DB1 | Mt.13.4-50 | RSV Contents | notes| 13 | Revised Standard Version | Passage | New Testament in Greek (UBS.Ed.26) |
| 4 | And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them. | Mt.13.4-50 (Plain of Gennesaret) | καὶ ἐν τῷ σπείρειν αὐτὸν ἂ μὲν ἐπεσεν παρὰ τὴν ὁδόν, καὶ ἐλθόντα τὰ πετεινὰ κατέφαγεν αὐτά. |
| 5 | Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they had not much soil, and immediately they sprang up, since they had no depth of soil, | ἀλλα δὲ ἐπεσεν ἐπὶ τὰ πετρώδη ὁπου οὐκ εἶχεν γῆν πολλήν, καὶ εὐθέως ἐξανέτειλεν διὰ τὸ μὴ ἐχειν βάθος γῆς. | |
| 6 | but when the sun rose they were scorched; and since they had no root they withered away. | ἡλίου δὲ ἀνατείλαντος ἐκαυματίσθη καὶ διὰ τὸ μὴ ἐχειν ῥίζαν ἐξηράνθη. | |
| 7 | Other seeds fell upon thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them. | ἀλλα δὲ ἐπεσεν ἐπὶ τὰς ἀκάνθας, καὶ ἀνέβησαν αἱ ἀκανθαι καὶ ἐπνιξαν αὐτά. | |
| 8 | Other seeds fell on good soil and brought forth grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. | ἀλλα δὲ ἐπεσεν ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν τὴν καλὴν καὶ ἐδίδου καρπόν, ὃ μὲν ἑκατόν, ὃ δὲ ἑξήκοντα, ὃ δὲ τριάκοντα. | |
| 9 | He who has ears, let him hear." | ὁ ἐχων ὦτα ἀκουέτω. | |
| 10 | Then the disciples came and said to him, "Why do you speak to them in parables?" | The Purpose of the Parables Mt.13.10-17 (Plain of Gennesaret) | Mk.4.10-12 | Lk.8.9-10 | Καὶ προσελθόντες οἱ μαθηταὶ εἶπαν αὐτῷ, Διὰ τί ἐν παραβολαῖς λαλεῖς αὐτοῖς; |
| 11 | And he answered them, "To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given. | ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς ὅτι Ὑμῖν δέδοται γνῶναι τὰ μυστήρια τῆς βασιλείας τῶν οὐρανῶν, ἐκείνοις δὲ οὐ δέδοται. | |
| 12 | For to him who has will more be given, and he will have abundance; but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away. | ὁστις γὰρ ἐχει, δοθήσεται αὐτῷ καὶ περισσευθήσεται· ὁστις δὲ οὐκ ἐχει, καὶ ὃ ἐχει ἀρθήσεται ἀπ' αὐτοῦ. | |
| 13 | This is why I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand. | διὰ τοῦτο ἐν παραβολαῖς αὐτοῖς λαλῶ, ὅτι βλέποντες οὐ βλέπουσιν καὶ ἀκούοντες οὐκ ἀκούουσιν οὐδὲ συνίουσιν· | |
| 14 | With them indeed is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah which says: 'You shall indeed hear but never understand, | - You shall indeed hear but never understand Mt.13.14-15 (Plain of Gennesaret) | Is.6.9-10 | Ez.12.2 | καὶ ἀναπληροῦται αὐτοῖς ἡ προφητεία Ἠσαΐου ἡ λέγουσα, ἀκοῇ ἀκούσετε καὶ οὐ μὴ συνῆτε, |
| 15 | For this people's heart has grown dull, and their ears are heavy of hearing, and their eyes they have closed, lest they should perceive with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn for me to heal them.' | ἐπαχύνθη γὰρ ἡ καρδία τοῦ λαοῦ τούτου, καὶ τοῖς ὠσὶν βαρέως ἤκουσαν, καὶ τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτῶν ἐκάμμυσαν: μήποτε ἴδωσιν τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς καὶ τοῖς ὠσὶν ἀκούσωσιν καὶ τῇ καρδίᾳ συνῶσιν καὶ ἐπιστρέψωσιν, καὶ ἰάσομαι αὐτούς. | |
| 16 | But blessed are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they hear. | ὑμῶν δὲ μακάριοι οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ ὅτι βλέπουσιν, καὶ τὰ ὦτα ὑμῶν ὅτι ἀκούουσιν. | |
