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<bible version='kjv' description='The King James Bible with Strongs Numbers' language='ENG' strongs='true'>
  <book number='40' name='' abbreviation='Mt' testament='new'>
    <chapter number='13'>
      <verse number='1'>The <strongs number="1565">same</strongs><strongs number="2250">day</strongs><strongs number="1831">went</strongs><strongs number="2424">Jesus</strongs>out <strongs number="575">of</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="3614">house</strongs>, <strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="2521">sat</strongs><strongs number="3844">by</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs>sea <strongs number="2281">side</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='2'><strongs number="2532">And</strongs><strongs number="4183">great</strongs><strongs number="3793">multitudes</strongs>were gathered <strongs number="4863">together</strongs><strongs number="4314">unto</strongs><strongs number="846">him</strongs>, so <strongs number="5620">that</strongs><strongs number="846">he</strongs><strongs number="1684">went</strongs><strongs number="1519">into</strongs>a <strongs number="4143">ship</strongs>, and <strongs number="2521">sat</strongs>; <strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="3956">whole</strongs><strongs number="3793">multitude</strongs><strongs number="2476">stood</strongs><strongs number="1909">on</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="123">shore</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='3'><strongs number="2532">And</strongs>he <strongs number="2980">spake</strongs>many <strongs number="4183">things</strongs>unto <strongs number="846">them</strongs><strongs number="1722">in</strongs><strongs number="3850">parables</strongs>, <strongs number="3004">saying</strongs>, <em><strongs number="2400">Behold</strongs>, </em><em> a </em><em><strongs number="4687">sower</strongs></em><em> went <strongs number="1831">forth</strongs></em><em> to </em><em><strongs number="4687">sow</strongs>; </em></verse>
      <verse number='4'><em><strongs number="2532">And</strongs></em><em> when </em><em><strongs number="846">he</strongs></em><em><strongs number="4687">sowed</strongs>, </em><em><strongs number="3739 3303">some</strongs></em><em><i> seeds </i></em><em><strongs number="4098">fell</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3844">by</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3588">the</strongs></em><em> way <strongs number="3598">side</strongs>, </em><em><strongs number="2532">and</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3588">the</strongs></em><em><strongs number="4071">fowls</strongs></em><em><strongs number="2064">came</strongs></em><em><strongs number="2532">and</strongs></em><em> devoured them <strongs number="2719 846">up</strongs>: </em></verse>
      <verse number='5'><strongs number="*1161"></strongs><em><strongs number="243">Some</strongs></em><em><strongs number="4098">fell</strongs></em><em><strongs number="1909">upon</strongs></em><em> stony <strongs number="4075">places</strongs>, </em><em><strongs number="3699">where</strongs></em><em> they </em><em><strongs number="2192">had</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3756">not</strongs></em><em><strongs number="4183">much</strongs></em><em><strongs number="1093">earth</strongs>: </em><em><strongs number="2532">and</strongs></em><em><strongs number="2112">forthwith</strongs></em><em> they </em><em> sprung <strongs number="1816">up</strongs>, </em><em> because </em><em> they </em><em><strongs number="2192">had</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3361">no</strongs></em><em><strongs number="899">deepness</strongs></em><em> of </em><em><strongs number="1093">earth</strongs>: </em></verse>
      <verse number='6'><em><strongs number="1161">And</strongs></em><em> when </em><em> the </em><em><strongs number="2246">sun</strongs></em><em> was <strongs number="393">up</strongs>, </em><em> they </em><em> were </em><em><strongs number="2739">scorched</strongs>; </em><em><strongs number="2532">and</strongs></em><em> because </em><em> they </em><em><strongs number="2192">had</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3361">no</strongs></em><em><strongs number="4491">root</strongs>, </em><em> they </em><em> withered <strongs number="3583">away</strongs>. </em></verse>
      <verse number='7'><em><strongs number="1161">And</strongs></em><em><strongs number="243">some</strongs></em><em><strongs number="4098">fell</strongs></em><em><strongs number="1909">among</strongs></em><em><strongs number="173">thorns</strongs>; </em><em><strongs number="2532">and</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3588">the</strongs></em><em><strongs number="173">thorns</strongs></em><em> sprung <strongs number="305">up</strongs>, </em><em><strongs number="2532">and</strongs></em><em><strongs number="638">choked</strongs></em><em><strongs number="846">them</strongs>: </em></verse>
      <verse number='8'><em><strongs number="1161">But</strongs></em><em><strongs number="243">other</strongs></em><em><strongs number="4098">fell</strongs></em><em><strongs number="1909">into</strongs></em><em><strongs number="2570">good</strongs></em><em><strongs number="1093">ground</strongs>, </em><em><strongs number="2532">and</strongs></em><em> brought <strongs number="1325">forth</strongs></em><em><strongs number="2590">fruit</strongs>, </em><em><strongs number="3739 3303">some</strongs></em><em> a <strongs number="1540 *1161">hundredfold</strongs>, </em><em><strongs number="3739">some</strongs></em><em><strongs number="1835 *1161">sixtyfold</strongs>, </em><em><strongs number="3739">some</strongs></em><em><strongs number="5144">thirtyfold</strongs>. </em></verse>
      <verse number='9'><em> Who <strongs number="2192">hath</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3775">ears</strongs></em><em> to </em><em><strongs number="191">hear</strongs>, </em><em> let </em><em> him </em><em><strongs number="191">hear</strongs>. </em></verse>
      <verse number='10'><strongs number="2532">And</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="3101">disciples</strongs><strongs number="4334">came</strongs>, and <strongs number="2036">said</strongs>unto <strongs number="846">him</strongs>, <strongs number="1302">Why</strongs><strongs number="2980">speakest</strongs>thou unto <strongs number="846">them</strongs><strongs number="1722">in</strongs><strongs number="3850">parables</strongs>? </verse>
