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\subsection{\Matthew 13}
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\subsubsection{The Parable of the Sower}
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\VS{1} In that day when \Iesous went out of the city he sat by the sea,
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\VS{2} and [a] great crowd gathered by him,
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so that having embarked he sat in [a] boat, and all the crowd stood on the shore.
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\VS{3} And he said to them many [things] in parables saying:
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Behold the sower went out to be sowing.
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\VS{4} And among what he sowed some on the one hand fell by the road,
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and when the birds came they ate it.
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\VS{5} On the other hand [some] fell on the rocky [places] where it did not have much earth\fnGe{},
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and immediately it sprang up because of not having depth of earth\fnGe{};
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\VS{6} so when the sun rose it was scorched, and because of not having root it was withered.
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\VS{7} On the other hand [some] fell among the thistles,
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and the thistles came up and choked it.
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\VS{8} On the other hand some fell on the good soil\fnGe{},
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and was giving fruit, on the one hand hundred, on the other sixty, [and] on the other thirty[fold]%
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\fnHundredfold{}.
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\VS{9} The [one having] ears to be hearing%
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\footnote{``ears to be hearing": C \koine D most; ``ears" \sinaiticus{} B},
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let\fnImperative{} him be hearing.
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\VS{10} And when his disciples came they said to him:
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Why do you speak in parables to them?
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\VS{11} But when he answered he said:
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To you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of the heavens,
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but to those it is not given.
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\VS{12} For whoever has, it shall be given to him, and will be more than enough.
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But whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him.
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\VS{13} I speak to them in parables because of this:
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Because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear nor understand%
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\footnote{``because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do
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not hear and understand" \sinaiticus{} B \koine W most; ``in order that seeing they
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may not see, and hearing they may not hear not understand" D many}.
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\VS{14} And the prophesy of \Isaiah is fulfilled in them which said\footnote{Isa.6:9-10}:
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\begin{verse}
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Hearing they will hear and will \negd{not} understand \\
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And seeing they will see, and will \negd{not} see. \\
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\VS{15} For the heart of this people has grown fat\footnote{or ``thick''} \\
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And with their ears they heard with disgust, \\
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And their eyes they have closed Lest they see with their eyes \\
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And understand with their hearts and turn back \\
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And I heal them.
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\end{verse}
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\VS{16} But blessed are your eyes because they see, and [your] ears because they hear.
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\VS{17} For truly I say to you that many prophets and just men lusted to see
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what you see at and they did not see, and to hear and they did not hear.
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\VS{18} Therefore hear the parable of the sower.
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\VS{19} When anyone hears the word\fnLogos{} of the kingdom and does not understand,
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the wicked\fnPoneros{} [one] comes and carries off what was sown in his heart.
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This is what was sown by the road.
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\VS{20} And what was sown on the rocky soil, this is the one hearing the word and immediately receives it with joy,
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\VS{21} but it has no root in
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him, but is transitory, so when trouble or persecution comes to pass because
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of the word\fnLogos{}, immediately he stumbles.
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\VS{22} And what was sown in the
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thistles, this is the one hearing the word\fnLogos{}, and the concerns of the\footnote{``the'' \sinaiticus{}BD; ``this'' \koine\ most} age and the guile of riches
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chokes the word\fnLogos{}, and it becomes unfruitful.
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\VS{23} But what was sown on the
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good soil\fnGe{}, this is the [one] hearing the word\fnLogos{} and understanding, who indeed bears
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fruit and produces on the one hand [a] hundred, on the other sixty,
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[and] on the other thirty[fold].
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\subsubsection{The Parable of the Weeds}
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\VS{24} Another parable he placed before them saying:
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The kingdom of the heavens is like [a] person sowing good seed in his field.
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\VS{25} But while the person sleeps his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat and left.
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\VS{26} So when the grass sprouted and bore fruit, then the weeds also became manifest.
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\VS{27} So when the slaves of the householder came they said to him:
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Lord, did we not sow good seed in the field? Whence therefore does it have weeds?
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\VS{28} But he told them, [An] enemy did this.
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So the slaves say:
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Do you wish therefore when we go that we gather them?
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\VS{29} But he tells them:
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No, lest gathering the weeds you uproot the wheat with them.
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\VS{30} Allow them to grow together until the harvest,
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and in the time\fnKairos{} of the harvest I will say to the harvesters:
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Gather first the weeds and bind them into bundles in order to burn them,
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but the wheat gather into my storehouse.