| 17 | Truly, I say to you, many prophets and righteous men longed to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it. | ἀμὴν γὰρ λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι πολλοὶ προφῆται καὶ δίκαιοι ἐπεθύμησαν ἰδεῖν ἂ βλέπετε καὶ οὐκ εἶδαν, καὶ ἀκοῦσαι ἂ ἀκούετε καὶ οὐκ ἠκουσαν. | |
| 18 | "Hear then the parable of the sower. | The Parable of the Sower Explained Mt.13.18-23 (Plain of Gennesaret) | Mk.4.13-20 | Lk.8.11-13 | Ὑμεῖς οὖν ἀκούσατε τὴν παραβολὴν τοῦ σπείραντος. |
| 19 | When any one hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what is sown in his heart; this is what was sown along the path. | παντὸς ἀκούοντος τὸν λόγον τῆς βασιλείας καὶ μὴ συνιέντος, ἐρχεται ὁ πονηρὸς καὶ ἀρπάζει τὸ ἐσπαρμένον ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ αὐτοῦ· οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ παρὰ τὴν ὁδὸν σπαρείς. | |
| 20 | As for what was sown on rocky ground, this is he who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy; | ὁ δὲ ἐπὶ τὰ πετρώδη σπαρείς, οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ τὸν λόγον ἀκούων καὶ εὐθὺς μετὰ χαρᾶς λαμβάνων αὐτόν· | |
| 21 | yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while, and when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately he falls away. | οὐκ ἐχει δὲ ῥίζαν ἐν ἑαυτῷ ἀλλὰ πρόσκαιρός ἐστιν, γενομένης δὲ θλίψεως ἢ διωγμοῦ διὰ τὸν λόγον εὐθὺς σκανδαλίζεται. | |
| 22 | As for what was sown among thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the delight in riches choke the word, and it proves unfruitful. | ὁ δὲ εἰς τὰς ἀκάνθας σπαρείς, οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ τὸν λόγον ἀκούων καὶ ἡ μέριμνα τοῦ αἰῶνος καὶ ἡ ἀπάτη τοῦ πλούτου συμπνίγει τὸν λόγον, καὶ ἀκαρπος γίνεται. | |
| 23 | As for what was sown on good soil, this is he who hears the word and understands it; he indeed bears fruit, and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty." | ὁ δὲ ἐπὶ τὴν καλὴν γῆν σπαρείς, οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ τὸν λόγον ἀκούων καὶ συνιείς, ὃς δὴ καρποφορεῖ καὶ ποιεῖ ὃ μὲν ἑκατόν, ὃ δὲ ἑξήκοντα, ὃ δὲ τριάκοντα. | |
| 24 | Another parable he put before them, saying, "The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field; | The Parable of the Weeds among the Wheat Mt.13.24-30 (Plain of Gennesaret) | Ἄλλην παραβολὴν παρέθηκεν αὐτοῖς λέγων, Ὡμοιώθη ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν ἀνθρώπῳ σπείραντι καλὸν σπέρμα ἐν τῷ ἀγρῷ αὐτοῦ. |
| 25 | but while men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away. | ἐν δὲ τῷ καθεύδειν τοὺς ἀνθρώπους ἦλθεν αὐτοῦ ὁ ἐχθρὸς καὶ ἐπέσπειρεν ζιζάνια ἀνὰ μέσον τοῦ σίτου καὶ ἀπῆλθεν. | |
| 26 | So when the plants came up and bore grain, then the weeds appeared also. | ὅτε δὲ ἐβλάστησεν ὁ χόρτος καὶ καρπὸν ἐποίησεν, τότε ἐφάνη καὶ τὰ ζιζάνια. | |
| 27 | And the servants of the householder came and said to him, 'Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then has it weeds?' | προσελθόντες δὲ οἱ δοῦλοι τοῦ οἰκοδεσπότου εἶπον αὐτῷ, Κύριε, οὐχὶ καλὸν σπέρμα ἐσπειρας ἐν τῷ σῷ ἀγρῷ; πόθεν οὖν ἐχει ζιζάνιὰ; | |
