1 في ذلك اليوم خرج يسوع من البيت وجلس عند البحر.2 فاجتمع اليه جموع كثيرة حتى انه دخل السفينة وجلس. والجمع كله وقف على الشاطئ.3 فكلهم كثيرا بامثال قائلا هوذا الزارع قد خرج ليزرع.4 وفيما هو يزرع سقط بعض على الطريق. فجائت الطيور واكلته.5 وسقط آخر على الاماكن المحجرة حيث لم تكن له تربة كثيرة. فنبت حالا اذ لم يكن له عمق ارض.6 ولكن لما اشرقت الشمس احترق. واذ لم يكن له اصل جف.7 وسقط آخر على الشوك فطلع الشوك وخنقه.8 وسقط آخر على الارض الجيدة. فاعطى ثمرا. بعض مئة وآخر ستين وآخر ثلاثين.9 من له اذنان للسمع فليسمع10 فتقدم التلاميذ وقالوا له لماذا تكلمهم بامثال.11 فاجاب وقال لهم لانه قد أعطي لكم ان تعرفوا اسرار ملكوت السموات. واما لأولئك فلم يعط.12 فان من له سيعطى ويزاد. واما من ليس له فالذي عنده سيؤخذ منه.13 من اجل هذا اكلمهم بامثال. لانهم مبصرين لا يبصرون وسامعين لا يسمعون ولا يفهمون.14 فقد تمت فيهم نبوة اشعياء القائلة تسمعون سمعا ولا تفهمون. ومبصرين تبصرون ولا تنظرون.15 لان قلب هذا الشعب قد غلظ. وآذانهم قد ثقل سماعها. وغمضوا عيونهم لئلا يبصروا بعيونهم ويسمعوا بآذانهم ويفهموا بقلوبهم ويرجعوا فاشفيهم.16 ولكن طوبى لعيونكم لانها تبصر. ولآذانكم لانها تسمع.17 فاني الحق اقول لكم ان انبياء وابرارا كثيرين اشتهوا ان يروا ما انتم ترون ولم يروا. وان يسمعوا ما انتم تسمعون ولم يسمعوا18 فاسمعوا انتم مثل الزارع.19 كل من يسمع كلمة الملكوت ولا يفهم فيأتي الشرير ويخطف ما قد زرع في قلبه. هذا هو المزوع على الطريق.20 والمزروع على الاماكن المحجرة هو الذي يسمع الكلمة وحالا يقبلها بفرح.21 ولكن ليس له اصل في ذاته بل هو الى حين. فاذا حدث ضيق او اضطهاد من اجل الكلمة فحالا يعثر.22 والمزروع بين الشوك هو الذي يسمع الكلمة. وهم هذا العالم وغرور الغنى يخنقان الكلمة فيصير بلا ثمر.23 واما المزروع على الارض الجيدة فهو الذي يسمع الكلمة ويفهم. وهو الذي يأتي بثمر فيصنع بعض مئة وآخر ستين وآخر ثلاثين24 قدم لهم مثلا آخر قائلا. يشبه ملكوت السموات انسانا زرع زرعا جيدا في حقله.25 وفيما الناس نيام جاء عدوه وزرع زوانا في وسط الحنطة ومضى.26 فلما طلع النبات وصنع ثمرا حينئذ ظهر الزوان ايضا.27 فجاء عبيد رب البيت وقالوا له يا سيد أليس زرعا جيدا زرعت في حقلك. فمن اين له زوان.28 فقال لهم. انسان عدو فعل هذا. فقال له العبيد أتريد ان نذهب ونجمعه.29 فقال لا. لئلا تقلعوا الحنطة مع الزوان وانتم تجمعونه.30 دعوهما ينميان كلاهما معا الى الحصاد. وفي وقت الحصاد اقول للحصادين اجمعوا اولا الزوان واحزموه حزما ليحرق. واما الحنطة فاجمعوها الى مخزني31 قدم لهم مثلا آخر قائلا. يشبه ملكوت السموات حبة خردل اخذها انسان وزرعها في حقله.32 وهي اصغر جميع البزور. لكن متى نمت فهي اكبر البقول. وتصير شجرة حتى ان طيور السماء تأتي وتتآوى في اغصانها33 قال لهم مثلا آخر. يشبه ملكوت السموات خميرة اخذتها امرأة وخبأتها في ثلاثة اكيال دقيق حتى اختمر الجميع.34 هذا كله كلم به يسوع الجموع بامثال. وبدون مثل لم يكن يكلمهم35 لكي يتم ما قيل بالنبي القائل سأفتح بامثال فمي وانطق بمكتومات منذ تأسيس العالم36 حينئذ صرف يسوع الجموع وجاء الى البيت. فتقدم اليه تلاميذه قائلين فسّر لنا مثل زوان الحقل.37 فاجاب وقال لهم. الزارع الزرع الجيد هو ابن الانسان.38 والحقل هو العالم. والزرع الجيد هو بنو الملكوت. والزوان هو بنو الشرير.39 والعدو الذي زرعه هو ابليس. والحصاد هو انقضاء العالم. والحصادون هم الملائكة.40 فكما يجمع الزوان ويحرق بالنار هكذا يكون في انقضاء هذا العالم.41 يرسل ابن الانسان ملائكته فيجمعون من ملكوته جميع المعاثر وفاعلي الاثم.42 ويطرحونهم في اتون النار. هناك يكون البكاء وصرير الاسنان.43 حينئذ يضيء الابرار كالشمس في ملكوت ابيهم. من له اذنان للسمع فليسمع44 ايضا يشبه ملكوت السموات كنزا مخفى في حقل وجده انسان فاخفاه ومن فرحه مضى وباع كل ما كان له واشترى ذلك الحقل.45 ايضا يشبه ملكوت السموات انسانا تاجرا يطلب لآلئ حسنة.46 فلما وجد لؤلؤة واحدة كثيرة الثمن مضى وباع كل ما كان له واشتراها.47 ايضا يشبه ملكوت السموات شبكة مطروحة في البحر وجامعة من كل نوع.48 فلما امتلأت اصعدوها على الشاطئ وجلسوا وجمعوا الجياد الى اوعية. واما الاردياء فطرحوها خارجا.49 هكذا يكون في انقضاء العالم. يخرج الملائكة ويفرزون الاشرار من بين الابرار.50 ويطرحونهم في اتون النار. هناك يكون البكاء وصرير الاسنان51 قال لهم يسوع أفهمتم هذا كله. فقالوا نعم يا سيد.52 فقال لهم. من اجل ذلك كل كاتب متعلم في ملكوت السموات يشبه رجلا رب بيت يخرج من كنزه جددا وعتقاء.53 ولما اكمل يسوع هذه الامثال انتقل من هناك54 ولما جاء الى وطنه كان يعلّمهم في مجمعهم حتى بهتوا وقالوا من اين لهذا هذه الحكمة والقوات.55 أليس هذا ابن النجار. أليست امه تدعى مريم واخوته يعقوب ويوسي وسمعان ويهوذا.56 أوليست اخواته جميعهنّ عندنا فمن اين لهذا هذه كلها.57 فكانوا يعثرون به. واما يسوع فقال لهم ليس نبي بلا كرامة الا في وطنه وفي بيته.58 ولم يصنع هناك قوات كثيرة لعدم ايمانهم

1 The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side.2 And great multitudes were gathered together to him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore.3 And he spoke many things to them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;4 And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:5 Some fell on stony places, where they had not much earth: and immediately they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:6 And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.7 And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:8 But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundred times, some sixty times, some thirty times.9 Who has ears to hear, let him hear.10 And the disciples came, and said to him, Why