      <verse number='11'><strongs number="*1161"></strongs><strongs number="3588">He</strongs><strongs number="611">answered</strongs>and <strongs number="2036">said</strongs>unto <strongs number="846">them</strongs>, <em><strongs number="3754">Because</strongs></em><em> it </em><em> is </em><em><strongs number="1325">given</strongs></em><em> unto </em><em><strongs number="5213">you</strongs></em><em> to </em><em><strongs number="1097">know</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3588">the</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3466">mysteries</strongs></em><em> of </em><em><strongs number="3588">the</strongs></em><em><strongs number="932">kingdom</strongs></em><em> of </em><em><strongs number="3772">heaven</strongs>, </em><em><strongs number="1161">but</strongs></em><em> to </em><em><strongs number="1565">them</strongs></em><em> it </em><em> is </em><em><strongs number="3756">not</strongs></em><em><strongs number="1325">given</strongs>. </em></verse>
      <verse number='12'><em><strongs number="1063">For</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3748">whosoever</strongs></em><em><strongs number="2192">hath</strongs>, </em><em> to </em><em><strongs number="846">him</strongs></em><em> shall </em><em> be </em><em><strongs number="1325">given</strongs>, </em><em><strongs number="2532">and</strongs></em><em> he </em><em> shall </em><em> have more <strongs number="4052">abundance</strongs>: </em><em><strongs number="1161">but</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3748">whosoever</strongs></em><em><strongs number="2192">hath</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3756">not</strongs>, </em><em><strongs number="575">from</strongs></em><em><strongs number="846">him</strongs></em><em> shall </em><em> be </em><em> taken <strongs number="142">away</strongs></em><em><strongs number="2532">even</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3739">that</strongs></em><em> he </em><em><strongs number="2192">hath</strongs>. </em></verse>
      <verse number='13'><em><strongs number="1223 5124">Therefore</strongs></em><em><strongs number="2980">speak</strongs></em><em> I </em><em> to </em><em><strongs number="846">them</strongs></em><em><strongs number="1722">in</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3850">parables</strongs>: </em><em><strongs number="3754">because</strongs></em><em> they </em><em><strongs number="991">seeing</strongs></em><em><strongs number="991">see</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3756">not</strongs>; </em><em><strongs number="2532">and</strongs></em><em><strongs number="191">hearing</strongs></em><em> they </em><em><strongs number="191">hear</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3756">not</strongs>, </em><em><strongs number="3761">neither</strongs></em><em> do </em><em> they </em><em><strongs number="4920">understand</strongs>. </em></verse>
      <verse number='14'><em><strongs number="2532">And</strongs></em><em><strongs number="1909">in</strongs></em><em><strongs number="846">them</strongs></em><em> is </em><em><strongs number="378">fulfilled</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3588">the</strongs></em><em><strongs number="4394">prophecy</strongs></em><em> of </em><em><strongs number="2268">Isaiah</strongs>, </em><em> which <strongs number="3004">saith</strongs>, </em><em> By </em><em><strongs number="189">hearing</strongs></em><em> ye </em><em> shall </em><em><strongs number="191">hear</strongs>, </em><em><strongs number="2532">and</strongs></em><em> shall </em><em><strongs number="3364">not</strongs></em><em><strongs number="4920">understand</strongs>; </em><em><strongs number="2532">and</strongs></em><em><strongs number="991">seeing</strongs></em><em> ye </em><em> shall </em><em><strongs number="991">see</strongs>, </em><em><strongs number="2532">and</strongs></em><em> shall </em><em><strongs number="3364">not</strongs></em><em><strongs number="1492">perceive</strongs>: </em></verse>
      <verse number='15'><em><strongs number="1063">For</strongs></em><em><strongs number="5127">this</strongs></em><em><strongs number="2992">people</strongs>'s </em><em><strongs number="2588">heart</strongs></em><em> is </em><em> waxed <strongs number="3975">gross</strongs>, </em><em><strongs number="2532">and</strongs></em><em><i> their </i></em><em><strongs number="3775">ears</strongs></em><em> are dull of <strongs number="191 917">hearing</strongs>, </em><em><strongs number="2532">and</strongs></em><em><strongs number="848">their</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3788">eyes</strongs></em><em> they </em><em> have </em><em><strongs number="2576">closed</strongs>; </em><em> lest at any <strongs number="3379">time</strongs></em><em> they </em><em> should </em><em><strongs number="1492">see</strongs></em><em> with </em><em><i> their </i></em><em><strongs number="3778">eyes</strongs>, </em><em><strongs number="2532">and</strongs></em><em><strongs number="191">hear</strongs></em><em> with </em><em><i> their </i></em><em><strongs number="3775">ears</strongs>, </em><em><strongs number="2532">and</strongs></em><em> should </em><em><strongs number="4920">understand</strongs></em><em> with </em><em><i> their </i></em><em><strongs number="2588">heart</strongs>, </em><em><strongs number="2532">and</strongs></em><em> should </em><em> be </em><em><strongs number="1994">converted</strongs>, </em><em><strongs number="2532">and</strongs></em><em> I </em><em> should </em><em><strongs number="2390">heal</strongs></em><em><strongs number="846">them</strongs>. </em></verse>
      <verse number='16'><em><strongs number="1161">But</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3107">blessed</strongs></em><em><i> are </i></em><em><strongs number="5216">your</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3778">eyes</strongs>, </em><em><strongs number="3754">for</strongs></em><em> they </em><em><strongs number="991">see</strongs>: </em><em><strongs number="2532">and</strongs></em><em><strongs number="5216">your</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3775">ears</strongs>, </em><em><strongs number="3754">for</strongs></em><em> they </em><em><strongs number="191">hear</strongs>. </em></verse>