| 28 | He said to them, 'An enemy has done this.' The servants said to him, 'Then do you want us to go and gather them?' | ὁ δὲ ἐφη αὐτοῖς, Ἐχθρὸς ἄνθρωπος τοῦτο ἐποίησεν. οἱ δὲ δοῦλοι λέγουσιν αὐτῷ, Θέλεις οὖν ἀπελθόντες συλλέξωμεν αὐτά; | |
| 29 | But he said, 'No; lest in gathering the weeds you root up the wheat along with them. | ὁ δέ φησιν, Οὄ, μήποτε συλλέγοντες τὰ ζιζάνια ἐκριζώσητε ἀμα αὐτοῖς τὸν σῖτον. | |
| 30 | Let both grow together until the harvest; and at harvest time I will tell the reapers, Gather the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned, but gather the wheat into my barn.'" | ἀφετε συναυξάνεσθαι ἀμφότερα ἑως τοῦ θερισμοῦ· καὶ ἐν καιρῷ τοῦ θερισμοῦ ἐρῶ τοῖς θερισταῖς, Συλλέξατε πρῶτον τὰ ζιζάνια καὶ δήσατε αὐτὰ εἰς δέσμας πρὸς τὸ κατακαῦσαι αὐτά, τὸν δὲ σῖτον συναγάγετε εἰς τὴν ἀποθήκην μου. | |
| 31 | Another parable he put before them, saying, "The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and sowed in his field; | The Parables of the Mustard Seed and the Leaven Mt.13.31-33 (Plain of Gennesaret) | Mk.4.31-32 | Lk.13.18-21 | Ἄλλην παραβολὴν παρέθηκεν αὐτοῖς λέγων, Ὁμοία ἐστὶν ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν κόκκῳ σινάπεως, ὃν λαβὼν ἄνθρωπος ἐσπειρεν ἐν τῷ ἀγρῷ αὐτοῦ· |
| 32 | it is the smallest of all seeds, but when it has grown it is the greatest of shrubs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches." | ὃ μικρότερον μέν ἐστιν πάντων τῶν σπερμάτων, ὁταν δὲ αὐξηθῇ μεῖζον τῶν λαχάνων ἐστὶν καὶ γίνεται δένδρον, ὡστε ἐλθεῖν τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ κατασκηνοῦν ἐν τοῖς κλα δοις αὐτοῦ. | |
| 33 | He told them another parable. "The kingdom of heaven is like leaven which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, till it was all leavened." | Ἄλλην παραβολὴν ἐλάλησεν αὐτοῖς· Ὁμοία ἐστὶν ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν ζύμῃ, ἣν λαβοῦσα γυνὴ ἐνέκρυψεν εἰς ἀλεύρου σάτα τρία ἑως οὗ ἐζυμώθη ὁλον. | |
| 34 | All this Jesus said to the crowds in parables; indeed he said nothing to them without a parable. | The Use of the Parables Mt.13.34-35 (Plain of Gennesaret) | Mk.4.33-34 | Ταῦτα πάντα ἐλάλησεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἐν παραβολαῖς τοῖς ὀχλοις, καὶ χωρὶς παραβολῆς οὐδὲν ἐλάλει αὐτοῖς· |
| 35 | This was to fulfil what was spoken by the prophet: "I will open my mouth in parables, | - I will open my mouth in parables Mt.13.35 | Ps.78.2 | ὁπως πληρωθῇ τὸ ῥηθὲν διὰ τοῦ προφήτου λέγοντος, Ἀνοίξω ἐν παραβολαῖς τὸ στόμα μου, |
| 36 | Then he left the crowds and went into the house. And his disciples came to him, saying, "Explain to us the parable of the weeds of the field." | The Parable of the Weeds Explained Mt.13.36-43 (Plain of Gennesaret) | Τότε ἀφεὶς τοὺς ὀχλους ἦλθεν εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν. καὶ προσῆλθον αὐτῷ οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ λέγοντες, Διασάφησον ἡμῖν τὴν παραβολὴν τῶν ζιζανίων τοῦ ἀγροῦ. |
| 37 | He answered, "He who sows the good seed is the Son of man; | ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν, Ὁ σπείρων τὸ καλὸν σπέρμα ἐστὶν ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου· | |
