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30 Let both grow together till the harvest, and in time of harvest I will say to the reapers: Gather first the
tares, and bind them into bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat into my granary.
31 Another parable laid he before them, saying: The kingdom of the heavens is like a grain of mustard,
which a man took and sowed in his field:
32 which indeed is less than all the seeds; but when it has grown, is greater than the garden plants, and
becomes a tree, so that the birds of heaven come and roost in its branches.
33 Another parable spoke he to them: The kingdom of the heavens is like leaven, which a woman took
and hid in three measures of flour, till the whole was leavened.
34 All these things spoke Jesus to the multitudes in parables, and without a parable spoke he nothing to
them,
35 that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through the prophet Isaiah, saying: I will open my mouth in
parables, I will utter things concealed from the foundation.
36 Then dismissing the multitudes he came into the house. And his disciples came to him, saying:
Explain to us the parable of the tares of the field.
37 And he answered and said: He that sows the good seed is the Son of man:
38 the field is the world: the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; but the tares are the sons of
the wicked one:
39 the enemy that sowed them is the devil: the harvest is the conclusion of the age, and the reapers are
angels.
40 As then the tares are collected and burned in fire, so shall it be in the conclusion of the age.
41 The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that
cause offense, and them that do iniquity,
42 and shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
43 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He that has ears, let
him hear.
44 The kingdom of the heavens is like treasure hid in the field, which a man found and hid, and for joy
over it he went and sold all that he had, and bought that field.
45 Again: the kingdom of the heavens is like a man, a merchant seeking goodly pearls:
46 when he had found one pearl of great value, he went and sold all that he had and bought it.
47 Again: the kingdom of the heavens is like a net that was cast into the sea and gathered of every kind:
48 which, when it was full, they drew to the shore, and sitting down they gathered the good into baskets,
but threw the bad away.
49 So shall it be in the conclusion of the age: the angels shall come forth, and separate the wicked from
among the righteous,
50 and shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
51 Have you understood all these things? They say to him, Yes.
52 And he said to them: Therefore, every scribe instructed in the kingdom of the heavens is like a man, a
master of a house, who brings forth out of his treasury things new and old.
53 And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of these parables, he departed thence.
54 And he came into his own country, and taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished
and said: Whence has this man this wisdom and the mighty works?
55 Is not this the son of the carpenter? Is not his mother called Mary, and his brothers, James, and
Joseph, and Simon, and Judah?
56 And his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence then has this man all these things?
57 And they were offended s at him. But Jesus said to them, A prophet is not without honor unless in his
own country and in his own house.
58 And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief.
Matthew 14
1 At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus,
2 and said to his servants: This is John the Baptist: he has risen from the dead, and for this reason the
powers are active within him.
3 For Herod having taken John, had bound him, and put him away in prison, because of Herodias the
wife of Philip his brother.
4 For John said to him: It is not lawful for thee to have her.
5 And intending to kill him, he was afraid of the multitude, because they held him as a prophet.
6 But when Herod's birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced in the midst and pleased Herod:
7 wherefore he promised with an oath to give her whatever she would ask.
8 And she having been before instigated by her mother, said: Give me here in a dish the head of John the
Baptist.
9 And the king though grieved, be cause of the oaths and the guests commanded it to be given,
10 and sent and beheaded John in the prison.
11 And his head was brought in a dish and given to the maiden; and she carried it to her mother.
12 And his disciples came and took away the corpse and buried it, and came and told Jesus.
13 And when Jesus heard it, he withdrew thence in a ship to a desert place apart; and the multitudes
hearing it followed him on foot from the cities.
14 And he came forth and saw a great multitude, and was moved with pity for them and cured their sick. [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]