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1 I onaj dan izišavši Isus iz kuće seđaše kraj mora.

2 I sabraše se oko Njega ljudi mnogi, tako da mora ući u lađu i sesti; a narod sav stajaše po bregu.

3 I On im kaziva mnogo u pričama govoreći: Gle, iziđe sejač da seje.

4 I kad sejaše, jedna zrna padoše kraj puta, i dođoše ptice i pozobaše ih;

5 A druga padoše na kamenita mesta, gde ne beše mnogo zemlje, i odmah iznikoše; jer ne beše u dubinu zemlje.

6 I kad obasja sunce, povenuše, i budući da nemahu žila, posahnuše.

7 A druga padoše u trnje, i naraste trnje, i podavi ih.

8 A druga padoše na zemlju dobru, i donošahu rod, jedno po sto, a jedno po šezdeset, a jedno po trideset.

9 Ko ima uši da čuje neka čuje.

10 I pristupivši učenici rekoše Mu: Zašto im govoriš u pričama?

11 A On odgovarajući reče im: Vama je dano da znate tajne carstva nebeskog, a njima nije dano.

12 Jer ko ima, daće mu se, i preteći će mu; a koji nema, uzeće mu se i ono što ima.

13 Zato im govorim u pričama, jer gledajući ne vide, i čujući ne čuju niti razumeju.

14 I zbiva se na njima proroštvo Isaijino, koje govori: Ušima ćete čuti, i nećete razumeti; i očima ćete gledati, i nećete videti.

15 Jer je odrvenilo srce ovih ljudi, i ušima teško čuju, i oči su svoje zatvorili da kako ne vide očima, i ušima ne čuju, i srcem ne razumeju, i ne obrate se da ih iscelim.

16 A blago vašim očima što vide, i ušima vašim što čuju.

17 Jer vam kažem zaista da su mnogi proroci i pravednici želeli videti šta vi vidite, i ne videše; i čuti šta vi čujete, i ne čuše.

18 Vi pak čujte priču o sejaču:

19 Svakome koji sluša reč o carstvu i ne razume, dolazi nečastivi i krade posejano u srcu njegovom: to je oko puta posejano.

20 A na kamenu posejano to je koji sluša reč i odmah s radosti primi je,

21 Ali nema korena u sebi, nego je nepostojan, pa kad bude do nevolje ili ga poteraju reči radi, odmah udari natrag.

22 A posejano u trnju to je koji sluša reč, no briga ovog sveta i prevara bogatstva zaguše reč, i bez roda ostane.

23 A posejano na dobroj zemlji to je koji sluša reč i razume, koji dakle i rod rađa, i donosi jedan po sto, a jedan po šezdeset, a jedan po trideset.

24 Drugu priču kaza im govoreći: Carstvo je nebesko kao čovek koji poseja dobro seme u polju svom,

25 A kad ljudi pospaše, dođe njegov neprijatelj i poseja kukolj po pšenici, pa otide.

26 A kad niče usev i rod donese, onda se pokaza kukolj.

27 Tada dođoše sluge domaćinove i rekoše mu: Gospodaru! Nisi li ti dobro seme sejao na svojoj njivi? Otkuda dakle kukolj?

28 A on reče im: Neprijatelj čovek to učini. A sluge rekoše mu: Hoćeš li dakle da idemo da ga počupamo?

29 A on reče: Ne; da ne bi čupajući kukolj počupali zajedno s njime pšenicu.

30 Ostavite neka raste oboje zajedno do žetve; i u vreme žetve reći ću žeteocima: Saberite najpre kukolj, i svežite ga u snoplje da ga sažežem; a pšenicu svezite u žitnicu moju.

31 Drugu priču kaza im govoreći: Carstvo je nebesko kao zrno gorušičino koje uzme čovek i poseje na njivi svojoj,

32 Koje je istina najmanje od sviju semena, ali kad uzraste, veće je od svega povrća, i bude drvo da ptice nebeske dolaze, i sedaju na njegovim granama.

