3 and He spoke to them many things in allegories, saying, "Behold, the sower went forth to sow, 4 and in his sowing, some indeed fell by the way, and the birds having come, devoured them, 5 and others fell on the rocky places where they did not have much earth, and immediately they sprang forth, through having no depth of earth, 6 and the sun having risen they were scorched, and through having no root, they withered, 7 and others fell on the thorns, and the thorns came up and choked them, 8 and others fell on the good ground, and were giving fruit, some indeed a hundredfold, and some sixty, and some thirty. 9 He who is having ears to hear—let him hear."

25 And behold, a certain lawyer stood up, trying Him, and saying, "Teacher, what having done, will I inherit continuous life?" 26 And He said to him, "In the Law what has been written? How do you read [it]?" 27 And he answering said, "You will love the LORD your God out of all your heart, and out of all your soul, and out of all your strength, and out of all your understanding, and your neighbor as yourself." 28 And He said to him, "You answered correctly; do this, and you will live." 29 And he, willing to declare himself righteous, said to Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?" 30 And Jesus having taken up [the word], said, "A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among robbers, and having stripped him and inflicted blows, they went away, leaving [him] half dead. 31 And by a coincidence a certain priest was going down in that way, and having seen him, he passed over on the opposite side; 32 and in like manner also, a Levite, having been around the place, having come and seen, passed over on the opposite side. 33 But a certain Samaritan, journeying, came along him, and having seen him, he was moved with compassion, 34 and having come near, he bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine, and having lifted him up on his own beast, he brought him to an inn, and was careful of him; 35 and on the next day, going forth, taking out two denarii, he gave to the innkeeper and said to him, Be careful of him, and whatever you may spend more, I, in my coming again, will give back to you. 36 Who, then, of these three, seems to you to have become neighbor of him who fell among the robbers?" 37 And he said, "He who did the kindness with him," then Jesus said to him, "Be going on, and you be doing in like manner."

4 "What man of you having one hundred sheep, and having lost one out of them, does not leave behind the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go on after the lost one, until he may find it? 5 And having found, he lays [it] on his shoulders rejoicing, 6 and having come into the house, he calls together the friends and the neighbors, saying to them, Rejoice with me, because I found my sheep—the lost one. 7 I say to you that [more] joy will be in Heaven over one sinner converting, rather than over ninety-nine righteous men who have no need of conversion.

11 And He said, "A certain man had two sons, 12 and the younger of them said to the father, Father, give me the portion of the substance falling to [me], and he divided to them the living. 13 And not many days after, having gathered all together, the younger son went abroad to a far country, and there he scattered his substance, living riotously; 14 and he having spent all, there came a mighty famine on that country, and himself began to be in want; 15 and having gone on, he joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into the fields to feed pigs, 16 and he was desirous to fill his belly from the husks that the pigs were eating, and no one was giving to him. 17 And having come to himself, he said, How many hired workers of my father have a superabundance of bread, and I am perishing here with hunger! 18 Having risen, I will go on to my father, and will say to him, Father, I sinned—to Heaven, and before you, 19 and I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me as one of your hired workers. 20 And having risen, he went to his own father, and he being yet far distant, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and having ran he fell on his neck and kissed him; 21 and the son said to him, Father, I sinned—to Heaven, and before you, and I am no longer worthy to be called your son. 22 And the father said to his servants, Bring forth the foremost robe, and clothe him, and give a ring for his hand, and sandals for the feet; 23 and having brought the fatted calf, kill [it], and having eaten, we may be merry, 24 because this son of mine was dead, and lived again, and he was lost, and was found; and they began to be merry. 25 And his elder son was in a field, and as, coming, he drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing, 26 and having called near one of the young men, he was inquiring what these things might be, 27 and he said to him, Your brother has arrived, and your father killed the fatted calf, because he received him back in health. 28 And he was angry, and would not go in, therefore his father, having come forth, was pleading him; 29 and he answering said to the father, Behold, so many years I serve you, and never did I transgress your command, and you never gave to me a kid that I might make merry with my friends; 30 but when your son—this one who devoured your living with prostitutes—came, you killed to him the fatted calf. 31 And he said to him, Child, you are always with me, and all my things are yours; 32 but to be merry, and to be glad, it was necessary, because this your brother was dead, and lived again, he was lost, and was found."

45 Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like to a man, a merchant, seeking good pearls, 46 who having found one pearl of great price, having gone away, has sold all, as much as he had, and bought it.

9 And He also spoke to some who have been trusting in themselves that they were righteous, and have been despising the rest, this allegory: 10 "Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee, and the other a tax collector; 11 the Pharisee having stood by himself, thus prayed: God, I thank You that I am not as the rest of men, rapacious, unrighteous, adulterers, or even as this tax collector; 12 I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all things—as many as I possess. 13 And the tax collector, having stood far off, would not even lift up the eyes to the sky, but was striking on his breast, saying, God be propitious to me—the sinner! 14 I say to you, this one went down declared righteous, to his house, rather than that one: for everyone who is exalting himself will be humbled, and he who is humbling himself will be exalted."

