1IN that day Jeshu went forth from the house and sat by the sea-side; 2and great multitudes gathered near him, so that he went up and sat in a vessel; and all the multitude were standing on the shore of the sea. 3And he discoursed largely to them in parables, and said: Behold, there went forth a sower to sow; 4and as he sowed, some fell by the road-side, and the fowl came and devoured it. 5Another (portion) fell upon the rock, where there was not much soil; and immediately it sprung up, because there was no depth of earth. 6But when the sun was risen, it burned, and, because it had no root, it withered away. 7And another fell among the thorns, and the thorns sprang up and choked it. 8And another fell into good earth, and gave fruits, this a hundred, another sixty, and another thirty. 9He who hath ears to hear, let him hear. 10And his disciples approached, saying to him, Why dost thou speak to them in parables? 11He replied and said to them, Because unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of heaven, but unto them it is not given. 12For unto him who hath, it shall be given, and it shall be increased to him: but to him who hath not, that also which he hath shall be taken from him. 13On this account I speak to them in parables. Hence they see, and (yet) see not; and they hear, and (yet) hear not, neither understand; 14and accomplished in them is the prophecy of Eshaia, who said, that hearing they should hear, but not understand, and seeing they should see, but not know. 15For the heart of this people is become gross, and with their ears they have heard heavily, and their eyes they have shut, that they may not see with their eyes, nor hear with their ears, nor understand with their hearts, and be converted, and I heal them. 16But blessed are your eyes which see, and your ears which hear: 17for, Amen I say unto you, that many prophets and just ones have desired to behold what you see, and have not beheld, and to hear what you hear, and have not heard. 18You, then, attend to the comparison of the seed: 19(When) any one who heareth the doctrine of the kingdom doth not understand it, there cometh the evil (one), and snatcheth away the doctrine that was sown in his heart: this is what by the road-side was sown. 20But that which was sown upon the rock is he who heareth the word, and at once with joy apprehendeth it. 21Yet hath he no root in him, but is (only) for a time; and when affliction or persecution occurs on account of the doctrine, he is quickly offended. 22That sown the place of thorns, is he who heareth the word, but the anxious thought of this world and the illusions of riches stifle the word in him, and he is without fruits. 23But that which upon good ground was sown is he who heareth my doctrine, and understandeth (it), and giveth fruits, and produceth, whether a hundred, or sixty, or thirty fold. 24ANOTHER comparison he allegorized unto them, and said: The kingdom of heaven is like unto a man who sowed good seed in his field. 25And while men slept, came his adversary, and sowed zizania among the wheat, and went. 26And when the plant sprang up and produced fruit, then appeared the zizania. 27And the labourers of the house-lord drew near and said to him, Our lord, didst thou not sow good seed in thy field? From whence then is the zizania in it? 28But he said to them, A foeman hath done this. The labourers say to him, Art thou willing that we go and gather them? 29But he said to them, (No,) lest, when ye gather the zizania, you root out with them the wheat also. 30Leave (them), that both may grow together till the harvest; and in the season of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather first the zizania, and bind them (together in) bundles, that they may burn; but the wheat collect into my barns. 31Another comparison allegorized he to them, and said: The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard, which a man took and sowed in his field. 32This is less than all other seeds; but when it has grown, it is greater than all herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the fowl of the heavens come (and) build in its branches. 33Another parable he spake to them: The kingdom of heaven resembles that leaven which a woman took and hid in three satas of meal, until the whole was leavened. 34All these spake Jeshu in parables to the multitude; and without a parable he did not speak with them. 35That there should be fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet, who said, I will open my mouth in comparisons, and pour forth things hidden from before the foundation of the world. 36Then Jeshu dismissed the multitudes, and came into the house; and his disciples drew near him, and said to him, Expound to us the comparison of the zizania of the field. 37He answered and said to them, He who sowed the good seed is the Son of man. 38The field is the world. Now, the good seed are the sons of the kingdom, but the zizania are the sons of the evil one. 39The adversary who sowed them is Satana; the harvest is the consummation of the world; the reapers are the angels. 40As, therefore, the zizania are gathered and burned in the fire, so shall it be in the completion of this world. 41The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall collect from his kingdom all those who cause offence, and all (who) work iniquity, 42and shall throw them into a furnace of fire; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 43Then the just shall shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who hath ears to hear, let him hear. 44Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a treasure which was hidden in a field, (and) which a man found and concealed, and from joy went and sold all that he had, and bought that field. 45Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man a merchant, who sought goodly pearls; 46but who, when he had found one pearl of exceeding price, went, sold all that he had, and bought it. 47Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, which was thrown into the sea, and from every kind collected. 48And when it was full, they drew to the shore, and sat down, and selected; and the good they threw into vessels, and the bad they cast without. 49Thus shall it be at the consummation of the world. The angels shall go forth, and separate the evil from among the just, 50and cast them into the furnace of fire; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth! 51Jeshu said to them, Have you understood all these? They say to him, Yes, our Lord. 52He saith to them, On this account every scribe who is learned in the kingdom of heaven, is like to a man a house-lord, who bringeth forth from his treasuries the new and the old. 53AND when Jeshu had finished these parables, he passed from thence, 54and came to his city, and taught them in their synagogues, so that they were astounded and said, Whence hath he (Whence to him) this wisdom and these powers? 55Is not this the son of the carpenter? Is not his mother called Mariam, and his brothers, Jakub, and Josi, and Shemun, and Jehuda? 56and his sisters, all, are they not with us? Whence to this one all these? 57And they were offended with him. But Jeshu said to them, No prophet is contemned except in his own city, and in his own house. 58And he did not many miracles there on account of their unbelief.