24. He set another parable before them, saying,"The Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field,

25. but while people slept, his enemy came and sowed darnel weedsalso among the wheat, and went away.

26. But when the blade sprang up and produced fruit, then the darnel weeds appeared also.

27. The servants of the householder came and said to him, 'Sir, didn't you sow good seed in your field? Where did these darnel weeds come from?'

28. "He said to them, 'An enemy has done this.'"The servants asked him, 'Do you want us to go and gather them up?'

29. "But he said, 'No, lest perhaps while you gather up the darnel weeds, you root up the wheat with them.

30. Let both grow together until the harvest, and in the harvest time I will tell the reapers, "First, gather up the darnel weeds, and bind them in bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat into my barn."'"

31. He set another parable before them, saying,"The Kingdom of Heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field;

32. which indeed is smaller than all seeds. But when it is grown, it is greater than the herbs, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in its branches."

33. He spoke another parable to them."The Kingdom of Heaven is like yeast, which a woman took, and hid in three measuresof meal, until it was all leavened."

34. JESUS spoke all these things in parables to the multitudes; and without a parable, he didn't speak to them,

35. that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying,"I will open my mouth in parables;I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world."Psalm 78:2

36. Then JESUS sent the multitudes away, and went into the house. His disciples came to him, saying, "Explain to us the parable of the darnel weeds of the field."

37. He answered them,"He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man,

38. the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the children of the Kingdom; and the darnel weeds are the children of the evil one.

39. The enemy who sowed them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels.

40. As therefore the darnel weeds are gathered up and burned with fire; so will it be at the end of this age.

41. The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will gather out of his Kingdom all things that cause stumbling, and those who do iniquity,

42. and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

43. Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the Kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

44. "Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man found, and hid. In his joy, he goes and sells all that he has, and buys that field.

45. "Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a merchant seeking fine pearls,

46. who having found one pearl of great price, he went and sold all that he had, and bought it.

47. "Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a dragnet, that was cast into the sea, and gathered some fish of every kind,

48. which, when it was filled, they drew up on the beach. They sat down, and gathered the good into containers, but the bad they threw away.

49. So will it be in the end of the world. The angels will come and separate the wicked from among the righteous,

50. and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth."

51. JESUS said to them,"Have you understood all these things?"They answered him, "Yes, Lord."

52. He said to them,"Therefore every scribe who has been made a disciple in the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a householder, who brings out of his treasure new and old things."

53. When JESUS had finished these parables, he departed from there.

26. He said,"God's Kingdom is as if a man should cast seed on the earth,

27. and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should spring up and grow, he doesn't know how.

28. For the earth bears fruit: first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.

29. But when the fruit is ripe, immediately he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come."

30. He said,"How will we liken God's Kingdom? Or with what parable will we illustrate it?

31. It's like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, though it is less than all the seeds that are on the earth,

32. yet when it is sown, grows up, and becomes greater than all the herbs, and puts out great branches, so that the birds of the sky can lodge under its shadow."

33. With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it.

34. Without a parable he didn't speak to them; but privately to his own disciples he explained everything.