33 Drugu priču kaza im: Carstvo je nebesko kao kvasac koji uzme žena i metne u tri kopanje brašna dok sve ne uskisne.

34 Sve ovo u pričama govori Isus ljudima, i bez priče ništa ne govoraše im:

35 Da se zbude šta je kazao prorok govoreći: Otvoriću u pričama usta svoja, kazaću sakriveno od postanja sveta.

36 Tada ostavi Isus ljude, i dođe u kuću. I pristupiše k Njemu učenici Njegovi govoreći: Kaži nam priču o kukolju na njivi.

37 A On odgovarajući reče im: Koji seje dobro seme ono je Sin čovečiji;

38 A njiva je svet; a dobro seme sinovi su carstva, a kukolj sinovi su zla;

39 A neprijatelj koji ga je posejao jeste đavo; a žetva je posledak ovog veka; a žeteoci su anđeli.

40 Kao što se dakle kukolj sabira, i ognjem sažiže, tako će biti na kraju ovog veka.

41 Poslaće Sin čovečiji anđele svoje, i sabraće iz carstva Njegovog sve sablazni i koji čine bezakonje.

42 I baciće ih u pećognjenu: onde će biti plač i škrgut zuba.

43 Tada će se pravednici zasjati kao sunce u carstvu Oca svog. Ko ima uši da čuje neka čuje.

44 Još je carstvo nebesko kao blago sakriveno u polju, koje našavši čovek sakri i od radosti zato otide i sve što ima prodade i kupi polje ono.

45 Još je carstvo nebesko kao čovek trgovac koji traži dobar biser,

46 Pa kad nađe jedno mnogoceno zrno bisera, otide i prodade sve što imaše i kupi ga.

47 Još je carstvo nebesko kao mreža koja se baci u more i zagrabi od svake ruke ribe;

48 Koja kad se napuni, izvukoše je na kraj, i sedavši, izbraše dobre u sudove, a zle baciše napolje.

49 Tako će biti na poletku veka: izići će anđeli i odlučiće zle od pravednih.

50 I baciće ih u pećognjenu: onde će biti plač i škrgut zuba.

51 Reče im Isus: Razumeste li ovo? Rekoše Mu: Da, Gospode.

52 A On im reče: Zato je svaki književnik koji se naučio carstvu nebeskom kao domaćin koji iznosi iz kleti svoje novo i staro.

53 I kad svrši Isus priče ove, otide odande.

54 I došavši na postojbinu svoju, učaše ih po zbornicama njihovim tako da Mu se divljahu, i govorahu: Otkud ovome premudrost ova i moći?

55 Nije li ovo drvodeljin sin? Ne zove li se mati njegova Marija, i braća njegova Jakov, i Josija, i Simon, i Juda?

56 I sestre njegove nisu li sve kod nas? Otkud njemu ovo sve?

57 I sablažnjavahu se o Njega. A Isus reče im: Nema proroka bez časti osim na postojbini svojoj i u domu svom.

58 I ne stvori onde čudesa mnogih za neverstvo njihovo.

   

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9192. 'He who sacrifices to the gods' means worship composed of falsities arising from evil. This is clear from the meaning of 'offering sacrifice' as worship, worship being meant by 'offering sacrifice' because sacrifices were the chief forms of worship among the Israelite and Jewish people, 923, 6905, 8680, 8936; and from the meaning of 'the gods' as falsities, dealt with in 4402(end), 4544, 7873, 8941. The expression 'worship composed of falsities arising from evil' is used since it is the opposite of worship composed of truths springing from good. For the guidelines of all worship are religious teachings, which to the extent that they spring from good are truths, and to the extent that they arise from evil are falsities. The truths derive the essence and the life that is theirs from the good, while on the other hand the falsities derive the death that is theirs from the evil.

[2] The implications of all this are that there are some people who possess authentic truths, some who possess unauthentic truths, and some who possess falsities. And yet those who possess the authentic truths are often damned, while those who possess the unauthentic truths, and those too who possess falsities, are often saved. To most people this will seem to be paradoxical, but it is nevertheless the truth. Actual experience has proved it to me. I have seen in hell those who were more learned than others in truths derived from the Word and from the teachings of their Church, both prelates and others. On the other hand I have seen in heaven those who possessed unauthentic truths, and even those who possessed falsities, both Christians and gentiles.