speak you to them in parables?11 He answered and said to them, Because it is given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.12 For whoever has, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whoever has not, from him shall be taken away even that he has.13 Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.14 And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which said, By hearing you shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing you shall see, and shall not perceive:15 For this people' heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.16 But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.17 For truly I say to you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which you see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which you hear, and have not heard them.18 Hear you therefore the parable of the sower.19 When any one hears the word of the kingdom, and understands it not, then comes the wicked one, and catches away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.20 But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that hears the word, and immediately with joy receives it;21 Yet has he not root in himself, but endures for a while: for when tribulation or persecution rises because of the word, by and by he is offended.22 He also that received seed among the thorns is he that hears the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.23 But he that received seed into the good ground is he that hears the word, and understands it; which also bears fruit, and brings forth, some an hundred times, some sixty, some thirty.24 Another parable put he forth to them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened to a man which sowed good seed in his field:25 But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.26 But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.27 So the servants of the householder came and said to him, Sir, did not you sow good seed in your field? from where then has it tares?28 He said to them, An enemy has done this. The servants said to him, Will you then that we go and gather them up?29 But he said, No; lest while you gather up the tares, you root up also the wheat with them.30 Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather you together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.31 Another parable put he forth to them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:32 Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.33 Another parable spoke he to them; The kingdom of heaven is like to leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.34 All these things spoke Jesus to the multitude in parables; and without a parable spoke he not to them:35 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.36 Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came to him, saying, Declare to us the parable of the tares of the field.37 He answered and said to them, He that sows the good seed is the Son of man;38 The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;39 The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.40 As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.41 The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;42 And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.43 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who has ears to hear, let him hear.44 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like to treasure hid in a field; the which when a man has found, he hides, and for joy thereof goes and sells all that he has, and buys that field.45 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like to a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls:46 Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.47 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like to a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind:48 Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away.49 So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just,50 And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.51 Jesus said to them, Have you understood all these things? They say to him, Yes, Lord.52 Then said he to them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed to the kingdom of heaven is like to a man that is an householder, which brings forth out of his treasure things new and old.53 And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed there.54 And when he was come into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, From where has this man this wisdom, and these mighty works?55 Is not this the carpenter' son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brothers, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?56 And his sisters, are they not all with us? From where then has this man all these things?57 And they were offended in him. But Jesus said to them, A prophet is not without honor, save in his own country, and in his own house.58 And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief.