Matthew 13
1 That same day Jesus had left the house and was sitting on the shore of the Lake,
In that dai Jhesus yede out of the hous, and sat bisidis the see.
2 when a vast multitude of people crowded round Him. He therefore went on board a boat and sat there, while all the people stood on the shore.
And myche puple was gaderid to hym, so that he wente up in to a boot, and sat; and al the puple stood on the brenke.
3 He then spoke many things to them in figurative language. "The sower goes out," He said, "to sow.
And he spac to hem many thingis in parablis, and seide, Lo! he that sowith, yede out to sowe his seed.
4 As he sows, some of the seed falls by the way-side, and the birds come and peck it up.
And while he sowith, summe seedis felden bisidis the weie, and briddis of the eir camen, and eeten hem.
5 Some falls on rocky ground, where it has but scanty soil. It quickly shows itself above ground, because it has no depth of earth;
But othere seedis felden in to stony places, where thei hadden not myche erthe; and anoon thei sprongen vp, for thei hadden not depnesse of erthe.
6 but when the sun is risen, it is scorched by the heat, and through having no root it withers up.
But whanne the sonne was risun, thei swaliden, and for thei hadden not roote, thei drieden vp.
7 Some falls among the thorns; but the thorns spring up and stifle it.
And other seedis felden among thornes; and thornes woxen vp, and strangeleden hem.
8 But a portion falls upon good ground, and gives a return, some a hundred for one, some sixty, some thirty.
But othere seedis felden in to good lond, and yauen fruyt; summe an hundrid foold, an othir sixti foold, an othir thritti foold.
9 Listen, every one who has ears!"
He that hath eris of heryng, here he.
10 (And His disciples came and asked Him, "Why do you speak to them in figurative language?"
And the disciplis camen nyy, and seiden to him, Whi spekist thou in parablis to hem?
11 "Because," He replied, "while to you it is granted to know the secrets of the Kingdom of the Heavens, to them it is not.
And he answeride, and seide to hem, `For to you it is youun to knowe the priuytees of the kyngdom of heuenes; but it is not youun to hem.
12 For whoever has, to him more shall be given, and he shall have abundance; but whoever has not, from him even what he has shall be taken away.
For it shal be youun to hym that hath, and he shal haue plente; but if a man hath not, also that thing that he hath shal be takun awei fro hym.
13 I speak to them in figurative language for this reason, that while looking they do not see, and while hearing they neither hear nor understand.
Therfor Y speke to hem in parablis, for thei seynge seen not, and thei herynge heren not, nether vndurstonden;
14 And in regard to them the prophecy of Isaiah is receiving signal fulfilment: "'You will hear and hear and by no means understand, and you will look and look and by no means see.
that the prophesie of Ysaie `seiynge be fulfillid `in hem, With heryng ye schulen here, and ye shulen not vndurstonde; and ye seynge schulen se, and ye shulen not se;
15 For this people's mind is stupefied, their hearing has become dull, and their eyes they have closed; to prevent their ever seeing with their eyes, or hearing with their ears, or understanding with their minds, and turning back, so that I might heal them.'
for the herte of this puple is greetli fattid, and thei herden heuyli with eeris, and thei han closed her iyen, lest sumtime thei seen with iyen, and with eeris heeren, and vndirstonden in herte, and thei be conuertid, and Y heele hem.
16 "But as for you, blessed are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they hear.
But youre iyen that seen ben blesside, and youre eeris that heren.
17 For I solemnly tell you that many Prophets and holy men have longed to see the sights you see, and have not seen them, and to hear the words you hear, and have not heard them.
Forsothe Y seie to you, that manye profetis and iust men coueitiden to se tho thingis that ye seen, and thei sayn not, and to heere tho thingis that ye heren, and thei herden not.
18 "To you then I will explain the parable of the Sower.
Therfor here ye the parable of the sowere.
19 When a man hears the Message concerning the Kingdom and does not understand it, the Evil one comes and catches away what has been sown in his heart. This is he who has received the seed by the road-side.
Ech that herith the word of the rewme, and vndirstondith not, the yuel spirit cometh, and rauyschith that that is sowun in his herte; this it is, that is sowun bisidis the weie.
20 He who has received the seed on the rocky ground is the man who hears the Message and immediately receives it with joy.
But this that is sowun on the stony loond, this it is, that herith the word of God, and anoon with ioye takith it.
21 It has struck no root, however, within him. He continues for a time, but when suffering comes, or persecution, because of the Message, he at once stumbles and falls.
