¹ Når Herren din Gud har ført dig inn i det land du nu drar inn i og skal ta i eie, og han driver ut mange folk for dig, hetittene og girgasittene og amorittene og kana'anittene og ferisittene og hevittene og jebusittene, syv folk, som er større og sterkere enn du,

² og når Herren din Gud gir dem i din vold, så du vinner over dem, da skal du slå dem med bann; du skal ikke gjøre pakt med dem og ikke vise dem nåde.

³ Du skal ikke inngå svogerskap med dem; du skal ikke gi dine døtre til hans sønner og ikke ta hans døtre til hustruer for dine sønner;

⁴ for de vil få dine sønner til å vike av fra mig, så de dyrker andre guder, og da vil Herrens vrede optendes mot eder, og han vil hastig gjøre ende på dig.

⁵ Men således skal I gjøre med dem: Deres altere skal I bryte ned, og deres billedstøtter skal I slå sønder, og deres Astarte-billeder skal I hugge i stykker, og deres utskårne billeder skal I brenne op med ild.

⁶ For et hellig folk er du for Herren din Gud; dig har Herren din Gud utvalgt av alle de folk som er på jorden, til å være hans eiendomsfolk.

⁷ Ikke fordi I var større enn alle andre folk, fant Herren behag i eder, så han utvalgte eder, for I er det minste blandt alle folk;

⁸ men fordi Herren elsket eder, og fordi han vilde holde den ed han hadde svoret eders fedre, derfor førte Herren eder ut med sterk hånd og fridde dig ut av trælehuset, fra Faraos, egypterkongens hånd.

⁹ Så vit da at Herren din Gud han er Gud, den trofaste Gud, som holder sin pakt og bevarer sin miskunnhet mot tusen ledd, mot dem som elsker ham og holder hans bud,

¹⁰ men som gjengjelder dem som hater ham, like op i deres øine, så han lar dem omkomme. Han er ikke sen når det gjelder den som hater ham; like op i hans øine gjengjelder han ham.

¹¹ Så ta da vare på det bud og de lover og de forskrifter som jeg idag byder dig å holde.

¹² Når I nu hører disse bud og tar vare på dem og holder dem, da skal Herren din Gud holde fast ved den pakt og den miskunnhet han har tilsvoret dine fedre.

¹³ Han skal elske dig og velsigne dig og øke din ætt, og han skal velsigne ditt livs frukt og ditt lands frukt, ditt korn og din most og din olje, det som faller av ditt storfe, og det som fødes av ditt småfe, i det land han har tilsvoret dine fedre å ville gi dig.

¹⁴ Velsignet skal du være fremfor alle andre folk; der skal ingen ufruktbar være blandt dine menn eller dine kvinner, og heller ikke blandt ditt fe.

¹⁵ Herren skal holde all sykdom borte fra dig, og ingen av Egyptens onde syker, som du kjenner, skal han legge på dig, men han skal legge dem på alle dem som hater dig.

¹⁶ Alle de folk som Herren din Gud gir i din hånd, skal du fortære*; du skal ikke spare dem. Og du skal ikke dyrke deres guder; for det vil bli en snare for dig. / {* 4MO 14, 9.}

¹⁷ Men om du tenker som så: Disse folk er større enn jeg, hvorledes skal jeg makte å drive dem ut? -

¹⁸ da skal du ikke være redd for dem; du skal komme i hu hvad Herren din Gud gjorde med Farao og med alle egypterne,

¹⁹ de store plager som du så for dine øine, og de tegn og under og den sterke hånd og den utrakte arm hvormed Herren din Gud førte dig ut; det samme skal Herren din Gud gjøre med alle de folk du reddes for.

²⁰ Endog hvepser skal Herren din Gud sende mot dem, til alle de er omkommet som er blitt tilbake og har skjult sig for dig.

²¹ Du skal ikke forferdes for dem; for Herren din Gud er i din midte, en stor og forferdelig Gud.

²² Herren din Gud vil litt efter litt drive disse folk ut for dig; du skal ikke makte å gjøre ende på dem i hast; for da kom villdyrene til å bli for mange for dig.

²³ Herren din Gud skal gi dem i din vold og slå dem med stor forvirring, til de er ødelagt.

²⁴ Og han skal gi deres konger i din hånd, og du skal tilintetgjøre deres navn under himmelen; der skal ingen kunne stå sig mot dig, til du har utryddet dem.

²⁵ Deres guders utskårne billeder skal I brenne op med ild; du skal ikke attrå sølvet eller gullet som er på dem, eller ta det til dig, forat det ikke skal bli til en snare for dig; for det er en vederstyggelighet for Herren din Gud,

²⁶ og du skal ikke la nogen vederstyggelighet komme inn i ditt hus, så du blir slått med bann likesom det; du skal avsky det og akte det for en vederstyggelighet, for det er slått med bann.

¹ On that day Jesus went out of the house, and sat by the seaside.

² Great multitudes gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat, and sat, and all the multitude stood on the beach.

³ He spoke to them many things in parables, saying, "Behold, a farmer went out to sow.

⁴ As he sowed, some seeds fell by the roadside, and the birds came and devoured them.

⁵ Others fell on rocky ground, where they didn't have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of earth.

⁶ When the sun had risen, they were scorched. Because they had no root, they withered away.

⁷ Others fell among thorns. The thorns grew up and choked them.

⁸ Others fell on good soil, and yielded fruit: some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.

⁹ He who has ears to hear, let him hear."

¹⁰ The disciples came, and said to him, "Why do you speak to them in parables?"

¹¹ He answered them, "To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, but it is not given to them.

¹² For whoever has, to him will be given, and he will have abundance, but whoever doesn't have, from him will be taken away even that which he has.

¹³ Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they don't see, and hearing, they don't hear, neither do they understand.

¹⁴ In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says, 'By hearing you will hear, and will in no way understand; Seeing you will see, and will in no way perceive:

¹⁵ for this people's heart has grown callous, their ears are dull of hearing, they have closed their eyes; or else perhaps they might perceive with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their heart, and should turn again; and I would heal them.'

¹⁶ "But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear.

¹⁷ For most certainly I tell you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see the things which you see, and didn't see them; and to hear the things which you hear, and didn't hear them.

¹⁸ "Hear, then, the parable of the farmer.

¹⁹ When anyone hears the word of the Kingdom, and doesn't understand it, the evil one comes, and snatches away that which has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown by the roadside.

²⁰ What was sown on the rocky places, this is he who hears the word, and immediately with joy receives it;

²¹ yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles.

²² What was sown among the thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of this age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.

²³ What was sown on the good ground, this is he who hears the word, and understands it, who most certainly bears fruit, and brings forth, some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty."

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 weeds also among the wheat, and went away.

²⁶ But when the blade sprang up and brought forth 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 this darnel 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 measures of 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."

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 forth 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 forth, 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 It happened that when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed from there.

⁵⁴ Coming into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, "Where did this man get this wisdom, and these mighty works?

⁵⁵ Isn't this the carpenter's son? Isn't his mother called Mary, and his brothers, James, Joses, Simon, and Judas?

⁵⁶ Aren't all of his sisters with us? Where then did this man get all of these things?"

⁵⁷ They were offended by him. But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and in his own house."

⁵⁸ He didn't do many mighty works there because of their unbelief.