1 And again he began to teach by the sea; and was assembled to him a crowd great, so as him entering into the ship, to sit in the sea; and all the crowd by the sea on the land was.
2 And he taught them in parables many, and said to them in the teaching of him:
3 Hear you: Lo, went out the sower of the (seed) to sow.
4 And it happened in the sowing, this indeed fell on the path; and came the birds, and ate it.
5 Another and fell on the rocky ground, where not it had earth much; and immediately it sprung up, through the not to have a depth of earth.
6 Sun and having arisen, it was scorched, and through the not to have a root, was dried up.
7 And another fell into thorns; and sprung up the thorns, and chocked it, and fruit not it gave.
8 And another fell into the ground the good; and it bore fruit springing up and increasing; and bore one thirty, and one sixty, and one a hundred.
9 And he said: He having ear to hear, let him hear.
10 When and he was alone, asked him those about him, with the twelve, the parables.
11 And he said to them: To you it is given to know the secret of the kingdom of the God; to them but to those without in parables the all (things) are done;
12 that seeing they may see, and not they may see; and hearing they may hear, and not they may hear; lest they should turn, and should be forgiven to them the sins.
13 And he says to them: Nat know you the parable this? and how all the parables will you know?
14 He sowing, the word sows.
15 These and are they by the path, where is sown the word, and when they may hear, immediately comes the adversary, and takes the word that having been sown in the hearts of them.
16 And these are like those on the rocky ground being sown, who, when they may hear the word, immediately with joy they receive it;
17 and not they have a root in themselves, but for a reason they are; then occurring trial or persecution through the word, immediately they are offended.
18 And others are those into the thorns, being sown; these are those the word hearing,
19 and the cares of the age, and the delusion of the wealth, and the about the other (things) strong desires entering in choke the word; and unfruitful it becomes.
20 And these are those upon the ground the good being sown, who hear the word, and accept; and bear fruit, one thirty, and one sixty, and one a hundred.
21 And he said to them: Neither the lamp comes, that under the measure it may be placed, or under the couch? not that on the lampstand it may be placed?
22 Not for is any thing hidden, which if not it may be disclosed; nor was stored away, but that into light it may come.
23 If any one has ears to hear, let him hear.
24 And he said to them: Consider you, what you hear. In what measure you measure, it shall be measured to you.
25 Who for ever may have, it shall be given to him; and who not has, even what he has will be taken from him.
26 And he said: Thus is the kingdom of the God, as if a man should cast the seed on the earth,
27 and should sleep and wake night and day, and the seed should germinate and grow up, as not knows he.
28 Of its own accord for the earth bears fruit, first, a plant, then an ear, then full grain in the ear.
29 When but may be ripe the fruit, immediately he sends the sickle, for is ready the harvest.
30 And he said: To what may be compare the kingdom of the God? or by what parable may we compare her?
31 As a grain of mustard, which, when it may be sown on the earth, less of all of the seeds it is of those on the earth;
32 and when it may be shown, it springs up and becomes of all herbs greater, and produces branches great, so as to be under the shadow of it the birds of the heaven to build nests.
33 And such like parables many he spoke to them the word, even they were able to hear.
34 Without but a parable not he spoke to them; privately but to the disciples of himself he explained all.
35 And he says to them in that the day, evening being come: We may pass over to the other side.
36 And having left the crowd they took him, as he was in the ship; also other and ships was with him.
37 And arose a squall of wind great; the and waves dashed into the ship, so as it was now to fill.
38 And was he in the stern, on the pillow sleeping; and they awoke him, and they said to him: O teacher, not it concerns thee, that we perish?
39 And having arisen he rebuked the wind, and said to the sea: Be silent, be still. And ceased the wind, and was a calm great.
40 And he said to them: Why timid are you so? how not you have faith?
41 And they feared a fear great, and said to one another: Who then this is, for even the wind and the sea hearken to him.
1 Again he taught a very great crowd by the seaside. He sat in a boat while the crowd was on the land.
2 He taught them many things by illustrations and said to them:
3 »Listen, the sower went out to sow.
4 »As he sowed some seed fell by the road and the birds came and devoured it.
5 »Other seed fell on the rocky ground and did not have good soil. Immediately it sprang up, because it had no good soil
6 it became scorched when the sun came up. Then it withered because it had no root.
7 »Some seed fell among the thorns. The thorns grew up and choked it so it could yield no fruit.
8 »Others fell on good ground and yielded fruit. It grew up, increased and produced thirty fold, and sixty fold, and a hundred fold.«
9 He continued: »He who has ears to hear let him hear.«
10 When he was alone his followers including the twelve asked about the illustrations.
11 He told them: »The secret of the kingdom of God is given to you. Illustrations are spoken to outsiders.
12 »So that seeing they may see and not perceive. And hearing they may hear and not understand. Otherwise they might repent and be forgiven.«
13 Then he asked: »Do you not understand this illustration? How will you understand any of the illustrations?
14 »The sower sows the word.
15 »These are they by the wayside where the word is sown. When they have heard; Satan comes and takes away the word that has been sown in them.
16 »The same is so of the word sown upon the rocky places. When they have heard the word and receive it with joy,
17 they have no root in themselves, but endure for a while. They stumble when tribulation or persecution arise.
18 »There is the word sown among the thorns. These have heard the word,
19 but the cares of the world, the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts for other things enter in and choke the word. So it becomes unfruitful.
20 »Those who represent that sown upon the good soil hear the word and accept it. They bear fruit, thirty fold, and sixty fold, and a hundred fold.«
21 He asked them: »Is the lamp placed under a bushel, or under a bed, and not on the stand?
22 »There is nothing hidden unless it should be made known. Nothing is made secret that should come to light.
23 »If any man has ears to hear, let him hear.«
24 Then he said: »Be careful what you listen to. That which is portioned out by you might be portioned to you and more.
25 »He who has, to him it will be given. He who has not, from him will be taken even that which he has.«
26 He added: »The kingdom of God is like this. A man plants seed in the earth.
27 »He sleeps and gets up night and day until the plants grow though he has no idea how.
28 »The earth gives fruit by itself. First comes the leaf, then the head, then full grain.
29 »When the grain is ready he immediately sends men to cut it, because the time for cutting has come.«
30 He said: »What illustration should we use to picture the kingdom of God? What story will make it clear?
31 »It is like a grain of mustard seed. When it is planted in the earth it is smaller than all the seeds on the earth.
32 »But when it is planted it grows and becomes taller than all the plants. It grows out great branches so that the birds of heaven are able to take rest in its shade.«
33 He spoke the word to them with many illustrations as long as they were able to listen.
34 He spoke only with illustrations. However he made all things clear to his disciples in private.
35 When evening arrived Jesus said: Let us go over to the other side.«
36 They took him with them on the boat and left the people. Other boats were with him also.
37 A great windstorm came up and the waves came into the boat.
38 He was in back of the boat sleeping on a cushion. They woke him. They said: »Master is it nothing to you that we are in danger of destruction?«
39 He awoke from sleep and commanded the wind and sea. He commanded the sea to be at peace and rest. And he commanded the wind to go down and there was a great calm.
40 He said: »Why are you full of fear? Do you have no faith?«
41 Their fear was great. They said to themselves: »Who is this, that even the wind and the sea obey his orders?«