      <verse number='17'><em><strongs number="1063">For</strongs></em><em><strongs number="281">verily</strongs></em><em> I </em><em><strongs number="3004">say</strongs></em><em> unto </em><em><strongs number="5213">you</strongs>, </em><em><strongs number="3754">That</strongs></em><em><strongs number="4183">many</strongs></em><em><strongs number="4396">prophets</strongs></em><em><strongs number="2532">and</strongs></em><em><strongs number="1342">righteous</strongs></em><em><i> men </i></em><em> have </em><em><strongs number="1937">desired</strongs></em><em> to </em><em><strongs number="1492">see</strongs></em><em><i> those </i></em><em><i> things </i></em><em><strongs number="3739">which</strongs></em><em> ye </em><em><strongs number="991">see</strongs>, </em><em><strongs number="2532">and</strongs></em><em> have </em><em><strongs number="3756">not</strongs></em><em><strongs number="1492">seen</strongs></em><em><i> them </i>; </em><em><strongs number="2532">and</strongs></em><em> to </em><em><strongs number="191">hear</strongs></em><em><i> those </i></em><em><i> things </i></em><em><strongs number="3739">which</strongs></em><em> ye </em><em><strongs number="191">hear</strongs>, </em><em><strongs number="2532">and</strongs></em><em> have </em><em><strongs number="3756">not</strongs></em><em><strongs number="191">heard</strongs></em><em><i> them. </i></em></verse>
      <verse number='18'><em><strongs number="191">Hear</strongs></em><em><strongs number="5210">ye</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3767">therefore</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3588">the</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3850">parable</strongs></em><em> of </em><em><strongs number="3588">the</strongs></em><em><strongs number="4687">sower</strongs>. </em></verse>
      <verse number='19'><em> When </em><em> any <strongs number="3956">one</strongs></em><em><strongs number="191">heareth</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3588">the</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3056">word</strongs></em><em> of </em><em><strongs number="3588">the</strongs></em><em><strongs number="932">kingdom</strongs>, </em><em><strongs number="2532">and</strongs></em><em><strongs number="4920">understandeth</strongs></em><em><i> it </i></em><em><strongs number="3361">not</strongs>, </em><em> then </em><em><strongs number="2064">cometh</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3588">the</strongs></em><em><strongs number="4190">wicked</strongs></em><em><i> one, </i></em><em><strongs number="2532">and</strongs></em><em> catcheth <strongs number="726">away</strongs></em><em> that which was <strongs number="4687">sown</strongs></em><em><strongs number="1722">in</strongs></em><em><strongs number="846">his</strongs></em><em><strongs number="2588">heart</strongs>. </em><em><strongs number="3778">This</strongs></em><em><strongs number="2076">is</strongs></em><em> he which received <strongs number="4687">seed</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3844">by</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3588">the</strongs></em><em> way <strongs number="3598">side</strongs>. </em></verse>
      <verse number='20'><em><strongs number="1161">But</strongs></em><em> he that received the <strongs number="4687">seed</strongs></em><em><strongs number="1909">into</strongs></em><em> stony <strongs number="4075">places</strongs>, </em><em> the <strongs number="3778">same</strongs></em><em><strongs number="2076">is</strongs></em><em> he that <strongs number="191">heareth</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3588">the</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3056">word</strongs>, </em><em><strongs number="2532">and</strongs></em><em><strongs number="2117">anon</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3326">with</strongs></em><em><strongs number="5479">joy</strongs></em><em><strongs number="2983">receiveth</strongs></em><em><strongs number="846">it</strongs>; </em></verse>
      <verse number='21'><em><strongs number="1161">Yet</strongs></em><em><strongs number="2192">hath</strongs></em><em> he </em><em><strongs number="3756">not</strongs></em><em><strongs number="4491">root</strongs></em><em><strongs number="1722">in</strongs></em><em><strongs number="1438">himself</strongs>, </em><em><strongs number="235">but</strongs></em><em> endureth for a <strongs number="2076 4340">while</strongs>: </em><em><strongs number="1161">for</strongs></em><em> when </em><em><strongs number="2347">tribulation</strongs></em><em><strongs number="2228">or</strongs></em><em><strongs number="1375">persecution</strongs></em><em><strongs number="1096">ariseth</strongs></em><em><strongs number="1223">because</strongs></em><em> of </em><em><strongs number="3588">the</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3056">word</strongs>, </em><em> by and <strongs number="2117">by</strongs></em><em> he </em><em> is </em><em><strongs number="4624">offended</strongs>. </em></verse>
      <verse number='22'><em> He also that received <strongs number="4687 1161">seed</strongs></em><em><strongs number="1519">among</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3588">the</strongs></em><em><strongs number="173 *3778">thorns</strongs></em><em><strongs number="2076">is</strongs></em><em> he that <strongs number="191">heareth</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3588">the</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3056">word</strongs>; </em><em><strongs number="2532">and</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3588">the</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3308">care</strongs></em><em> of </em><em><strongs number="5127">this</strongs></em><em><strongs number="165">world</strongs>, </em><em><strongs number="2532">and</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3588">the</strongs></em><em><strongs number="539">deceitfulness</strongs></em><em> of </em><em><strongs number="4149">riches</strongs>, </em><em><strongs number="4846">choke</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3588">the</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3056">word</strongs>, </em><em><strongs number="2532">and</strongs></em><em> he </em><em><strongs number="1096">becometh</strongs></em><em><strongs number="175">unfruitful</strongs>. </em></verse>
