Matthew 13:1-17 ▼

1 In that day, Jesus, having gone out of the house, was sitting by the sea.

2 And many crowds were gathered together to Him so that He, having entered into a boat, sat down, and all the crowd stood on the shore.

3 And He spoke to them many things in parables, saying, “Behold, the one sowing went out to sow.

4 And in his sowing, some indeed fell along the path, and the birds, having come, devoured them.

5 And others fell upon the rocky places, where it did not have much soil, and immediately it sprang up because of it not having depth of soil.

6 And the sun having risen, they were scorched, and because of not having root, they withered.

7 And others fell upon the thorns, and the thorns came up and choked them.

8 And others fell upon the good soil and were giving fruit—some indeed a hundredfold, and some sixty, and some thirty.

9 The one having ears, let him hear.”

10 And having come, the disciples said to Him, “Why do You speak to them in parables?”

11 And answering, He said to them, “Because to you? it has been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of the heavens, but to these it has not been given.

12 For whoever has, it will be given to him, and he will be in abundance. And whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

13 Because of this I speak to them in parables: ‘Because seeing, they do not see, and hearing, they do not hear, nor do they understand.’

14 And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, saying: ‘In hearing you? will hear and never understand; and seeing, you? will see and never perceive.

15 For the heart of this people grew dull, and they barely hear with the ears, and they closed their eyes, lest ever they might see with the eyes, and might hear with the ears, and might understand with the heart, and might return, and I will heal them.’

16 But blessed are your? eyes because they see, and your? ears because they hear.

17 For truly I say to you? that many prophets and righteous men desired to see what you? see and did not see, and to hear what you? hear and did not hear.