14 For—as a man going abroad called his own servants, and delivered to them his substance, 15 and to one he gave five talents, and to another two, and to another one, to each according to his several ability, went abroad immediately. 16 And he who received the five talents, having gone, worked with them, and made five other talents; 17 in like manner also he who [received] the two, he gained, also he, other two; 18 and he who received the one, having gone away, dug in the earth, and hid his lord’s money. 19 And after a long time comes the lord of those servants, and takes reckoning with them; 20 and he who received the five talents, having come, brought five other talents, saying, Lord, you delivered five talents to me; behold, I gained five other talents besides them. 21 And his lord said to him, Well done, good and faithful servant, you were faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things; enter into the joy of your lord. 22 And he also, who received the two talents, having come, said, Lord, you delivered to me two talents; behold, I gained two other talents besides them. 23 His lord said to him, Well done, good and faithful servant, you were faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things; enter into the joy of your lord. 24 And he also who has received the one talent, having come, said, Lord, I knew you, that you are a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering from where you did not scatter; 25 and having been afraid, having gone away, I hid your talent in the earth; behold, you have your own! 26 And his lord answering said to him, Evil servant, and slothful, you had known that I reap where I did not sow, and I gather from where I did not scatter! 27 It was necessary [for] you then to put my money to the money-lenders, and having come I had received my own with increase. 28 Take therefore from him the talent, and give to him having the ten talents, 29 for to everyone having will be given, and he will have overabundance, and from him who is not having, even that which he has will be taken from him; 30 and cast forth the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness; there will be the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth.

19 And—a certain man was rich, and was clothed in purple and fine linen, making merry sumptuously every day, 20 and there was a certain poor man, by name Lazarus, who was laid at his porch, full of sores, 21 and desiring to be filled from the crumbs that are falling from the table of the rich man; indeed, also the dogs, coming, were licking his sores. 22 And it came to pass, that the poor man died, and that he was carried away by the messengers into the bosom of Abraham—and the rich man also died, and was buried; 23 and having lifted up his eyes in Hades, being in torments, he sees Abraham far off, and Lazarus in his bosom, 24 and having cried, he said, Father Abraham, deal kindly with me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and may cool my tongue, because I am distressed in this flame. 25 And Abraham said, Child, remember that you received your good things in your life, and Lazarus in like manner the evil things, and now he is comforted, and you are distressed; 26 and besides all these things, between us and you a great chasm is fixed, so that they who are willing to go over from here to you are not able, nor do they pass through from there to us. 27 And he said, I ask, then, father, that you may send him to the house of my father, 28 for I have five brothers, so that he may thoroughly testify to them, that they also may not come to this place of torment. 29 Abraham says to him, They have Moses and the prophets, let them hear them; 30 and he said, No, father Abraham, but if anyone from the dead may go to them, they will convert. 31 And he said to him, If they do not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if one may rise out of the dead."

24 Another allegory He set before them, saying, "The kingdom of the heavens was likened to a man sowing good seed in his field, 25 and while men are sleeping, his enemy came and sowed darnel in the midst of the wheat, and went away, 26 and when the herb sprang up, and yielded fruit, then appeared also the darnel. 27 And the servants of the householder, having come near, said to him, Lord, did you not sow good seed in your field? From where then does it have the darnel? 28 And he says to them, A man, an enemy, did this; and the servants said to him, Will you, then, [that] having gone away we may gather it up? 29 And he said, No, lest—gathering up the darnel—you root up with it the wheat; 30 permit both to grow together until the harvest, and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather up first the darnel, and bind it in bundles, to burn it, and the wheat gather up into my storehouse."

1 "Then will the kingdom of the heavens be likened to ten virgins, who, having taken their lamps, went forth to meet the bridegroom; 2 and five of them were prudent, and five foolish; 3 they who were foolish having taken their lamps, did not take with themselves oil; 4 and the prudent took oil in their vessels, with their lamps. 5 And the bridegroom lingering, they all nodded and were sleeping, 6 and in the middle of the night a cry was made, Behold, the bridegroom comes; go forth to meet him! 7 Then all those virgins rose, and trimmed their lamps, 8 and the foolish said to the prudent, Give us of your oil, because our lamps are going out; 9 and the prudent answered, saying, Lest there may not be sufficient for us and you, go rather to those selling, and buy for yourselves. 10 And while they are going away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those ready went in with him to the wedding feasts, and the door was shut; 11 and afterward come also the rest of the virgins, saying, Lord, lord, open to us; 12 and he answering said, Truly I say to you, I have not known you. 13 Watch therefore, for you have not known the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man comes.