1That same day Jesus left the house and went out beside Lake Galilee, where he sat down to teach.
2Such large crowds gathered around him that he had to sit in a boat, while the people stood on the shore.
“These people will listen
and listen,
but never understand.
They will look and look,
but never see.
15All of them have
stubborn minds!
Their ears are stopped up,
and their eyes are covered.
They cannot see or hear
or understand.
If they could,
they would turn to me,
and I would heal them.”
16But God has blessed you, because your eyes can see and your ears can hear! had said,
“I will use stories
to speak my message
and to explain things
that have been hidden
since the creation
of the world.”
Jesus explains the story about the weeds36After Jesus left the crowd and went inside, his disciples came to him and said, “Explain to us the story about the weeds in the wheat field.”
37Jesus answered:
The one who scattered the good seed is the Son of Man.
38The field is the world, and the good seeds are the people who belong to the kingdom. The weeds are those who belong to the evil one,
39and the one who scattered them is the devil. The harvest is the end of time, and angels are the ones who bring in the harvest.
40Weeds are gathered and burnt. That's how it will be at the end of time.
41The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will gather from his kingdom everyone who does wrong or causes others to sin.
42Then he will throw them into a flaming furnace, where people will cry and grit their teeth in pain.
43But everyone who has done right will shine like the sun in their Father's kingdom. If you have ears, pay attention!
A hidden treasureJesus continued:44The kingdom of heaven is like what happens when someone finds treasure hidden in a field and buries it again. A person like that is happy and goes and sells everything in order to buy that field.
A valuable pearlJesus continued:45The kingdom of heaven is like what happens when a shop owner is looking for fine pearls.
46After finding a very valuable one, the owner goes and sells everything in order to buy that pearl.
A fish netJesus continued:47The kingdom of heaven is like what happens when a net is thrown into a lake and catches all kinds of fish.
48When the net is full, it is dragged to the shore, and the fishermen sit down to separate the fish. They keep the good ones, but throw the bad ones away.
49That's how it will be at the end of time. Angels will come and separate the evil people from the ones who have done right.
50Then those evil people will be thrown into a flaming furnace, where they will cry and grit their teeth in pain.
New and old treasures51Jesus asked his disciples if they understood all these things. They said, “Yes, we do.”
52So he told them, “Every student of the Scriptures who becomes a disciple in the kingdom of heaven is like someone who brings out new and old treasures from the storeroom.”
The people of Nazareth turn against Jesus(Mark 6.1-6; Luke 4.16-30)53When Jesus had finished telling these stories, he left
54and went to his home town. He taught in their meeting place, and the people were so amazed that they asked, “Where does he get all this wisdom and the power to perform these miracles?
55Isn't he the son of the carpenter? Isn't Mary his mother, and aren't James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas his brothers?
56Don't his sisters still live here in our town? How can he do all this?”
57So the people were very unhappy because of what he was doing.
But Jesus said, “Prophets are honoured by everyone, except the people of their home town and their own family.”
58And because the people did not have any faith, Jesus did not perform many miracles there.
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