MODERN LITERAL VERSION

13:1 And in that day, Jesus went out of the house and sat by the sea.
13:2 And large crowds were gathered to see him, so-that he stepped onto a ship and sat, and all the crowd stood upon the beach.

13:3 And he spoke many things to them in parables, saying: Behold, the sower went forth to sow;
13:4 and as he sowed, some fell by the road and the birds came and devoured them.
13:5 And others fell upon the rocky areas, where they did not have much soil and immediately they rise up, because they had no depth of soil;
13:6 and when the sun had risen, they were burnt, and they dried up because they had no root.
13:7 And others fell upon the thorns, and the thorns shot up and choked them.
13:8 And others fell upon the good soil and gave fruit, which some was a hundred times, which some was sixty, some thirty.
13:9 He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

13:10 And the disciples came and said to him, Why do you speak to them in parables?

13:11 And answering, he said to them, It is given to you* to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but it is not given to them.
13:12 For* whoever has, to him will be given and he will abound, but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.
13:13 Because of this, I speak to them in parables, because seeing, they do not see and hearing, they do not hear, nor do they understand.
13:14 And the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled upon them, which says, ‘In hearing you* will hear and may never* understand, and seeing you* will see and may never* know;
13:15 for* the heart of this people has become-callous and they have selectively heard with the ears and they have closed their eyes; lest they might see with their eyes and might hear with their ears and might understand with their heart and should turn again and I will heal them.' {Is. 6:9f}
13:16 But your* eyes are fortunate, because they see, and your* ears, because they hear.
13:17 For* assuredly I say to you* that many prophets and righteous men desired to see the things you* see and did not see them, and to hear the things you* hear and did not hear them .

13:18 You* therefore, hear the parable of the sower:
13:19 when anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, then the evil one comes and takes away what has been sown in his heart. This is he who was sown by the road.
13:20 And he who was sown upon the rocky areas, this is he who hears the word and immediately is receiving it with joy;
13:21 yet he does not have root in himself, but is temporary, and when affliction or persecution is happening because of the word, immediately he stumbles.
13:22 And he who was sown among the thorns, this is he who hears the word, and the anxiety of this world and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word and he becomes unfruitful.
13:23 And he who was sown upon the good soil, this is he who hears the word and understands it; who bears-fruit and produces some a hundred times, and some sixty, and some thirty!

13:24 He placed another parable before them, saying: The kingdom of heaven is similar to a man who sowed good seed in his field;
13:25 but while the men slept, his enemy came and sowed darnel between stalks of the wheat and went away.
13:26 But when the blade had sprouted and produced fruit, then the darnel also appeared.
13:27 And the bondservant of the householder came and said to him, Lord, did you not sow good seed in your field? Then* from where has the darnel come?

13:28 And he said to them, A man, an enemy, did this.
And the bondservant says to him, Then* do you wish that we go and collect them?

13:29 But he said, No; lest while collecting up the darnel, you* might uproot the wheat at the same time with them.
13:30 Allow both to grow together till the harvest and I will say to the reapers in the time of the harvest, Collect first the darnel and bind them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn.
{Mk 4:30-34 & Mt 13:31-35.}

13:31 He placed another parable before them, saying: The kingdom of heaven is similar to a kernel of a mustard-seed, which a man took and sowed in his field;
13:32 which indeed is little compared to all of the other seeds, but whenever it is grown, it is greater than the herbs and becomes a tree, so-that the birds of the heaven come and nest in its branches.

13:33 He spoke another parable to them: The kingdom of heaven is similar to leaven, which a woman took and mixed in three three-gallon containers of flour, until it was all leavened.

13:34 Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the crowds, and without a parable he did not speak to them;
13:35 *that what was spoken through the prophet might be fulfilled, saying, ‘I will open my mouth in parables. I will utter things hidden from the conception of the world.' {Ps. 78:2}

13:36 Then Jesus left the crowds and went into the house and his disciples came to him, saying, Explain to us the parable of the darnel of the field.

13:37 And answering, he said to them, He who is sowing the good seed is the Son of Man;
13:38 and the field is the world, and the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom, and the darnel are the sons of the evil one;
13:39 and the enemy that sowed them is the Devil and the harvest is the end of the world, and the reapers are messengers.
13:40 Therefore, as the darnel is collected and burned with fire; so it will be in the end of the world.
13:41 The Son of Man will send forth his messengers and they will collect out of his kingdom all the offenses and those who are practicing lawlessness,
13:42 and will cast them into the furnace of fire– the weeping and the gnashing of teeth will be there.
13:43 Then the righteous will shine out like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

13:44 Again, the kingdom of heaven is similar to a treasure hidden in the field; which a man found and hid, and in his joy he goes and sells all things, as many things as he has and buys that field.

13:45 Again, the kingdom of heaven is similar to a man who is a merchant seeking good pearls;
13:46 who having found one very precious pearl, went and sold* all things, as many things as he had and bought it.

13:47 Again, the kingdom of heaven is similar to a dragnet, that was cast into the sea and gathered fish of every variety;
13:48 which, when it was filled, having hauled it up upon the beach, and having sat down, they collected the good into containers, but they cast the rotten outside.
13:49 So it will be in the end of the world; the messengers will go out and separate* the evil from the midst of the righteous,
13:50 and will cast them into the furnace of fire– the weeping and the gnashing of teeth will be there.

13:51 And Jesus says to them, Have you* understood all these things?
They say to him, Yes, Lord.

13:52 And he said to them, Therefore, every scribe who has been made a disciple to the kingdom of heaven is similar to a man who is a householder, who casts forth out of his treasure, new and old things.

13:53 And it happened, when Jesus had finished these parables, he took off from there.
{Mk 6:1-6a & Mt 13:54-58 Nazareth.}

13:54 And coming into his fatherland, he taught them in their synagogue, so-that they were astounded and said, From where does this man receive this wisdom and these miracles?
13:55 Is this not the carpenter's son? Is his mother not called Mary? And his brethren, James and Joseph and Simon and Jude?
13:56 And are they not all his sisters with us? Then* from where did this man receive all these things?
13:57 And they were being offended at him.
But Jesus said to them, A prophet is not without honor, except in his fatherland and in his own house.
13:58 And he did not do many miracles there because of their unbelief.
{Mk 6:14-29 & Mt 14:1-12 & Lk 9:7-9.}