Matthew 25:2 Cross References - Great

² But fyue of them were foolysshe, & fyue were wise.

² In the one maunde were very good fygges, euen lyke as those that be first ripe. In the other maunde were very naughty fygges, which might not be eaten, they were so euell.

²⁴ For whosoeuer heareth of me these wordes, & doth the same, I will lyken hym vnto a wyse man, which buylt hys house vpon a rock: ²⁵ and a shower of rayne descended, & the flouddes came, & the wyndes blewe, and bet vpon that house, & it fell not, because it was grounded on the rocke. ²⁶ And euery one that heareth of me these wordes, and doth them not shalbe likened vnto a folysh man, which built his house vpon sande: ²⁷ and a shower of rayne descended, and the floudes came, and the wyndes blew, and bet vpon that house, and it fell, and greate was the fall of it.

¹⁹ Whan one heareth the word of the kingdome, & understandeth it not, then commeth the euyll man, & taketh awaye that which was sowen in hys hert: thys is he, which was sowne by the waye syde. ²⁰ But he that receaued the sede which was cast into stony places, the same is he that heareth the worde, and anone with ioye receaueth it, ²¹ yet hath he no rote in hym selfe, but dureth for a season: for whan tribulacyon or persecucyon happeneth because of the worde, by and by he falleth. ²² He also that receaued sede into the thornes, is he that heareth the worde: and the care of this worlde, and the dissaytfulnes of ryches, choke vp the worde, and so is he made vnfrutefull. ²³ But he that receaued sede into the good ground is he that heareth the worde, and vnderstandeth it: which also beareth frute, & bringeth forth, some an hundred folde, some syxtie folde, some thyrtye folde.

³⁸ The feld is the worlde. And the chyldren of the kyngdome, they are the good seed: the tares are the chyldren of the wycked: ³⁹ the enemie that soweth them, is the deuyll. The haruest is the ende of the worlde: the reapers be the Angels. ⁴⁰ Euen as the tares therfore, are gathered & brent in the fyre: so shall it be in the ende of this worlde. ⁴¹ The sonne of man shall sende forth his Angels, & they shall gather out of his kyngdome all thinges that offende, and them which do iniquite: ⁴² and shall cast them into a furnes of fyre. There shalbe waylinge & gnasshyng of teth. ⁴³ Then shall the righteous shine as the Sonne in the kyngdom of their father. Whosoeuer hath eares to heare, let him heare.

⁴⁷ Agayne, the kyngdom of heauen is lyke vnto a nett, that was cast into the see & geathered of all kynde ⁴⁸ which when it was full men drewe to land, & sat downe & geathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad awaye.

¹⁰ And the seruauntes went out into the hye wayes, & gathered together all, as many as they coulde fynde, both good & bad, & the weddynge was furnisshed with gestes. ¹¹ Then the kyng came in, to se the gestes, & whan he spyed there a man, whych had not on a weddynge garment,

⁴⁵ Who is a faythfull & wyse seruaunt, whom his Lorde hath made ruler ouer his housholde, to geue them meate in season.

¹ Brethren, I wolde not that ye shulde be ignoraunt, howe that our fathers were all vnder the cloude, and all passed thorowe the see, ² and were all baptysed vnder Moses in the cloude and in the see: ³ and dyd all eate of one spirituall meate ⁴ and dyd all dryncke of one maner of spirituall dryncke. And they drancke of that spirituall rocke that folowed them, whych rocke was Chryst. ⁵ But in many of them had God no delyte: For they were ouerthrowen in the wyldernes.

¹⁹ They went out from vs, but they were not of vs. For yf they had bene of vs, they wolde no dout haue continued with vs. But that it myght appeare, that they were not of vs.

⁵ My mynde is therfore to put you in remembraunce, for as moche as ye once knowe this, how that the Lorde (after that he had delyuered the people out of Egypt) destroyed them which after warde beleued not.