Matthew 13:19-38

19When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and doesn’t understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the one having been sown along the road.

20“The one sown on rocky ground, this is the one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy.

21Yet he has no root himself but lasts only a short while; and when trouble or persecution comes because of the word, immediately he falls away.

22“But the one sown among the thorns, this is the one who hears the word; and the worries of the world and the seduction of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

23“Now the one sown on the good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands. He indeed bears fruit, yielding a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty times what was sown.”

24He presented to them another parable, saying, “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.

25But while the men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat and went away.

26Now when the stalk sprouted and produced grain, then the weeds also appeared.

27So the slaves of the landowner came and said to him, ‘Master, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Then where did the weeds come from?’

28But he replied, ‘An enemy did this.’ Now the slaves say to him, ‘Do you want us, then, to go out and gather them up?’

29But he says, ‘No, for while you are gathering up the weeds, you may uproot the wheat with them.

30Let both grow together until the harvest. At harvest time, I will tell the reapers, “First, gather up the weeds and tie them in bundles to burn them up; but gather the wheat into my barn.’”

31He presented to them another parable, saying, “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field.

32It’s the smallest of all seeds; yet when it’s full grown, it’s greater than the other herbs. It becomes like a tree, so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches.”

33He told them another parable, “The kingdom of heaven is like hametz, which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, until it was all leavened.”

34All these things Yeshua spoke to the crowds in parables. And apart from a parable, He wasn’t speaking to them,

35in order to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet, saying, “I will open My mouth in parables, I will utter things hidden since the foundation of the world.”

36Then He sent the crowds away and went into the house. His disciples came to Him, saying, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds of the field.”

37He answered, “The one sowing the good seed is the Son of Man,

38and the field is the world. And the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; and the weeds are the sons of the evil one.