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\subsubsection{The Parable of the Mustard Seed}
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\VS{31} Another parable he placed before them saying:
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The kingdom of the heavens is like [a] mustard seed,
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which when [a] man takes he plants in his field,
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\VS{32} which indeed is smaller than all seeds,
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but when it has grown is the larger of the herbs and becomes [a] tree,
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so that the birds of heaven come and rest in its branches.
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\subsubsection{The Parable of the Yeast}
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\VS{33} Another parable he spoke to them:
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The kingdom of the heavens is like leaven,
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which when [a] woman takes she hides [it] in three satons\fnSaton{} of meal,
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until all of it is leavened.
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\subsubsection{The Purpose of Parables}
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\VS{34} All these [things] \Iesous spoke in parables to the crowd,
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and without parables he said nothing to them.
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\VS{35} Thus what was said by the prophet was fulfilled when he says\footnote{Ps.78:2}:
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\begin{verse}
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I will open my mouth in parables, \\
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I will shout [things] secret \\
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From the foundation of the world.
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\end{verse}
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\subsubsection{Explanation for the Disciples}
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\VS{36} Then having left the crowd he came into the house.
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And his disciples came to him saying:
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Explain to us the parable of the weeds of the field.
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\VS{37} So answering he said:
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The [one] sowing the good seed is the Son of Humanity\fnAnthropos{}.
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\VS{38} And the field is the world, and the good seed these are the sons of the kingdom,
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and weeds are the sons of the wicked\fnPoneros{} [one].
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\VS{39} And the enemy who sows these is the devil,
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and the harvest is the completion of the age, and the harvesters are angels.
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\VS{40} As therefore they gather the weeds and burn them in fire,
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thus it will be in the completion of the age.
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\VS{41} The Son of Humanity\fnAnthropos{} will send his angels
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and they will gather out of his kingdom all [those] causing stumbling%
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\footnote{or ``ruin", ``disaster"}
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and those doing lawlessness.
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\VS{42} And they will throw them into the fiery furnace,
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where there will be wailing and grinding\footnote{``snarling," ``biting," ``gnashing."} of teeth.
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\VS{43} Then the just will shine as the sun in the kingdom of their father.
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The [one] having ears to be hearing%
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\footnote{``ears to be hearing" W \koine D most; ``ears" \sinaiticus{} B},
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let\fnImperative{} him be hearing.
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\subsubsection{Parables on the Kingdom of the Heavens}
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\VS{44} The kingdom of the heavens is like [a] treasure hidden in the field,
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which when [a] person found he hid,
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and from his joy he goes and sells whatever he has and buys that field.
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\VS{45} Again the kingdom of the heavens is like [a] traveler seeking beautiful pearls.
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\VS{46} And when he finds one costly pearl,
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having gone he has sold all that he had and bought it.
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\VS{47} Again the kingdom of the heavens is like [a] net
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having been thrown in the sea and having gathered out of every kind,
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\VS{48} which when it was filled they drag [it] to the shore
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and having sat they gather the good into containers,
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but the rotten they throw out.
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\VS{49} Thus it will be in the completion of the age.
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The angels will come and separate the wicked\fnPoneros{} from the midst of the just.
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\VS{50} And they will throw them into the fiery furnace.
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There shall there be wailing and grinding of teeth.
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\VS{51} Have you understood all these [things]?
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They say to him: Yes.
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\VS{52} So he said to them: Because of this every scribe who becomes [a] disciple in the kingdom of the heavens
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is like [a] person [who is a] householder, who brings out of his treasure new [things] and old.
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\subsubsection{Rejection at \Nazareth}
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\VS{53} And it came to pass \Iesous then finished these parables, [and] he departed from there.
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\VS{54} And having come to his own native-land he taught them in their synagogue,
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so that they were amazed and were saying: Whence [is] this wisdom and power to this [man]?
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\VS{55} Is this not the carpenter's son?
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Is not his mother called \Mary and his brothers \Jacob\fnJacob{} and \Joseph%
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\footnote{``\Joseph" \hesychian{}\sinaiticus{}B \vulgate{} ; ``\Joses" W many}
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and \Simon and \Ioudas?
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\VS{56} And are not all his sisters with us?
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Whence therefore are all these [things] to this [man]?
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\VS{57} And they were being stumbled in him.
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So \Iesous says to them: [A] prophet is not without honor except in his own native-land and in his house.
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\VS{58} And he did not do many miracles there because of their non-trust\fnPistis{}.
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