      <verse number='23'><em><strongs number="1161">But</strongs></em><em> he that received <strongs number="4687">seed</strongs></em><em><strongs number="1909">into</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3588">the</strongs></em><em><strongs number="2570">good</strongs></em><em><strongs number="1093">ground</strongs></em><em><strongs number="2076">is</strongs></em><em> he that <strongs number="191">heareth</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3588">the</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3056">word</strongs>, </em><em><strongs number="2532">and</strongs></em><em><strongs number="4920">understandeth</strongs></em><em><i> it </i>; </em><em><strongs number="3739">which</strongs></em><em><strongs number="1211">also</strongs></em><em> beareth <strongs number="2592">fruit</strongs>, </em><em><strongs number="2532">and</strongs></em><em> bringeth <strongs number="4160">forth</strongs>, </em><em><strongs number="3588 *3303">some</strongs></em><em> a <strongs number="1540 *1161">hundredfold</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3588">some</strongs></em><em><strongs number="1835 *1161">sixty</strongs>, </em><em><strongs number="3588">some</strongs></em><em><strongs number="5144">thirty</strongs>. </em></verse>
      <verse number='24'><strongs number="243">Another</strongs><strongs number="3850">parable</strongs>put he <strongs number="3908">forth</strongs>unto <strongs number="846">them</strongs>, <strongs number="3004">saying</strongs>, <em><strongs number="3588">The</strongs></em><em><strongs number="932">kingdom</strongs></em><em> of </em><em><strongs number="3772">heaven</strongs></em><em> is </em><em> likened <strongs number="3666">unto</strongs></em><em> a </em><em><strongs number="444">man</strongs></em><em> which </em><em><strongs number="4687">sowed</strongs></em><em><strongs number="2570">good</strongs></em><em><strongs number="4690">seed</strongs></em><em><strongs number="1722">in</strongs></em><em><strongs number="848">his</strongs></em><em><strongs number="68">field</strongs>: </em></verse>
      <verse number='25'><em><strongs number="1161">But</strongs></em><em> while </em><em><strongs number="444">men</strongs></em><em><strongs number="2518">slept</strongs>, </em><em><strongs number="846">his</strongs></em><em><strongs number="2190">enemy</strongs></em><em><strongs number="2064">came</strongs></em><em><strongs number="2532">and</strongs></em><em><strongs number="4687">sowed</strongs></em><em><strongs number="2215">tares</strongs></em><em><strongs number="303 3319">among</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3588">the</strongs></em><em><strongs number="4621">wheat</strongs>, </em><em><strongs number="2532">and</strongs></em><em> went his <strongs number="565">way</strongs>. </em></verse>
      <verse number='26'><em><strongs number="1161">But</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3753">when</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3588">the</strongs></em><em><strongs number="5528">blade</strongs></em><em> was </em><em> sprung <strongs number="985">up</strongs>, </em><em><strongs number="2532">and</strongs></em><em> brought <strongs number="4160">forth</strongs></em><em><strongs number="2590">fruit</strongs>, </em><em><strongs number="5119">then</strongs></em><em><strongs number="5316">appeared</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3588">the</strongs></em><em><strongs number="2215">tares</strongs></em><em><strongs number="2532">also</strongs>. </em></verse>
      <verse number='27'><em><strongs number="1161">So</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3588">the</strongs></em><em><strongs number="1401">servants</strongs></em><em> of </em><em><strongs number="3588">the</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3617">householder</strongs></em><em><strongs number="4334">came</strongs></em><em> and </em><em><strongs number="2036">said</strongs></em><em> unto </em><em><strongs number="846">him</strongs>, </em><em><strongs number="2962">Sir</strongs>, </em><em> didst </em><em><strongs number="3780">not</strongs></em><em> thou </em><em><strongs number="4687">sow</strongs></em><em><strongs number="2570">good</strongs></em><em><strongs number="4690">seed</strongs></em><em><strongs number="1722">in</strongs></em><em><strongs number="4674">thy</strongs></em><em><strongs number="68">field</strongs>? </em><em> from <strongs number="4159">whence</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3767">then</strongs></em><em><strongs number="2192">hath</strongs></em><em> it </em><em><strongs number="2215">tares</strongs>? </em></verse>
      <verse number='28'><strongs number="*1161"></strongs><em><strongs number="3588">He</strongs></em><em><strongs number="5346">said</strongs></em><em> unto </em><em><strongs number="846">them</strongs>, </em><em><strongs number="*444">An</strongs></em><em><strongs number="2190">enemy</strongs></em><em> hath </em><em><strongs number="4160">done</strongs></em><em><strongs number="5124">this</strongs>. </em><em><strongs number="3588">The</strongs></em><em><strongs number="1401">servants</strongs></em><em><strongs number="2036">said</strongs></em><em> unto </em><em><strongs number="846">him</strongs>, </em><em><strongs number="2309">Wilt</strongs></em><em> thou </em><em><strongs number="3767">then</strongs></em><em> that </em><em> we </em><em><strongs number="565">go</strongs></em><em><strongs number="2532">and</strongs></em><em> gather them <strongs number="4816 846">up</strongs>? </em></verse>
      <verse number='29'><em><strongs number="1161">But</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3588">he</strongs></em><em><strongs number="5346">said</strongs>, </em><em><strongs number="3756">Nay</strongs>; </em><em><strongs number="3379">lest</strongs></em><em> while </em><em> ye </em><em> gather <strongs number="4816">up</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3588">the</strongs></em><em><strongs number="2215">tares</strongs>, </em><em> ye </em><em> root <strongs number="1610">up</strongs></em><em> also </em><em><strongs number="3588">the</strongs></em><em><strongs number="4621">wheat</strongs></em><em><strongs number="260">with</strongs></em><em><strongs number="846">them</strongs>. </em></verse>
