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1276 The Holy Gospel Of Jesus Christ, According to St. Matthew

him shall be taken away that also which he hath. an hundredfold, and another sixty, and another
13 Therefore do I speak to them in parables: thirty.
because seeing they see not, and hearing they 24 Another parable he proposed to them, say-
hear not, neither do they understand. ing: The kingdom of heaven is likened to a man
14 And the prophecy of Isaias is fulfilled in that sowed good seeds in his field.
them, who saith: By hearing you shall hear, and 25 But while men were asleep, his enemy came
shall not understand: and seeing you shall see, and oversowed cockle among the wheat and went
and shall not perceive. his way.
15 For the heart of this people is grown gross, 26 And when the blade was sprung up, and
and with their ears they have been dull of hear- had brought forth fruit, then appeared also the
ing, and their eyes they have shut: lest at any cockle.
time they should see with their eyes, and hear 27 And the servants of the goodman of the
with their ears, and understand with their heart, house coming said to him: Sir, didst thou not
and be converted, and I should heal them. sow good seed in thy field? whence then hath it
16 But blessed are your eyes, because they see, cockle?
and your ears, because they hear. 28 And he said to them: An enemy hath done
17 For, amen, I say to you, many prophets this. And the servants said to him: Wilt thou
and just men have desired to see the things that that we go and gather it up?
you see, and have not seen them, and to hear the 29 And he said: No, lest perhaps gathering up
things that you hear and have not heard them. the cockle, you root up the wheat also together
18 Hear you therefore the parable of the sower. with it.
19 When any one heareth the word of 30 Suffer both to grow until the harvest, and
the kingdom, and understandeth it not, there in the time of the harvest I will say to the
cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that reapers: Gather up first the cockle, and bind
which was sown in his heart: this is he that re- it into bundles to burn, but the wheat gather ye
ceived the seed by the way side. into my barn.
20 And he that received the seed upon stony 31 Another parable he proposed unto them,
ground, is he that heareth the word, and imme- saying: The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain
diately receiveth it with joy. of mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in
21 Yet hath he not root in himself, but is his field.
only for a time: and when there ariseth tribu- 32 Which is the least indeed of all seeds; but
lation and persecution because of the word, he when it is grown up, it is greater than all herbs,
is presently scandalized. and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air
22 And he that received the seed among come, and dwell in the branches thereof.
thorns, is he that heareth the word, and the 33 Another parable he spoke to them: The
care of this world and the deceitfulness of riches kingdom of heaven is like to leaven, which a
choketh up the word, and he becometh fruitless. woman took and hid in three measures of meal,
23 But he that received the seed upon good until the whole was leavened.
ground, is he that heareth the word, and under- 34 All these things Jesus spoke in parables to
standeth, and beareth fruit, and yieldeth the one the multitudes: and without parables he did not