And he hath not roote in hym silf, but is temporal. For whanne tribulacioun and persecucioun is maad for the word, anoon he is sclaundrid.
22 He who has received the seed among the thorns is the man who hears the Message, but the cares of the present age and the delusions of riches quite stifle the Message, and it becomes unfruitful. (aiōn g165)
But he that is sowun in thornes, is this that heerith the word, and the bisynesse of this world, and the fallace of ritchessis strangulith the word, and it is maad with outen fruyt. (aiōn g165)
23 But he who has received the seed on good ground is he who hears and understands. Such hearers give a return, and yield one a hundred for one, another sixty, another thirty.")
But he that is sowun in to good loond, is this that herith the word, and vnderstondeth, and bryngith forth fruyt. And summe makith an hundrid fold, treuli anothir sixti fold, and another thritti fold.
24 Another parable He put before them. "The Kingdom of the Heavens," He said, "may be compared to a man who has sown good seed in his field,
Anothir parable Jhesus puttide forth to hem, and seide, The kyngdom of heuenes is maad lijk to a man, that sewe good seed in his feld.
25 but during the night his enemy comes, and over the first seed he sows darnel among the wheat, and goes away.
And whanne men slepten, his enemy cam, and sewe aboue taris in the myddil of whete, and wente awei.
26 But when the blade shoots up and the grain is formed, then appears the darnel also.
But whanne the erbe was growed, and made fruyt, thanne the taris apperiden.
27 "So the farmer's men come and ask him, "'Sir, was it not good seed that you sowed on your land? Where then does the darnel come from?'
And the seruauntis of the hosebonde man camen, and seiden to hym, Lord, whether hast thou not sowun good seed in thi feeld? where of thanne hath it taris?
28 "'Some enemy has done this,' he said. "'Shall we go, and collect it?' the men inquire.
And he seide to hem, An enemy hath do this thing. And the seruauntis seiden to him, `Wolt thou that we goon, and gaderen hem?
29 "'No,' he replied, 'for fear that while collecting the darnel you should at the same time root up the wheat with it.
And he seide, Nay, lest perauenture ye in gaderynge taris drawen vp with hem the whete bi the roote.
30 Leave both to grow together until the harvest, and at harvest-time I will direct the reapers, Collect the darnel first, and make it up into bundles to burn it, but bring all the wheat into my barn.'"
Suffre ye hem bothe to wexe in to repyng tyme; and in the tyme of ripe corne Y shal seie to the reperis, First gadere ye to gidere the taris, and bynde hem to gidere in knytchis to be brent, but gadere ye whete in to my berne.
31 Another parable He put before them. "The Kingdom of the Heavens," He said, "is like a mustard-seed, which a man takes and sows in his ground.
Another parable Jhesus puttide forth to hem, and seide, The kyngdom of heuenes is lijk to a corn of seneuey, which a man took, and sewe in his feeld.
32 It is the smallest of all seeds, and yet when full-grown it is larger than any herb and forms a tree, so that the birds come and build in its branches."
Which is the leeste of alle seedis, but whanne it hath woxen, it is the moste of alle wortis, and is maad a tre; so that briddis of the eir comen, and dwellen in the bowis therof.
33 Another parable He spoke to them. "The Kingdom of the Heavens," He said, "is like yeast which a woman takes and buries in a bushel of flour, for it to work there till the whole mass has risen."
Another parable Jhesus spac to hem, The kyngdom of heuenes is lijk to sour douy, which a womman took, and hidde in thre mesuris of mele, til it were alle sowrid.
34 All this Jesus spoke to the people in figurative language, and except in figurative language He spoke nothing to them,
Jhesus spac alle thes thingis in parablis to the puple, and he spac not to hem with out parablis, that it schulde be fulfillid,
35 in fulfilment of the saying of the Prophet, "I will open my mouth in figurative language, I will utter things kept hidden since the creation of all things."
that is seid bi the prophete, seiynge, Y shal opene my mouth in parablis; Y shal telle out hid thingis fro the makyng of the world.
36 When He had dismissed the people and had returned to the house, His disciples came to Him with the request, "Explain to us the parable of the darnel sown in the field."
Thanne he lefte the puple, and cam in to an hous; and hise disciplis camen to him, and seiden, Expowne to vs the parable of taris of the feeld.