      <verse number='30'><em><strongs number="863">Let</strongs></em><em><strongs number="297">both</strongs></em><em> grow <strongs number="4885">together</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3360">until</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3588">the</strongs></em><em><strongs number="2326">harvest</strongs>: </em><em><strongs number="2532">and</strongs></em><em><strongs number="1722">in</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3588">the</strongs></em><em><strongs number="2540">time</strongs></em><em> of </em><em><strongs number="2326">harvest</strongs></em><em> I </em><em> will </em><em><strongs number="2046">say</strongs></em><em> to </em><em><strongs number="3588">the</strongs></em><em><strongs number="2327">reapers</strongs>, </em><em> Gather ye <strongs number="4816">together</strongs></em><em><strongs number="4412">first</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3588">the</strongs></em><em><strongs number="2215">tares</strongs>, </em><em><strongs number="2532">and</strongs></em><em><strongs number="1210">bind</strongs></em><em><strongs number="846">them</strongs></em><em><strongs number="1519">in</strongs></em><em><strongs number="1197">bundles</strongs></em><em> to </em><em><strongs number="2618">burn</strongs></em><em><strongs number="846">them</strongs>: </em><em><strongs number="1161">but</strongs></em><em><strongs number="4863">gather</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3588">the</strongs></em><em><strongs number="4621">wheat</strongs></em><em><strongs number="1519">into</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3450">my</strongs></em><em><strongs number="596">barn</strongs>. </em></verse>
      <verse number='31'><strongs number="243">Another</strongs><strongs number="3850">parable</strongs>put he <strongs number="3908">forth</strongs>unto <strongs number="846">them</strongs>, <strongs number="3004">saying</strongs>, <em><strongs number="3588">The</strongs></em><em><strongs number="932">kingdom</strongs></em><em> of </em><em><strongs number="3772">heaven</strongs></em><em><strongs number="2076">is</strongs></em><em> like <strongs number="3664">to</strongs></em><em> a </em><em><strongs number="2848">grain</strongs></em><em> of </em><em> mustard <strongs number="4615">seed</strongs>, </em><em><strongs number="3739">which</strongs></em><em> a </em><em><strongs number="444">man</strongs></em><em><strongs number="2983">took</strongs>, </em><em><strongs number="2532">and</strongs></em><em><strongs number="4687">sowed</strongs></em><em><strongs number="1722">in</strongs></em><em><strongs number="846">his</strongs></em><em><strongs number="68">field</strongs>: </em></verse>
      <verse number='32'><em><strongs number="3739">Which</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3303">indeed</strongs></em><em><strongs number="2076">is</strongs></em><em> the </em><em><strongs number="3398">least</strongs></em><em> of </em><em><strongs number="3956">all</strongs></em><em><strongs number="4690">seeds</strongs>: </em><em><strongs number="1161">but</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3752">when</strongs></em><em> it </em><em> is </em><em><strongs number="837">grown</strongs>, </em><em> it </em><em><strongs number="2076">is</strongs></em><em> the </em><em><strongs number="3187">greatest</strongs></em><em> among </em><em><strongs number="3001">herbs</strongs>, </em><em><strongs number="2532">and</strongs></em><em><strongs number="1096">becometh</strongs></em><em> a </em><em><strongs number="1186">tree</strongs>, </em><em> so <strongs number="5620">that</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3588">the</strongs></em><em><strongs number="4071">birds</strongs></em><em> of </em><em><strongs number="3588">the</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3772">air</strongs></em><em><strongs number="2064">come</strongs></em><em><strongs number="2532">and</strongs></em><em><strongs number="2681">lodge</strongs></em><em><strongs number="1722">in</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3588">the</strongs></em><em><strongs number="2798">branches</strongs></em><em><strongs number="846">thereof</strongs>. </em></verse>
      <verse number='33'><strongs number="243">Another</strongs><strongs number="3850">parable</strongs><strongs number="2980">spake</strongs>he unto <strongs number="846">them</strongs>; <em><strongs number="3588">The</strongs></em><em><strongs number="932">kingdom</strongs></em><em> of </em><em><strongs number="3772">heaven</strongs></em><em><strongs number="2076">is</strongs></em><em> like <strongs number="3664">unto</strongs></em><em><strongs number="2219">leaven</strongs>, </em><em><strongs number="3739">which</strongs></em><em> a </em><em><strongs number="1135">woman</strongs></em><em><strongs number="2983">took</strongs>, </em><em><strongs number="2532">and</strongs></em><em><strongs number="1470">hid</strongs></em><em><strongs number="1519">in</strongs></em><em><strongs number="5140">three</strongs></em><em><strongs number="4568">measures</strongs></em><em> of </em><em><strongs number="224">meal</strongs>, </em><em><strongs number="2193">till</strongs></em><em><strongs number="*3739">the</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3650">whole</strongs></em><em> was </em><em><strongs number="2220">leavened</strongs>. </em></verse>
      <verse number='34'><strongs number="3956">All</strongs>these <strongs number="5023">things</strongs><strongs number="2980">spake</strongs><strongs number="2424">Jesus</strongs>unto <strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="3793">multitude</strongs><strongs number="1722">in</strongs><strongs number="3850">parables</strongs>; <strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="5565">without</strongs>a <strongs number="3850">parable</strongs><strongs number="2980">spake</strongs>he <strongs number="3756">not</strongs>unto <strongs number="846">them</strongs>: </verse>
