun, in the kingdom of their Father. He that has ears, let him hear.
7 13:44The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hid in a field, which a man found, and concealed, and went away with joy, and sold all that he had and bought that field. 13:45Again; the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking beautiful pearls, 13:46who, finding one very costly, went and sold all that he had and bought it. 13:47Again; the kingdom of heaven is like a net cast into the sea, and collecting [fish] of every kind, 13:48which, when it was full, men drew to the shore, and sifting down put up the good in vessels and cast the bad away. 13:49So shall it be at the consummation of the world. The angels shall come forth and separate the evil from the midst of the good, 13:50and cast them into the furnace of fire; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 13:51Have you understood all these thing? They said to him, Yes, Lord. 13:52And he said to them, Every scribe therefore that is instructed in the kingdom of heaven, is like a householder who casts out of his treasury things new and old.
8 13:53And when Jesus had finished these parables he departed thence, 13:54and coming to his native country he taught them in their synagogues, so that they were astonished and said, Whence has this man this wisdom and these mighty works? 13:55Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary? And are not his brothers James, and Joseph, and Simon, and Judas? 13:56And are not his sisters all with us? Whence then has this man all these things? 13:57And they were offended with him. But Jesus said to them, A prophet is not without honor, except in his native country, and in his own house; 13:58and he did not many mighty works there, because of their unbelief.
CHAPTER XII.
THE DEATH OF JOHN THE BAPTIST.—CHRIST FEEDING FIVE THOUSAND, AND WALKING ON THE LAKE.
1 14:1AT that time Herod the Tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus, 14:2and said to his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is raised from the dead; and on that account the mighty works are performed by him. 14:3For Herod having seized John, had bound him, and put him in prison, on account of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife. 14:4For John had said to him, It is not lawful for you to have her. 14:5And he wished to kill him; but feared the people, because they regarded him as a prophet. 14:6And Herod's birthday being kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased Herod, 14:7on account of which he promised with an oath to give her whatever she should ask; 14:8and she, having been put forward by her mother, said, Give me here on a plate the head of John the Baptist.
2 14:9And the king was sorry; but on account of the oath, and those reclining with him, he commanded it to be given. 14:10And he sent and beheaded John in the prison; 14:11and his head was brought on a plate and given to the girl, and she carried it to her mother. 14:12And his disciples went and took up the body and buried it, and came and told Jesus.
3 14:13And when Jesus heard of it he departed thence in a ship to a solitary place by himself. And the multitudes hearing of it followed him on foot from the cities.
4 14:14And going out he saw a great multitude, and had compassion on them, and cured their sick. 14:15And when it was evening his disciples came to him, saying, The place is solitary, and the hour is already past; dismiss the multitudes that they may go to the villages and buy themselves food. 14:16But Jesus said to them, They need not go away; give them food to eat. 14:17And they said to him, We have here only five loaves and two fishes. 14:18And he said, Bring them here to me. 14:19And commanding the multitudes to sit down on the grass, he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and, looking up to heaven, blessed them, and having broken them gave the bread to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes. 14:20And they all eat and were filled; and they took up the fragments which remained over, twelve travelling-baskets full; 14:21and those that eat were about five thousand men, besides women and children.
5 14:22And he immediately constrained the disciples to go into a ship and go before him to the other side, till he should dismiss the multitudes. 14:23And having dismissed the multitudes, he went on a mountain by himself to pray. And when it was evening he was there alone. 14:24But the ship was now in the midst of the lake tossed by the waves, for the wind was contrary. 14:25And in the fourth watch of the night he came to them walking on the lake. 14:26And when the disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were troubled and said, It is an apparition; and they cried out for fear. 14:27But Jesus immediately spoke to them, saying, Be of good courage; it is I; be not afraid. 14:28And Peter answered and said to him, Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the waters. 14:29And he said, Come. And Peter going down from the ship walked on the waters to go to Jesus. 14:30But seeing the wind strong he was afraid; and beginning to sink, cried, saying, Lord save me! 14:31and Jesus immediately stretching out his hand, took hold of him and said, Man of little faith, why did you doubt? 14:32And when they entered into the ship, the wind ceased; 14:33and those in the ship came and worshipped him; saying, Truly you are the Son of God.
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