| 38 | the field is the world, and the good seed means the sons of the kingdom; the weeds are the sons of the evil one, | ὁ δὲ ἀγρός ἐστιν ὁ κόσμος· τὸ δὲ καλὸν σπέρμα, οὗτοί εἰσιν οἱ υἱοὶ τῆς βασιλείας· τὰ δὲ ζιζάνιά εἰσιν οἱ υἱοὶ τοῦ πονηροῦ, | |
| 39 | and the enemy who sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the close of the age, and the reapers are angels. | ὁ δὲ ἐχθρὸς ὁ σπείρας αὐτά ἐστιν ὁ διάβολος· ὁ δὲ θερισμὸς συντέλεια αἰῶνός ἐστιν, οἱ δὲ θερισταὶ ἀγγελοί εἰσιν. | |
| 40 | Just as the weeds are gathered and burned with fire, so will it be at the close of the age. | ὡσπερ οὖν συλλέγεται τὰ ζιζάνια καὶ πυρὶ καίεται, οὑτως ἐσται ἐν τῇ συντελείᾳ τοῦ αἰῶνος· | |
| 41 | The Son of man will send his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all causes of sin and all evildoers, | ἀποστελεῖ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου τοὺς ἀγγέλους αὐτοῦ, καὶ συλλέξουσιν ἐκ τῆς βασιλείας αὐτοῦ πάντα τὰ σκάνδαλα καὶ τοὺς ποιοῦντας τὴν ἀνομίαν, | |
| 42 | and throw them into the furnace of fire; there men will weep and gnash their teeth. | καὶ βαλοῦσιν αὐτοὺς εἰς τὴν κάμινον τοῦ πυρός· ἐκεῖ ἐσται ὁ κλαυθμὸς καὶ ὁ βρυγμὸς τῶν ὀδόντων. | |
| 43 | Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear. | Τότε οἱ δίκαιοι ἐκλάμψουσιν ὡς ὁ ἡλιος ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτῶν. ὁ ἐχων ὦτα ἀκουέτω. | |
| 44 | "The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up; then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. | Three Parables Mt.13.44-50 (Plain of Gennesaret) | Ὁμοία ἐστὶν ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν θησαυρῷ κεκρυμμένῳ ἐν τῷ ἀγρῷ, ὃν εὑρὼν ἄνθρωπος ἐκρυψεν, καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς χαρᾶς αὐτοῦ ὑπάγει καὶ πωλεῖ πάντα ὁσα ἐχει καὶ ἀγορα ζει τὸν ἀγρὸν ἐκεῖνον. |
| 45 | "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls, | Πάλιν ὁμοία ἐστὶν ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν ἀνθρώπῳ ἐμπόρῳ ζητοῦντι καλοὺς μαργαρίτας· | |
| 46 | who, on finding one pearl of great value, went and sold all that he had and bought it. | εὑρὼν δὲ ἑνα πολύτιμον μαργαρίτην ἀπελθὼν πέπρακεν πάντα ὁσα εἶχεν καὶ ἠγόρασεν αὐτόν. | |
| 47 | "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net which was thrown into the sea and gathered fish of every kind; | Πάλιν ὁμοία ἐστὶν ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν σαγήνῃ βληθείσῃ εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν καὶ ἐκ παντὸς γένους συναγαγούσῃ· | |
| 48 | when it was full, men drew it ashore and sat down and sorted the good into vessels but threw away the bad. | ἣν ὅτε ἐπληρώθη ἀναβιβάσαντες ἐπὶ τὸν αἰγιαλὸν καὶ καθίσαντες συνέλεξαν τὰ καλὰ εἰς ἀγγη, τὰ δὲ σαπρὰ ἐξω ἐβαλον. | |
| 49 | So it will be at the close of the age. The angels will come out and separate the evil from the righteous, | οὑτως ἐσται ἐν τῇ συντελείᾳ τοῦ αἰῶνος· ἐξελεύσονται οἱ ἀγγελοι καὶ ἀφοριοῦσιν τοὺς πονηροὺς ἐκ μέσου τῶν δικαίων | |
| 50 | and throw them into the furnace of fire; there men will weep and gnash their teeth. | καὶ βαλοῦσιν αὐτοὺς εἰς τὴν κάμινον τοῦ πυρός· ἐκεῖ ἐσται ὁ κλαυθμὸς καὶ ὁ βρυγμὸς τῶν ὀδόντων. | |