\subsection{Matthew 13}
\subsubsection{The Parable of the Sower}
\VS{1} In that day when Jesus went out of the city he sat by the sea, 
\VS{2} and [a] great crowd gathered by him, so that having embarked he sat in [a] boat, and all the crowd stood on the shore. 
\VS{3} And he said to them many [things] in 
parables saying: 

Behold the sower went out to be sowing. 
\VS{4} And among what he sowed some 
on the one hand fell by the road, and when the birds came they ate it. 
\VS{5} On the other hand [some] fell on the rocky soil where it did not have much 
earth\fnGe{}, and immediately it sprang up because of not having depth of earth\fnGe{}; 
\VS{6} so when the sun rose it was scorched, and because of not having root 
it was withered. 
\VS{7} On the other hand [some] fell among the thistles, and the 
thistles came up and choked it. 
\VS{8} On the other hand some fell on the good 
soil\fnGe{}, and was giving fruit, on the one hand hundredfold, on the other 
sixtyfold, [and] on the other thirtyfold. 
\VS{9} The [one having] ears to be 
hearing\footnote{``ears to be hearing": C \koine D most; ``ears" \sinaiticus{} B}, 
let\fnImperative{} him be hearing. 

\VS{10} And when his disciples came they said to him: Why do you speak in 
parables to them? 
\VS{11} But when he answered he said: To you it is given 
to know the mysteries of the kingdom of the heavens, but to those it is not 
given. 
\VS{12} For whoever has, it shall be given to him, and will be more 
than enough. But whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from 
him. 
\VS{13} I speak to them in parables because of this: Because looking 
they do not look, and hearing they do not hear not 
understand\footnote{``because looking they do not look, and hearing they do 
not hear and understand" \sinaiticus{} B \koine W most; ``in order that looking they 
may not look, and hearing they may not hear not understand" D many}. 
\VS{14} And the prophesy of Isaiah is fulfilled in them which said\footnote{Isa.6:9-10}:

\begin{verse}
Hearing they will hear and will \negd{not} understand \\
And looking they will look, and will \negd{not} see. \\
\VS{15} For the heart of this people has grown fat\footnote{or ``thick''} 
\\
An with their ears they heard with disgust, \\
And their eyes they have closed Lest they see with their eyes \\
And understand with their hearts and turn back \\
And I heal them.
\end{verse}

\VS{16} But blessed are your eyes because they look, and [your] ears because they 
hear. 
\VS{17} For truly I say to you that many prophets and just men lusted 
to see what you look at and they did not see, and to hear and they did not 
hear. 

\VS{18} Therefore hear the parable of the sower. 
\VS{19} When anyone hears 
the word of the kingdom and does not understand, the wicked\fnPoneros{} [one] comes and 
carries off what was sown in his heart. This is what was sown by the road. 
\VS{20} And what was sown on the rocky soil, this is the one hearing the 
word and immediately receives it with joy, 
\VS{21} but it has no root in 
him, but is transitory, so when trouble or persecution comes to pass because 
of the word, immediately he stumbles. 
\VS{22} And what was sown in the 
thistles, this is the one hearing the word, and the concerns of 
the\footnote{``the'' \sinaiticus{}BD; ``this'' \koine\ most} age and the guile of riches 
chokes the word, and it becomes unfruitful. 
\VS{23} But what was sown on the
good soil\fnGe{}, this is the [one] hearing the word and understanding, who indeed bears 
fruit and produces on the one hand [a] hundredfold, on the other sixty fold, 
[and] on the other thirty fold. 

\subsubsection{The Parable of the Weeds}
\VS{24} Another parable he placed before them saying: The kingdom of the 
heavens is like [a] man sowing good seed in his field. 
\VS{25} But while the 
man sleeps his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and left. 
\VS{26} So when the grass sprouted and bore fruit, then the tares also became 
manifest. 
\VS{27} So when the slaves of the householder came they said to 
him: Lord, did we not sow good seed in the field? Whence therefore does it 
have tares? 
\VS{28} But he told them, [An] enemy did this. So the slaves say: 
Do you wish therefore when we go that we gather them? 
\VS{29} But he tells 
them, No, lest gathering the tares you uproot the wheat with them. 
\VS{30} Allow them to grow together until the harvest, and in the time\fnKairos{} of the 
harvest I will say to the harvesters: Gather first the tares and bind them 
into bundles in order to burn them, but the wheat gather into my storehouse. 

