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34 Jesus spoke all these things to the crowds in parables, and He was not speaking to them without a parable,
35 so that it might be fulfilled that having been spoken by the prophet, saying: “I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world.”
36 Then having dismissed the crowds, He went into the house. And His disciples came to Him, saying, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds of the field.”
37 And answering He said, “The One sowing the good seed is the Son of Man;
38 and the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; and the weeds are the sons of the evil one;
39 and the enemy having sown them is the devil; and the harvest is the consummation of the age; and the harvesters are angels.
40 Therefore, as the weeds are gathered and consumed in fire, so will it be in the consummation of the age.
41 The Son of Man will send forth His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all the stumbling blocks and those practicing lawlessness,
42 and they will cast them into the furnace of fire, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
43 Then the righteous will shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. The one having ears, let him hear!
44 The kingdom of the heavens is like treasure having been hidden in the field, which a man having found, hid. And for joy over it, he goes and he sells all that he has, and buys that field.
45 Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like a merchant seeking fine pearls.
46 And having found one very precious pearl, having gone away, he has sold all things as many as he had, and bought it.
47 Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like a dragnet having been cast into the sea, and having gathered together of every kind,
48 which when it was filled, they having drawn it up on the shore and having sat down, collected the good into vessels, and they cast out the bad.
49 Thus will it be in the consummation of the age: The angels will go out and will separate the evil from the midst of the righteous,
50 and will cast them into the furnace of fire, where there will be weeping and gnashing of the teeth.
51 Have you understood all these things?” “Yes,” they say to Him.
52 And He said to them, “Because of this, every scribe having been discipled into the kingdom of the heavens is like a man, a master of a house, who puts forth out of his treasure new and old.”
53 And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these parables, He withdrew from there.
54 And having come into His own region, He was teaching them in their synagogue, so that they are astonished and are saying, “From where came to this One this wisdom and these miraculous powers?
55 Is this not the son of the carpenter? Is not His mother called Mary, and His brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas?
56 And are not all His sisters with us? Then from where came to this One all these things?”
57 And they were offended at Him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor, except in the hometown and in his own household.”
58 And He did not do many mighty works there, because of their unbelief.