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Matthew - ch 13 v 21 - 40
- But having no root in himself, he goes on for a time; and when trouble comes or pain, because of the word, he quickly becomes full of doubts.
- And that which was dropped among the thorns, this is he who has the word; and the cares of this life, and the deceits of wealth, put a stop to the growth of the word and it gives no fruit.
- And the seed which was put in good earth, this is he who gives ear to the word, and gets the sense of it; who gives fruit, some a hundred, some sixty, some thirty times as much.
- And he gave them another story, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a man who put good seed in his field:
- But while men were sleeping, one who had hate for him came and put evil seeds among the grain, and went away.
- But when the green stem came up and gave fruit, the evil plants were seen at the same time.
- And the servants of the master of the house came and said to him, Sir, did you not put good seed in your field? how then has it evil plants?
- And he said, Someone has done this in hate. And the servants say to him, Is it your pleasure that we go and take them up?
- But he says, No, for fear that by chance while you take up the evil plants, you may be rooting up the grain with them.
- Let them come up together till the getting in of the grain; and then I will say to the workers, Take up first the evil plants, and put them together for burning: but put the grain into my store-house.
- He put another story before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and put in his field:
- Which is smaller than all seeds; but when it has come up it is greater than the plants, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of heaven come and make their resting-places in its branches.
- Another story he gave to them: The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took, and put in three measures of meal, till it was all leavened.
- All these things Jesus said to the people in the form of stories; and without a story he said nothing to them:
- That it might come true which was said by the prophet, Opening my mouth, I will give out stories; I will give knowledge of things kept secret from before all time.
- Then he went away from the people, and went into the house; and his disciples came to him, saying, Make clear to us the story of the evil plants in the field.
- And he made answer and said, He who puts the good seed in the earth is the Son of man;
- And the field is the world; and the good seed is the sons of the kingdom; and the evil seeds are the sons of the Evil One;
- And he who put them in the earth is Satan; and the getting in of the grain is the end of the world; and those who get it in are the angels.
- As then the evil plants are got together and burned with fire, so will it be in the end of the world.
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