37 "The sower of the good seed," He replied, "is the Son of Man;
Which answeride, and seide, He that sowith good seed is mannus sone;
38 the field is the world; the good seed--these are the sons of the Kingdom; the darnel, the sons of the Evil one.
the feeld is the world; but the good seed, these ben sones of the kyngdom, but taris, these ben yuele children;
39 The enemy who sows the darnel is the Devil; the harvest is the Close of the Age; the reapers are the angels. (aiōn g165)
the enemye that sowith hem is the feend; and the ripe corn is the endyng of the world, the reperis ben aungels. (aiōn g165)
40 As then the darnel is collected together and burnt up with fire, so will it be at the Close of the Age. (aiōn g165)
Therfor as taris ben gaderid togidere, and ben brent in fier, so it shal be in the endyng of the world. (aiōn g165)
41 The Son of Man will commission His angels, and they will gather out of His Kingdom all causes of sin and all who violate His laws;
Mannus sone shal sende hise aungels, and thei schulen gadere fro his rewme alle sclaundris, and hem that doon wickidnesse;
42 and these they will throw into the fiery furnace. There will be the weeping aloud and the gnashing of teeth.
and thei schulen sende hem in to the chymney of fier, there shal be weping and betyng to gidere of teeth.
43 Then will the righteous shine out like the sun in their Father's Kingdom. Listen, every one who has ears!
Thanne iuste men schulen schyne as the sunne, in the rewme of her fadir. He that hath eeris of heryng, here he.
44 "The Kingdom of the Heavens is like treasure buried in the open country, which a man finds, but buries again, and, in his joy about it, goes and sells all he has and buys that piece of ground.
The kyngdom of heuenes is lijk to tresour hid in a feld, which a man that fyndith, hidith; and for ioye of it he goith, and sillith alle thingis that he hath, and bieth thilk feeld.
45 "Again the Kingdom of the Heavens is like a jewel merchant who is in quest of choice pearls.
Eftsoone the kyngdom of heuenes is lijk to a marchaunt, that sechith good margaritis;
46 He finds one most costly pearl; he goes away; and though it costs all he has, he buys it.
but whanne he hath foundun o precious margarite, he wente, and selde alle thingis that he hadde, and bouyte it.
47 "Again the Kingdom of the Heavens is like a draw-net let down into the sea, which encloses fish of all sorts.
Eft the kyngdom of heuenes is lijk to a nette cast into the see, and that gaderith to gidere of al kynde of fisschis;
48 When full, they haul it up on the beach, and sit down and collect the good fish in baskets, while the worthless they throw away.
which whanne it was ful, thei drowen vp, and seten bi the brenke, and chesen the goode in to her vessels, but the yuel thei kesten out.
49 So will it be at the Close of the Age. The angels will go forth and separate the wicked from among the righteous, (aiōn g165)
So it schal be in the endyng of the world. Aungels schulen go out, and schulen departe yuel men fro the myddil of iuste men. (aiōn g165)
50 and will throw them into the fiery furnace. There will be the weeping aloud and the gnashing of teeth."
And thei shulen sende hem in to the chymnei of fier; ther shal be weping and gryntyng of teeth.
51 "Have you understood all this?" He asked. "Yes," they said.
Han ye vndirstonde alle these thingis? Thei seien to hym, Yhe.
52 "Therefore," He said, "remember that every Scribe well trained for the Kingdom of the Heavens is like a householder who brings out of his storehouse new things and old."
He seith to hem, Therfor euery wise man of lawe in the kyngdom of heuenes, is lijk to an hosebonde man, that bryngith forth of his tresoure newe thingis and elde.
53 Jesus concluded this series of parables and then departed.
And it was doon, whanne Jhesus hadde endid these parablis, he passide fro thennus.
54 And He came into His own country and proceeded to teach in their synagogue, so that they were filled with astonishment and exclaimed, "Where did he obtain such wisdom, and these wondrous powers?
And he cam in to his cuntrei, and tauyte hem in her synagogis, so that thei wondriden, and seiden, Fro whennus this wisdam and vertues camen to this?
55 Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary? And are not his brothers, James, Joseph, Simon and Judah?
Whether `is not this the sone of a carpentere? Whether his modir be not seid Marie? and hise britheren, James, and Joseph, and Symount, and Judas? and hise sistris,
56 And his sisters--are they not all living here among us? Where then did he get all this?"
whether thei alle ben not among us? Fro whennus thanne `alle thes thingis camen to this?
57 So they turned angrily away from Him. But Jesus said to them, "There is no prophet left without honour except in his own country and among his own family."
And so thei weren sclaundrid in hym. But Jhesus seide to hem, A profete is not with oute worschip, but in his owen cuntre, and in his owen hous.
58 And He performed but few mighty deeds there because of their want of faith.
And he dide not there manye vertues, for the vnbileue of hem.
