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Matthew 13 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

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Jesus Teaches in Parables

(Mar 4:1–9; Luk 8:4–8 )
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:1 -

On that day Jesus had gone out of the house and was sitting by the sea.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:2 - And large crowds gathered to Him, so He got into a boat and sat down, and the whole crowd was standing on the beach.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:3 -

And He told them many things in parables, saying, “Behold, the sower went out to sow;

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:4 - and as he sowed, some seeds fell beside the road, and the birds came and ate them up.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:5 - “Others fell on the rocky places, where they did not have much soil; and they sprang up immediately, because they had no depth of soil.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:6 - “But after the sun rose, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:7 - “Others fell [fn]among the thorns, and the thorns came up and choked them out.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:8 - “But others fell on the good soil and yielded a crop, some a hundred, some sixty, and some thirty times as much.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:9 - “The one who has ears, [fn]let him hear.”

An Explanation for Parables

(Mar 4:10–12; Luk 8:9, 10 )
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:10 -

And the disciples came up and said to Him, “Why do You speak to them in parables?”

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:11 - And [fn]Jesus answered them, “To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been granted.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:12 - “For whoever has, to him more shall be given, and he will have an abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has shall be taken away from him.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:13 - “Therefore I speak to them in parables; because while seeing they do not see, and while hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:14 - “And [fn]in their case the prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled, which says,

[fn]YOU SHALL KEEP ON LISTENING, [fn]BUT SHALL NOT UNDERSTAND;

AND [fn]YOU SHALL KEEP ON LOOKING, [fn]BUT SHALL NOT PERCEIVE;

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:15 -

FOR THE HEART OF THIS PEOPLE HAS BECOME DULL,

WITH THEIR EARS THEY SCARCELY HEAR,

AND THEY HAVE CLOSED THEIR EYES,

OTHERWISE THEY MIGHT SEE WITH THEIR EYES,

HEAR WITH THEIR EARS,

UNDERSTAND WITH THEIR HEART, AND RETURN,

AND I WOULD HEAL THEM.’

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:16 -

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

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:17 - “For truly I say to you that many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.

The Sower Explained

(Mar 4:13–20; Luk 8:11–15 )
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:18 -

“Listen then to the parable of the sower.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:19 - “When anyone hears the [fn]word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is the one sown with seed beside the road.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:20 - “The one sown with seed on the rocky places, this is the one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy;
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:21 - yet he has no firm root in himself, but is only temporary, and when affliction or persecution occurs because of the [fn]word, immediately he [fn]falls away.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:22 - “And the one sown with seed among the thorns, this is the one who hears the word, and the anxiety of the [fn]world and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it [fn]becomes unfruitful.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:23 - “But the one sown with seed on the good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and produces, some a hundred, some sixty, and some thirty times as much.

Weeds among Wheat

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:24 -

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

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:25 - “But while his men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed [fn]weeds among the wheat, and left.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:26 - “And when the [fn]wheat sprouted and produced grain, then the weeds also became evident.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:27 - “And the slaves of the landowner came and said to him, ‘Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? [fn]How then does it have weeds?’
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:28 - “And he said to them, ‘[fn]An enemy has done this!’ The slaves *said to him, ‘Do you want us, then, to go and gather them up?’
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:29 - “But he *said, ‘No; while you are gathering up the weeds, you may uproot the wheat with them.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:30 - ‘Allow both to grow together until the harvest; and at the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, “First gather up the weeds and bind them in bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat into my barn.”’”

The Mustard Seed

(Mar 4:30–32; Luk 13:18, 19 )
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:31 -

He presented another parable to them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a person took and sowed in his field;

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:32 - and this is smaller than all the other seeds, but when it is fully grown, it is larger than the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that THE BIRDS OF THE SKY come and NEST IN ITS BRANCHES.”

The Leaven

(Luk 13:20, 21 )
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:33 -

He spoke another parable to them: “The kingdom of heaven is like [fn]leaven, which a woman took and hid in three [fn]sata of flour until it was all leavened.”

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:34 -

All these things Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables, and He did not speak anything to them without a parable.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:35 - This was so that what was spoken through the prophet would be [fn]fulfilled:

“I WILL OPEN MY MOUTH IN PARABLES;

I WILL PROCLAIM THINGS HIDDEN SINCE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD.”

The Weeds Explained

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Then He left the crowds and went into the house. And His disciples came to Him and said, “Explain to us the parable of the [fn]weeds of the field.”

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:37 - And He said, “The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man,
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:38 - and the field is the world; and as for the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; and the weeds are the sons of the evil one;
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:39 - and the enemy who sowed them is the devil, and the harvest is the [fn]end of the age; and the reapers are angels.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:40 - “So just as the weeds are gathered up and burned with fire, so shall it be at the [fn]end of the age.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:41 - “The Son of Man will send forth His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom [fn]all stumbling blocks, and those who commit lawlessness,
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:42 - and they will throw them into the furnace of fire; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:43 - “Then THE RIGHTEOUS WILL SHINE FORTH LIKE THE SUN in the kingdom of their Father. The one who has ears, [fn]let him hear.

Hidden Treasure

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“The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man found and hid again; and from [fn]joy over it he goes and sells everything that he has, and buys that field.

A Costly Pearl

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“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking fine pearls,

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:46 - and upon finding one pearl of great value, he went and sold everything that he had and bought it.

A Dragnet

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“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a dragnet that was cast into the sea and gathered fish of every kind;

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:48 - and when it was filled, they pulled it up on the beach; and they sat down and gathered the good fish into containers, but the bad they threw away.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:49 - “So it will be at the [fn]end of the age: the angels will come forth and remove the wicked from among the righteous,
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:50 - and they will throw them into the furnace of fire; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:51 -

“Have you understood all these things?” They *said to Him, “Yes.”

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:52 - And [fn]Jesus said to them, “Therefore every scribe who has become a disciple of the kingdom of heaven is like a head of a household, who brings out of his treasure new things and old.”

Jesus Revisits Nazareth

(Mar 6:1–6; Luk 4:16–30 )
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:53 -

When Jesus had finished these parables, He departed from there.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:54 - And He came to [fn]His hometown and began teaching them in their synagogue, with the result that they were astonished, and said, “Where did this man acquire this wisdom and these [fn]miraculous powers?
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:55 - “Is this not the carpenter’s son? Is His mother not called Mary, and His brothers, James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas?
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:56 - “And His sisters, are they not all with us? Where then did this Man acquire all these things?”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:57 - And they took offense at Him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not dishonored except in his [fn]hometown and in his own household.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:58 - And He did not do many [fn]miracles there because of their unbelief.
NASB20 Footnotes
Lit upon
Or hear! Or listen!
Lit He
Lit for them
Lit With a hearing you shall hear; a Heb idiom
Lit and
Lit Seeing you shall see
Lit and
I.e., message
I.e., message
I.e., from the faith
Or age
Or proves to be unfruitful
Lit has been compared to
Prob. darnel, a weed resembling wheat
Lit grass
Lit From where
Lit A hostile person
I.e., fermented dough
A Gr term for a Heb measure, totaling about 48 lb. or 22 kg of flour
Lit fulfilled, saying
Prob. darnel, a weed resembling wheat
Or consummation
Or consummation
Or everything that is offensive
Or hear! Or listen!
Or his joy, he goes
Or consummation
Lit He
Or His own part of the country
Or miracles
Or own part of the country
Or works of power
*
See the NASB20 Preface for an explanation on the use of the asterisk.
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