      <verse number='35'><strongs number="3704">That</strongs>it might be <strongs number="4137">fulfilled</strongs>which was <strongs number="4483">spoken</strongs><strongs number="1223">by</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="4396">prophet</strongs>, <strongs number="3004">saying</strongs>, I will <strongs number="455">open</strongs><strongs number="3450">my</strongs><strongs number="4750">mouth</strongs><strongs number="1722">in</strongs><strongs number="3850">parables</strongs>; I will <strongs number="2044">utter</strongs>things which have been kept <strongs number="2928">secret</strongs><strongs number="575">from</strongs>the <strongs number="2602">foundation</strongs>of the <strongs number="2889">world</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='36'><strongs number="5119">Then</strongs><strongs number="2424">Jesus</strongs>sent the multitude <strongs number="863 3588 3793">away</strongs>, and <strongs number="2064">went</strongs><strongs number="1519">into</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="3614">house</strongs>: <strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="846">his</strongs><strongs number="3101">disciples</strongs><strongs number="4334">came</strongs>unto <strongs number="846">him</strongs>, <strongs number="3004">saying</strongs>, <strongs number="5419">Declare</strongs>unto <strongs number="2254">us</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="3850">parable</strongs>of <strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="2215">tares</strongs>of <strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="68">field</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='37'><strongs number="*1161"></strongs><strongs number="3588">He</strongs><strongs number="611">answered</strongs>and <strongs number="2036">said</strongs>unto <strongs number="846">them</strongs>, <em> He that <strongs number="4687">soweth</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3588">the</strongs></em><em><strongs number="2570">good</strongs></em><em><strongs number="4690">seed</strongs></em><em><strongs number="2076">is</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3588">the</strongs></em><em><strongs number="5207">Son</strongs></em><em> of </em><em><strongs number="444">man</strongs>; </em></verse>
      <verse number='38'><strongs number="*1161"></strongs><em><strongs number="3588">The</strongs></em><em><strongs number="68">field</strongs></em><em><strongs number="2076">is</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3588">the</strongs></em><em><strongs number="2889">world</strongs>; </em><em><strongs number="3588">the</strongs></em><em><strongs number="2570">good</strongs></em><em><strongs number="4690">seed</strongs></em><em><strongs number="*3778 1526">are</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3588">the</strongs></em><em><strongs number="5207">children</strongs></em><em> of </em><em><strongs number="3588">the</strongs></em><em><strongs number="932">kingdom</strongs>; </em><em><strongs number="1161">but</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3588">the</strongs></em><em><strongs number="2215">tares</strongs></em><em><strongs number="1526">are</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3588">the</strongs></em><em><strongs number="5207">children</strongs></em><em> of </em><em><strongs number="3588">the</strongs></em><em><strongs number="4190">wicked</strongs></em><em><i> one </i>; </em></verse>
      <verse number='39'><strongs number="*1161"></strongs><em><strongs number="3588">The</strongs></em><em><strongs number="2190">enemy</strongs></em><em> that <strongs number="4687">sowed</strongs></em><em><strongs number="846">them</strongs></em><em><strongs number="2076">is</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3588">the</strongs></em><em><strongs number="1228">devil</strongs>; </em><em><strongs number="3588">the</strongs></em><em><strongs number="2326">harvest</strongs></em><em><strongs number="2076">is</strongs></em><em> the </em><em><strongs number="4930">end</strongs></em><em> of </em><em><strongs number="3588">the</strongs></em><em><strongs number="165">world</strongs>; </em><em><strongs number="2532">and</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3588">the</strongs></em><em><strongs number="2327">reapers</strongs></em><em><strongs number="1526">are</strongs></em><em> the </em><em><strongs number="32">angels</strongs>. </em></verse>
      <verse number='40'><em><strongs number="5618">As</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3767">therefore</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3588">the</strongs></em><em><strongs number="2215">tares</strongs></em><em> are </em><em><strongs number="4816">gathered</strongs></em><em><strongs number="2532">and</strongs></em><em><strongs number="2618">burned</strongs></em><em> in </em><em> the </em><em><strongs number="4442">fire</strongs>; </em><em><strongs number="3779">so</strongs></em><em> shall </em><em> it </em><em><strongs number="2071">be</strongs></em><em><strongs number="1722">in</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3588">the</strongs></em><em><strongs number="4930">end</strongs></em><em> of </em><em><strongs number="5127">this</strongs></em><em><strongs number="165">world</strongs>. </em></verse>
      <verse number='41'><em><strongs number="3588">The</strongs></em><em><strongs number="5207">Son</strongs></em><em> of </em><em><strongs number="444">man</strongs></em><em> shall </em><em> send <strongs number="649">forth</strongs></em><em><strongs number="846">his</strongs></em><em><strongs number="32">angels</strongs>, </em><em><strongs number="2532">and</strongs></em><em> they </em><em> shall </em><em><strongs number="4816">gather</strongs></em><em> out <strongs number="1537">of</strongs></em><em><strongs number="848">his</strongs></em><em><strongs number="932">kingdom</strongs></em><em> all <strongs number="3956">things</strongs></em><em> that </em><em><strongs number="4625">offend</strongs>, </em><em><strongs number="2532">and</strongs></em><em> them which <strongs number="4160">do</strongs></em><em><strongs number="458">iniquity</strongs>; </em></verse>
      <verse number='42'><em><strongs number="2532">And</strongs></em><em> shall </em><em><strongs number="906">cast</strongs></em><em><strongs number="846">them</strongs></em><em><strongs number="1519">into</strongs></em><em> a </em><em><strongs number="2575">furnace</strongs></em><em> of </em><em><strongs number="4442">fire</strongs>: </em><em><strongs number="1563">there</strongs></em><em> shall </em><em><strongs number="2071">be</strongs></em><em><strongs number="2805">wailing</strongs></em><em><strongs number="2532">and</strongs></em><em><strongs number="1030">gnashing</strongs></em><em> of </em><em><strongs number="3599">teeth</strongs>. </em></verse>
      <verse number='43'><em><strongs number="5119">Then</strongs></em><em> shall </em><em><strongs number="3588">the</strongs></em><em><strongs number="1342">righteous</strongs></em><em> shine <strongs number="1584">forth</strongs></em><em><strongs number="5613">as</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3588">the</strongs></em><em><strongs number="2246">sun</strongs></em><em><strongs number="1722">in</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3588">the</strongs></em><em><strongs number="932">kingdom</strongs></em><em> of </em><em><strongs number="848">their</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3962">Father</strongs>. </em><em> Who <strongs number="2192">hath</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3775">ears</strongs></em><em> to </em><em><strongs number="191">hear</strongs>, </em><em> let </em><em> him </em><em><strongs number="191">hear</strongs>. </em></verse>