\subsubsection{The Parable of the Mustard Seed}
\VS{31} Another parable he placed before them saying: The kingdom of the 
heavens is like [a] mustard seed, which when [a] man takes he plants in his field, 
\VS{32} which indeed is smaller than all seeds, but when it has grown is 
the larger of the herbs and becomes [a] tree, so that the birds of heaven come and 
rest in its branches. 

\subsubsection{The Parable of the Yeast}
\VS{33} Another parable he spoke to them: The kingdom of the heavens is like 
leaven, which when [a] woman takes she hides [it] in three statons\footnote{saton = 
21 pints} of meal, until all of it is leavened. 

\subsubsection{The Purpose of Parables}
\VS{34} All these [things] Jesus spoke in parables to the crowd, and without 
parables he said nothing to them. 
\VS{35} Thus what was said by the prophet 
was fulfilled when he says\footnote{Ps.78:2}:

\begin{verse}
I will open my mouth in parables, \\
I will shout [things] secret \\
From the foundation of the world.
\end{verse}

\subsubsection{Explanation for the Disciples}
\VS{36} Then having left the crowd he came into the house. And his disciples 
came to him saying: Explain to us the parable of the tares of the field. 
\VS{37} So answering he said: The [one] sowing the good seed is the son of man. 
\VS{38} And the field is the world, and the good seed these are 
the sons of the kingdom, and tares are the sons of the wicked\fnPoneros{} [one]. 
\VS{39} And the enemy who sows these is the devil, and 
the harvest is the completion of the age, and the harvesters are angels. 
\VS{40} As therefore they gather the tares and burn them in fire, thus it 
will be in the completion of the age. 
\VS{41} The son of man will send his 
angels and they will gather out of his kingdom all [those] causing 
stumbling\footnote{or ``ruin", ``disaster"} and those doing lawlessness. 
\VS{42} And they will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be 
wailing and grinding\footnote{``snarling," ``biting," ``gnashing."} of teeth. 
\VS{43} Then the just will shine as the sun in the kingdom of their father. 
The [one] having ears to be hearing\footnote{``ears to be hearing" W \koine D most; 
``ears" \sinaiticus{} B}, let\fnImperative{} him be hearing. 

\subsubsection{Parables on the Kingdom of the Heavens}
\VS{44} The kingdom of the heavens is like [a] treasure hidden in the field, 
which when [a] man found he hid, and from his joy he goes and sells whatever he 
has and buys that field. 

\VS{45} Again the kingdom of the heavens is like 
[a] traveler seeking beautiful pearls. 
\VS{46} And when he finds one costly 
pearl, having gone he has sold all that he had and bought it. 

\VS{47} Again the kingdom of the heavens is like [a] net having been thrown in the sea and 
having gathered out of every kind, 
\VS{48} which when it was filled they 
drag [it] to the shore and having sat they gather the good into containers, but 
the rotten they throw out. 
\VS{49} Thus it will be in the completion of the age. 
The angels will come and separate the wicked\fnPoneros{} from the midst of the just. 
\VS{50} And they will throw them into the fiery furnace. There shall 
there be wailing and grinding of teeth. 
\VS{51} Have you understood all these [things]? They say to him: Yes. 

\VS{52} So he said to them: Because of this 
every scribe who becomes [a] disciple in the kingdom of the heavens is like [a] 
man [who is a] householder, who brings out of his treasure new [things] and old.

\subsubsection{Rejection at Nazareth}
\VS{53} And it came to pass Jesus then finished these parables, [and] he departed 
from there. 
\VS{54} And having come to his own native-land he taught them in 
their synagogue, so that they were amazed and were saying: Whence [is] this 
wisdom and power to this [man]? 
\VS{55} Is this not the carpenter's son? Is not 
his mother called Mary and his brothers James and Joseph\footnote{``Joseph" \hesychian
\sinaiticus{}B \vulgate{} ; ``Joses" W many} and Simon and Judas? 
\VS{56} And are not all 
his sisters with us? Whence therefore are all these [things] to this [man]? 
\VS{57} And they were being stumbled in him. So Jesus says to them: [a] prophet is not 
without honor except in his own native-land and in his house. 
\VS{58} And he did not do many miracles there because of their unbelief.