[3] The reason why the former were in hell was that in doctrine they had indeed possessed truths, but in life they had been steeped in evils. And the reason why the latter were in heaven was that in doctrine they had indeed possessed unauthentic truths, but in life they had nevertheless been governed by good. Some spirits who had arrived recently in the next life and to whom I was allowed to speak were amazed that those who were more learned than others in the Word and in the teachings of their Church should be among the damned. They had supposed that these would be leading lights in heaven, in accordance with the following words in Daniel,

Those who have intelligence will shine like the brightness of the expanse, and those who turn many to righteousness like the stars forever and into eternity. Daniel 12:3.

But I told those spirits that 'those who have intelligence' are people who possess truth and teach truths, and 'those who turn others to righteousness' are people who are governed by good and lead others to good, and that this was why the Lord said,

The righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Matthew 13:43.

The word 'righteousness' has reference to good, so that 'the righteous' are those governed by good, see 2235.

[4] I went on to tell those spirits that people who are learned in doctrine but evil in the life they lead are the ones to whom the Lord was referring in Matthew,

Many will say to Me on that day, Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy through Your name, and through Your name cast out demons, and do many mighty works in Your name? But then I will confess to them, I do not know you; depart from Me, you workers of iniquity. Matthew 7:22-23.

And in Luke,

Then you will begin to say, We ate in Your presence and we drank; You taught in our streets. But He will say, I say to you, I do not know where you come from; depart from Me, all you workers of iniquity. Luke 13:26-27.

The same people were also meant by the foolish virgins who had no oil in their lamps, who are spoken of in Matthew,

Finally those virgins came, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. But He replying said, Truly I say to you, I do not know you. Matthew 25:11-12.

'Having oil in their lamps' means having good within truths that belong to the Church's faith, 4638, 'oil' being the good of love, see 886, 4582.

[5] I also told those spirits that those who possess unauthentic truths, and indeed those who as a result of their ignorance possess falsities, yet are governed by good and therefore desire to know the truth, were meant by the Lord in Matthew,

I say to you that many will come from the east even to the west and will recline with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. But the sons of the kingdom will be cast into outer darkness. Matthew 8:11-12.

And in Luke,

They will come from the east and the west, and from the north and the south, reclining in the kingdom of God. And behold, some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last. Luke 13:29-30.

The fact that gentiles who are governed by good, even though as a result of their ignorance they possess unauthentic truths, are received into heaven, see 2589-2604, 2861, 2863, 3263, 4190, 4197.

[6] From all this it now becomes clear that 'those who sacrifice to the gods' means people whose worship consists of falsity arising from evil, and that they are the ones who 'shall be utterly destroyed', that is, cast out. Falsities arising from evil are evils in an outward form, for when evil steps out into the light and dons an outward form it is called falsity. So it is that if people are ruled by evil in the life they lead, then even though in doctrine they possess truths, they are still steeped in falsities arising from their evil. The truth of this is plain to see in the next life. When those people are left to themselves, then evil that goes against the truths they have known and claimed to believe in governs their thinking, that is, falsities compose it. Those same people behave in a similar way in the world if left to themselves; for then their thoughts are such that those people either pervert truths or deny truths, in order to justify the evils of their life.

[7] But people who are governed by good yet possess unauthentic truths, and even people who possess falsities because they know no better (of whom there are very many within the Church, and also very many outside it, called gentiles), do indeed regard their falsities as truths. But since these falsities proceed from good and those people bend them towards good, there is nothing harmful about them, as there is about falsities that arise from evil. And since falsities arising from good are gentle and yielding, those people are capable of receiving truths, and do indeed receive them when given instruction by angels. These falsities may be compared to food that looks bad but is nevertheless palatable, whereas falsities arising from evil may be compared to bad-looking food that is rotten inside. Truths that arise from evil however may be compared to food that looks good yet contains what is harmful, or if hypocrisy is present is poisonous, as the Lord teaches in Matthew,

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you make yourselves like white-washed sepulchres, which outwardly do indeed appear beautiful, but within are full of dead people's bones and of all uncleanness. Matthew 23:27.

  
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