      <verse number='44'><em><strongs number="3825">Again</strongs>, </em><em><strongs number="3588">the</strongs></em><em><strongs number="932">kingdom</strongs></em><em> of </em><em><strongs number="3772">heaven</strongs></em><em><strongs number="2076">is</strongs></em><em> like <strongs number="3664">unto</strongs></em><em><strongs number="2344">treasure</strongs></em><em><strongs number="2928">hid</strongs></em><em><strongs number="1722">in</strongs></em><em> a </em><em><strongs number="68">field</strongs>; </em><em> the </em><em><strongs number="3739">which</strongs></em><em> when </em><em> a </em><em><strongs number="444">man</strongs></em><em> hath </em><em><strongs number="2147">found</strongs>, </em><em> he </em><em><strongs number="2928">hideth</strongs>, </em><em><strongs number="2532">and</strongs></em><em><strongs number="575">for</strongs></em><em><strongs number="5479">joy</strongs></em><em><strongs number="846">thereof</strongs></em><em><strongs number="5217">goeth</strongs></em><em><strongs number="2532">and</strongs></em><em><strongs number="4453">selleth</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3956">all</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3745">that</strongs></em><em> he </em><em><strongs number="2192">hath</strongs>, </em><em><strongs number="2532">and</strongs></em><em><strongs number="59">buyeth</strongs></em><em><strongs number="1565">that</strongs></em><em><strongs number="68">field</strongs>. </em></verse>
      <verse number='45'><em><strongs number="3825">Again</strongs>, </em><em><strongs number="3588">the</strongs></em><em><strongs number="932">kingdom</strongs></em><em> of </em><em><strongs number="3772">heaven</strongs></em><em><strongs number="2076">is</strongs></em><em> like <strongs number="3664">unto</strongs></em><em> a </em><em><strongs number="1713">merchant</strongs></em><em><strongs number="444">man</strongs>, </em><em><strongs number="2212">seeking</strongs></em><em><strongs number="2570">goodly</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3135">pearls</strongs>: </em></verse>
      <verse number='46'><em><strongs number="3739">Who</strongs>, </em><em> when </em><em> he </em><em> had </em><em><strongs number="2147">found</strongs></em><em><strongs number="1520">one</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3135">pearl</strongs></em><em> of </em><em> great <strongs number="4186">price</strongs>, </em><em><strongs number="565">went</strongs></em><em> and </em><em><strongs number="4097">sold</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3956">all</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3745">that</strongs></em><em> he </em><em><strongs number="2192">had</strongs>, </em><em><strongs number="2532">and</strongs></em><em><strongs number="59">bought</strongs></em><em><strongs number="846">it</strongs>. </em></verse>
      <verse number='47'><em><strongs number="3825">Again</strongs>, </em><em><strongs number="3588">the</strongs></em><em><strongs number="932">kingdom</strongs></em><em> of </em><em><strongs number="3772">heaven</strongs></em><em><strongs number="2076">is</strongs></em><em> like <strongs number="3664">unto</strongs></em><em> a </em><em><strongs number="4522">net</strongs>, </em><em> that </em><em> was </em><em><strongs number="906">cast</strongs></em><em><strongs number="1519">into</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3588">the</strongs></em><em><strongs number="2281">sea</strongs>, </em><em><strongs number="2532">and</strongs></em><em><strongs number="4863">gathered</strongs></em><em><strongs number="1537">of</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3956">every</strongs></em><em><strongs number="1085">kind</strongs>: </em></verse>
      <verse number='48'><em><strongs number="3739">Which</strongs>, </em><em><strongs number="3753">when</strongs></em><em> it </em><em> was <strongs number="4137">full</strongs>, </em><em> they </em><em><strongs number="307">drew</strongs></em><em><strongs number="1909">to</strongs></em><em><strongs number="123">shore</strongs>, </em><em><strongs number="2532">and</strongs></em><em> sat <strongs number="2523">down</strongs>, </em><em> and </em><em><strongs number="4816">gathered</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3588">the</strongs></em><em><strongs number="2570">good</strongs></em><em><strongs number="1519">into</strongs></em><em><strongs number="30">vessels</strongs>, </em><em><strongs number="1161">but</strongs></em><em><strongs number="906">cast</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3588">the</strongs></em><em><strongs number="4550">bad</strongs></em><em><strongs number="1854">away</strongs>. </em></verse>
      <verse number='49'><em><strongs number="3779">So</strongs></em><em> shall </em><em> it </em><em><strongs number="2071">be</strongs></em><em><strongs number="1722">at</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3588">the</strongs></em><em><strongs number="4930">end</strongs></em><em> of </em><em><strongs number="3588">the</strongs></em><em><strongs number="165">world</strongs>: </em><em><strongs number="3588">the</strongs></em><em><strongs number="32">angels</strongs></em><em> shall </em><em> come <strongs number="1831">forth</strongs>, </em><em><strongs number="2532">and</strongs></em><em><strongs number="873">sever</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3588">the</strongs></em><em><strongs number="4190">wicked</strongs></em><em><strongs number="1537">from</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3319">among</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3588">the</strongs></em><em><strongs number="1342">just</strongs>, </em></verse>
