en_wbms - Mar 4 - Ozzuu Bible

¹ And again Jesus began to teach at the sea; and much people was gathered to him, so that he went into a boat, and sat in the sea, and all the people was about the sea on the land.

² And he taught them in parables many things. And he said to them in his teaching,

³ Hear ye. Lo! a man sowing goeth out to sow [or a sower went out to sow].

⁴ And while he soweth, some seed felled about [or beside] the way, and [the] birds of heaven [or of the air], came, and ate it.

⁵ Other felled down on stony places, where it had not much earth; and anon it sprang up, for it had not [or no] deepness of earth.

⁶ And when the sun rose up, it withered for heat, and it dried up, for it had no root.

⁷ And other felled down into thorns, and [the] thorns sprang up, and strangled it, and it gave no fruit.

⁸ And other felled down into good land, and gave fruit, springing up, and waxing; and one brought thirty-fold, and one sixtyfold, and one an hundredfold.

⁹ And he said, He that hath ears of hearing, hear he, [or He that hath ears to hear, hear].

¹⁰ And when he was by himself, the twelve that were with him asked him to expound the parable.

¹¹ And he said to them, To you it is given to know the private [or the mystery] of the kingdom of God. But to them that be withoutforth, all things be made in parables,

¹² that they seeing see, and see not, and they hearing hear, and understand not; lest sometime they be converted, and sins be forgiven to them.

¹³ And he said to them, Know not ye this parable? and how ye shall know all parables?

¹⁴ He that soweth, soweth a word.

¹⁵ But these it be that be about the way, where the word is sown; and when they have heard, anon cometh Satan, and taketh away the word that is sown in their hearts.

¹⁶ And in like manner be these that be sown on stony places, which when they have heard the word, anon they take it with joy;

¹⁷ and they have not root in them-selves, but they be lasting a little time [or they be temporal]; afterward when tribulation riseth, and persecution for the word, anon they be caused to stumble.

¹⁸ And there be others that be sown in thorns; these it be, that hear the word,

¹⁹ and dis-ease of the world, and deceit of riches, and other charge of covetousness entereth, and strangleth the word, and it is made without fruit.

²⁰ And these it be that be sown on good land, which hear the word, and take, and make fruit, one thirtyfold, and one sixtyfold, and one an hundred-fold.

²¹ And he said to them, Whether a lantern cometh, that it be put under a bushel, or under a bed? nay, but that it be put on a candlestick?

²² There is nothing hid, that shall not be made open [or shall not be showed]; neither anything is privy, that shall not come into open.

²³ If any man have ears of hearing, hear he.

²⁴ And he said to them, See ye what ye hear. In what measure ye mete, it shall be meted to you again, and it shall be cast to you.

²⁵ For it shall be given to him that hath, and it shall be taken away from him that hath not, also that that he hath.

²⁶ And he said, So the kingdom of God is, as if a man cast seed into the earth,

²⁷ and he sleep, and it rise up night and day, and bring forth seed, and wax fast, while he knoweth not.

²⁸ For the earth [by his own work-ing, or his own will], maketh fruit, first the grass, afterward the ear, and after[ward] full fruit in the ear.

²⁹ And when of itself it hath brought forth fruit, anon he sendeth a sickle, for reaping time is come.

³⁰ And he said, To what thing shall we liken the kingdom of God? or to what parable shall we comparison it?

³¹ As a corn of sinapi, which when it is sown in the earth, is less than all seeds that be in the earth;

³² and when it is sprung up, it waxeth into a tree, and is made greater than all herbs; and it maketh great branches, so that [the] birds of heaven may dwell under the shadow thereof.

³³ And in many such parables he spake to them the word, as they might hear;

³⁴ and he spake not to them without parable. But he expounded to his disciples all things by themselves.

³⁵ And he said to them in that day, when evening was come, Pass we again-ward.

³⁶ And they left the people, and took him, so that he was in a boat; and other boats were with him.

³⁷ And a great storm [or a tempest] of wind was made, and cast waves into the boat, so that the boat was full.

³⁸ And he was in the hinder part of the boat, and slept on a pillow. And they raised him, and said to him, Master, pertaineth it not to thee, that we perish?

³⁹ And he rose up, and menaced the wind, and said to the sea, Be still, wax dumb. And the wind ceased, and great peaceableness was made.

⁴⁰ And he said to them, What dread ye? Yet ye have no faith? [or Not yet have ye faith?]

⁴¹ And they dreaded with great dread, and said to each other, Who, guessest thou, is this? for the wind and the sea obey to him.