MATTHEW. CHAP. XIII. understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive. 15 For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with theireyes, and hear withtheir ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them. 16 But blessed are your eyes, for they see and your ears, for they hear. 17 For verily I say unto you, That manyprophets and righteous menhave desiredto see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them. 18 Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower. received seed by they by This is he which 15 And these are 12 Those by the way-side, are the way-side. the way-side, where the word is 19 When any sown; but when one heareth the they have heard, they that hear; word of the king dom, and under away that which away the wordthat away the word out was sown in his was sown in their heart. hearts. hearts, of their which are sown on stony places, the stonyground; who rockare they which same is he that when they have when they heareth the word, heard the word, hear, but dureth for a dure but for a for a while believe, whentribulation or when affliction or and in time of persecutionariseth persecutionariseth temptation becauseoftheword for the word's sake by and by he immediately they is offended. are offended. 18 And these 22 He also that received seed a- are they which are fall away. 14 And that which mong the thorns, sownamongthorns are they, which such as is he that when they have heard, are they, which, heareth the word, hear the word, and heard the word, MATTHEW. CHAP. XIII. field? from whence then hath it tares? 28 He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up? 29 But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them. 30 Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first thetares, and bind them in bundles to burn them : but gather the wheat into my barn. MARK. 26 And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground, 27 And should sleep, and rise night andday, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how. 28 For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself;first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear. 29 But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come, |