      <verse number='50'><em><strongs number="2532">And</strongs></em><em> shall </em><em><strongs number="906">cast</strongs></em><em><strongs number="846">them</strongs></em><em><strongs number="1519">into</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3588">the</strongs></em><em><strongs number="2575">furnace</strongs></em><em> of </em><em><strongs number="4442">fire</strongs>: </em><em><strongs number="1563">there</strongs></em><em> shall </em><em><strongs number="2071">be</strongs></em><em><strongs number="2805">wailing</strongs></em><em><strongs number="2532">and</strongs></em><em><strongs number="1030">gnashing</strongs></em><em> of </em><em><strongs number="3599">teeth</strongs>. </em></verse>
      <verse number='51'><strongs number="2424">Jesus</strongs><strongs number="3004">saith</strongs>unto <strongs number="846">them</strongs>, <em> Have </em><em> ye </em><em><strongs number="4920">understood</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3956">all</strongs></em><em> these </em><em> things? </em><strongs number="5023">They</strongs><strongs number="3004">say</strongs>unto <strongs number="846">him</strongs>, <strongs number="3483">Yea</strongs>, <strongs number="2962">Lord</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='52'><strongs number="1161">Then</strongs><strongs number="2036">said</strongs><strongs number="3588">he</strongs>unto <strongs number="846">them</strongs>, <em><strongs number="1223 5124">Therefore</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3956">every</strongs></em><em><strongs number="1122">scribe</strongs></em><em><i> which </i></em><em><i> is </i></em><em><strongs number="3100">instructed</strongs></em><em><strongs number="1519">unto</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3588">the</strongs></em><em><strongs number="932">kingdom</strongs></em><em> of </em><em><strongs number="3772">heaven</strongs></em><em><strongs number="2076">is</strongs></em><em> like <strongs number="3664">unto</strongs></em><em> a </em><em><strongs number="444">man</strongs></em><em><i> that </i></em><em><i> is </i></em><em> a </em><em><strongs number="3617">householder</strongs>, </em><em><strongs number="3748">which</strongs></em><em> bringeth <strongs number="1544">forth</strongs></em><em><strongs number="1537">out</strongs></em><em> of </em><em><strongs number="848">his</strongs></em><em><strongs number="2344">treasure</strongs></em><em><i> things </i></em><em><strongs number="2537">new</strongs></em><em><strongs number="2532">and</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3820">old</strongs>. </em></verse>
      <verse number='53'><strongs number="2532">And</strongs>it came to <strongs number="1096">pass</strongs>, <em> that </em><strongs number="3753">when</strongs><strongs number="2424">Jesus</strongs>had <strongs number="5055">finished</strongs><strongs number="5025">these</strongs><strongs number="3850">parables</strongs>, he <strongs number="3332">departed</strongs><strongs number="1564">thence</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='54'><strongs number="2532">And</strongs>when he was <strongs number="2064">come</strongs><strongs number="1519">into</strongs>his <strongs number="848">own</strongs><strongs number="3968">country</strongs>, he <strongs number="1321">taught</strongs><strongs number="846">them</strongs><strongs number="1722">in</strongs><strongs number="846">their</strongs><strongs number="4864">synagogue</strongs>, insomuch <strongs number="5620">that</strongs><strongs number="846">they</strongs>were <strongs number="1605">astonished</strongs>, <strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="3004">said</strongs>, <strongs number="4159">Whence</strongs>hath <strongs number="5129">this</strongs><em> man </em><strongs number="3778">this</strongs><strongs number="4678">wisdom</strongs>, <strongs number="2532">and</strongs><em> these </em>mighty <strongs number="1411">works</strongs>? </verse>
      <verse number='55'><strongs number="2076">Is</strongs><strongs number="3756">not</strongs><strongs number="3778">this</strongs><strongs number="3588">the</strongs><strongs number="5045">carpenter</strongs>'s <strongs number="5207">son</strongs>? is <strongs number="3780">not</strongs><strongs number="846">his</strongs><strongs number="3384">mother</strongs><strongs number="3004">called</strongs><strongs number="3137">Mary</strongs>? <strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="846">his</strongs><strongs number="80">brethren</strongs>, <strongs number="2385">James</strongs>, <strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="2500">Joses</strongs>, <strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="4613">Simon</strongs>, <strongs number="2532">and</strongs><strongs number="2455">Judas</strongs>? </verse>
      <verse number='56'><strongs number="2532">And</strongs><strongs number="846">his</strongs><strongs number="79">sisters</strongs>, <strongs number="1526">are</strongs>they <strongs number="3780">not</strongs><strongs number="3956">all</strongs><strongs number="4314">with</strongs><strongs number="2248">us</strongs>? <strongs number="4159">Whence</strongs><strongs number="3767">then</strongs>hath <strongs number="5129">this</strongs><em> man </em><strongs number="3956">all</strongs>these <strongs number="5023">things</strongs>? </verse>
      <verse number='57'><strongs number="2532">And</strongs>they were <strongs number="4624">offended</strongs><strongs number="1722">in</strongs><strongs number="846">him</strongs>. <strongs number="1161">But</strongs><strongs number="2424">Jesus</strongs><strongs number="2036">said</strongs>unto <strongs number="846">them</strongs>, <em> A </em><em><strongs number="4396">prophet</strongs></em><em><strongs number="2076">is</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3756">not</strongs></em><em> without <strongs number="820">honor</strongs>, </em><em><strongs number="1508">save</strongs></em><em><strongs number="1722">in</strongs></em><em> his <strongs number="848">own</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3968">country</strongs>, </em><em><strongs number="2532">and</strongs></em><em><strongs number="1722">in</strongs></em><em> his <strongs number="848">own</strongs></em><em><strongs number="3614">house</strongs>. </em></verse>
      <verse number='58'><strongs number="2532">And</strongs>he <strongs number="4160">did</strongs><strongs number="3756">not</strongs><strongs number="4183">many</strongs>mighty <strongs number="1411">works</strongs><strongs number="1563">there</strongs><strongs number="1223">because</strongs>of <strongs number="846">their</strongs><strongs number="570">unbelief</strongs>. </verse>
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