33 Either make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt for the 34 tree is known by its fruit. Ye offspring of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the 35 abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. The good man out of his good treasure bringeth forth good things and the evil man out of his evil treasure bring36 eth forth evil things. And I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account 37 thereof in the day of judgement. For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

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Then certain of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee. Teacher. 39 But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it but the sign of Jonah the 40 prophet for as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the 'whale; so shall the Son of man be Gr. seathree days and three nights in the heart of the earth. 41 The men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgement with this generation, and shall condemn it for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, a Gr. more 42 greater than Jonah is here. The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgement with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, a 43 greater than Solomon is here. But the unclean spirit, when he is gone out of the man, passeth through or, it waterless places, seeking rest, and findeth it not.

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44 Then he saith, I will return into my house whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, 45 swept, and garnished. Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more evil than 5 him- Or, itself self, and they enter in and dwell there and the last state of that man becometh worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this evil generation.

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46 While he was yet speaking to the multitudes, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, seeking to some 47 speak to him. And one said unto him, Behold, thy authorities mother and thy brethren stand without, seeking to speak

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to thee. But he answered and said unto him that told 48
him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?
And he stretched forth his hand towards his disciples, 49
and said, Behold, my mother and my brethren! For 50
whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is
in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.

On that day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by 13 the sea side. And there were gathered unto him great 2 multitudes, so that he entered into a boat, and sat; and all the multitude stood on the beach. And he 3 spake to them many things in parables, saying, Behold, the sower went forth to sow; and as he sowed, some 4 seeds fell by the way side, and the birds came and devoured them and others fell upon the rocky places, 5 where they had not much earth: and straightway they sprang up, because they had no deepness of earth and when the sun was risen, they were scorched; 6 and because they had no root, they withered away. And others fell upon the thorns; and the thorns grew 7 up, and choked them: and others fell upon the good s ground, and yielded fruit, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. He that hath ears1, let him hear. And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why 10 and in ver. speakest thou unto them in parables? And he 11 as in Mark answered and said unto them, Unto you it is given to iv. 9; Luke know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to

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them it is not given. For whosoever hath, to him 12 shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that which he hath. Therefore speak I to them 13 in parables; because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. And unto 14 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:

For this people's heart is waxed gross,

And their ears are dull of hearing,

And their eyes they have closed;

Lest haply they should perceive with their eyes,

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And hear with their ears,

And understand with their heart,
And should turn again,

And I should heal them.

16 But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, 17 for they hear. For verily I say unto you, that many prophets and righteous men desired to see the things which ye see, and saw them not; and to hear the 18 things which ye hear, and heard them not. Hear then 19 ye the parable of the sower. When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the evil one, and snatcheth away that which hath been sown in his heart. This is he that was 20 sown by the way side. And he that was sown upon the rocky places, this is he that heareth the word, 21 and straightway with joy receiveth it; yet hath he not root in himself, but endureth for a while; and when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the 22 word, straightway he stumbleth. And he that was sown among the thorns, this is he that heareth the word; and the care of the world, and the deceit-'Or, age fulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh 23 unfruitful. And he that was sown upon the good ground, this is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; who verily beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

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Another parable set he before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man that sowed 25 good seed in his field: but while men slept, his enemy

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27 And the servants of the householder came and Gr. bondsaid unto him, Sir, didst thou not sow good seed 28 thy field? whence then hath it tares? And he said unto them, An enemy hath done this. And the Gr. A man 'servants say unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and 29 gather them up? But he saith, Nay; lest haply while ye gather up the tares, ye root up the wheat with them. 30 Let both grow together until the harvest and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather up

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first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.

Another parable set he before them, saying, The 31 kingdom of heaven is like unto a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field: which 32 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.

Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom 33 of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, ! The word and hid in three 'measures of meal, till it was all leavened. All these things spake Jesus in parables unto the 34 multitudes; and without a parable spake he nothing unto them that it might be fulfilled which was spoken 35 containing 2 by the prophet, saying,

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Then he left the multitudes, and went into the 36 omit of the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Explain unto us the parable of the tares of the field. And he answered and said, He that soweth the good 37 seed is the Son of man; and the field is the world; 38 and the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; and the tares are the sons of the evil one; and the 39 enemy that sowed them is the devil: and the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are angels. tion of the As therefore the tares are gathered up and burned with 40 fire; so shall it be in the end of the world. The Son 41 of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that cause stumbling, and them that do iniquity, and shall cast them into 42 the furnace of fire: there shall be the weeping and gnashing of teeth. Then shall the righteous shine 43 forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He that hath ears, let him hear.

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The kingdom of heaven is like unto a treasure 44 hidden in the field; which a man found, and hid; and for joy in his joy he goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.

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Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man 46 that is a merchant seeking goodly pearls: and having found one pearl of great price, he went and sold all that he had, and bought it.

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and they sat down, and gathered the good into
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2 the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and Or, the 50 sever the wicked from among the righteous, and shall tion of the cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be the weeping and gnashing of teeth.

51 Have ye understood all these things? They say 52 unto him, Yea. 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, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.

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And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these 54 parables, he departed thence. And coming into his own country he taught them in their synagogue, inso much that they were astonished, and said, Whence hath this man this wisdom, and these mighty works? Gr. 55 Is not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother' called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joseph, and 56 Simon, and Judas? And his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence then hath this man all these 57 things? And they were offended in him. But Jesus Gr. caused said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, save 58 in his own country, and in his own house. And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief.

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14 At that season Herod the tetrarch heard the report 2 concerning Jesus, and said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and 3 therefore do these powers work in him. For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's 4 wife. For John said unto him, It is not lawful for 5 thee to have her. And when he would have put him

to stumble.