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4:11. And he said to them: To you it is given to know the mystery of the
kingdom of God: but to them that are without, all things are done in
parables:
4:12. That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may
hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and
their sins should be forgiven them.
That seeing they may see, etc... in punishment of their wilfully
shutting their eyes, (St. Matt. 13. 15,) God justly withdrew those
lights and graces, which otherwise he would have given them, for their
effectual conversion.
4:13. And he saith to them: Are you ignorant of this, parable? and how
shall you know all parables?
4:14. He that soweth, soweth the word.
4:15. And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown, and as
soon as they have heard, immediately Satan cometh and taketh away the
word that was sown in their hearts.
4:16. And these likewise are they that are sown on the stony ground: who
when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with joy.
4:17. And they have no root in themselves, but are only for a time: and
then when tribulation and persecution ariseth for the word they are
presently scandalized.
4:18. And others there are who are sown among thorns: these are they
that hear the word,
4:19. And the cares of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and
the lusts after other things entering in choke the word, and it is made
fruitless.
4:20. And these are they who are sown upon the good ground, who hear the
word, and receive it, and yield fruit, the one thirty, another sixty,
and another a hundred.
4:21. And he said to them: Doth a candle come in to be put under a
bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick?
4:22. For there is nothing hid, which shall not be made manifest:
neither was it made secret, but that it may come abroad.
4:23. If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
4:24. And he said to them: Take heed what you hear. In what measure you
shall mete, it shall be measured to you again, and more shall be given
to you.
4:25. For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not,
that also which he hath shall be taken away from him.
4:26. And he said: So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast
seed into the earth,
4:27. And should sleep, and rise, night and day, and the seed should
spring, and grow up whilst he knoweth not.
4:28. For the earth of itself bringeth forth fruit, first the blade,
then the ear, afterwards the full corn in the ear.
4:29. And when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the
sickle, because the harvest is come.
4:30. And he said: To what shall we liken the kingdom of God? or to what
parable shall we compare it?
4:31. It is as a grain of mustard seed: which when it is sown in the
earth, is less than all the seeds that are in the earth:
4:32. And when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all
herbs, and shooteth out great branches, so that the birds of the air may
dwell under the shadow thereof.
4:33. And with many such parables, he spoke to them the word, according
as they were able to hear.
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