and others fell upon the good ground, and yielded fruit, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?

For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that which he hath.

And unto them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall in no wise understand; And seeing ye shall see, and shall in no wise perceive:

But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear.

Hear then ye the parable of the sower.

And he that was sown upon the rocky places, this is he that heareth the word, and straightway with joy receiveth it;

And he that was sown among the thorns, this is he that heareth the word; and the care of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.

Another parable set he before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man that sowed good seed in his field:

But when the blade sprang up and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.

And he said unto them, An enemy hath done this. And the servants say unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?

Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather up first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat into my barn.

which indeed is less than all seeds; but when it is grown, it is greater than the herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the heaven come and lodge in the branches thereof.

All these things spake Jesus in parables unto the multitudes; and without a parable spake he nothing unto them:

Then he left the multitudes, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Explain unto us the parable of the tares of the field.

and the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; and the tares are the sons of the evil [one] ;

As therefore the tares are gathered up and burned with fire; so shall it be in the end of the world.

and shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

The kingdom of heaven is like unto a treasure hidden in the field; which a man found, and hid; and in his joy he goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.

and having found one pearl of great price, he went and sold all that he had, and bought it.

which, when it was filled, they drew up on the beach; and they sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but the bad they cast away.

and shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

And he said unto them, Therefore every scribe who hath been made a disciple to the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is a householder, who bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.

And coming into his own country he taught them in their synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, and said, Whence hath this man this wisdom, and these mighty works?