¹ Εν εκεινω τω καιρω επορευετο ο Ιησους δια των σπαρτων εν σαββατω· οι δε μαθηται αυτου επεινασαν και ηρχισαν να ανασπωσιν ασταχυα και να τρωγωσιν.

² Οι δε Φαρισαιοι ιδοντες ειπον προς αυτον· Ιδου, οι μαθηται σου πραττουσιν ο, τι δεν συγχωρειται να πραττηται το σαββατον.

³ Ο δε ειπε προς αυτους· Δεν ανεγνωσατε τι επραξεν ο Δαβιδ οτε επεινασεν αυτος και οι μετ' αυτου;

⁴ πως εισηλθεν εις τον οικον του Θεου και εφαγε τους αρτους της προθεσεως, τους οποιους δεν ητο συγκεχωρημενον εις αυτον να φαγη, ουτε εις τους μετ' αυτου, ειμη εις τους ιερεις μονους;

⁵ Η δεν ανεγνωσατε εν τω νομω οτι εν τοις σαββασιν οι ιερεις βεβηλονουσι το σαββατον εν τω ιερω και ειναι αθωοι;

⁶ Σας λεγω δε οτι εδω ειναι μεγαλητερος του ιερου.

⁷ Εαν ομως εγνωριζετε τι ειναι Ελεον θελω και ουχι θυσιαν, δεν ηθελετε καταδικασει τους αθωους.

⁸ Διοτι ο Υιος του ανθρωπου ειναι κυριος και του σαββατου.

⁹ Και μεταβας εκειθεν ηλθεν εις την συναγωγην αυτων.

¹⁰ Και ιδου, ητο ανθρωπος εχων την χειρα ξηραν· και ηρωτησαν αυτον λεγοντες· Συγχωρειται ταχα να θεραπευη τις εν τω σαββατω; δια να κατηγορησωσιν αυτον.

¹¹ Ο δε ειπε προς αυτους· Τις ανθρωπος απο σας θελει εισθαι, οστις εχων προβατον εν, εαν τουτο πεση εν τω σαββατω εις λακκον, δεν θελει πιασει και σηκωσει αυτο;

¹² ποσον λοιπον διαφερει ανθρωπος προβατου; ωστε συγχωρειται εν τω σαββατω να αγαθοποιη τις.

¹³ Τοτε λεγει προς τον ανθρωπον· Εκτεινον την χειρα σου· και εξετεινε, και αποκατεσταθη υγιης ως η αλλη.

¹⁴ Οι δε Φαρισαιοι εξελθοντες συνεβουλευθησαν κατ' αυτου, δια να απολεσωσιν αυτον.

¹⁵ Αλλ' ο Ιησους νοησας ανεχωρησεν εκειθεν· και ηκολουθησαν αυτον οχλοι πολλοι, και εθεραπευσεν αυτους παντας.

¹⁶ Και παρηγγειλεν εις αυτους αυστηρως δια να μη φανερωσωσιν αυτον,

¹⁷ δια να πληρωθη το ρηθεν δια Ησαιου του προφητου, λεγοντος·

¹⁸ Ιδου, ο δουλος μου, τον οποιον εξελεξα, ο αγαπητος μου, εις τον οποιον η ψυχη μου ευηρεστηθη· θελω θεσει το Πνευμα μου επ' αυτον, και θελει εξαγγειλει κρισιν εις τα εθνη·

¹⁹ δεν θελει αντιλογησει ουδε κραυγασει, ουδε θελει ακουσει τις την φωνην αυτου εν ταις πλατειαις.

²⁰ Καλαμον συντετριμμενον δεν θελει θλασει και λιναριον καπνιζον δεν θελει σβεσει, εωσου εκφερη εις νικην την κρισιν·

²¹ Και εν τω ονοματι αυτου θελουσιν ελπισει τα εθνη.

²² Τοτε εφερθη προς αυτον δαιμονιζομενος τυφλος και κωφος, και εθεραπευσεν αυτον, ωστε ο τυφλος και κωφος και ελαλει και εβλεπε.

²³ Και εξεπληττοντο παντες οι οχλοι και ελεγον· Μηπως ειναι ουτος ο υιος του Δαβιδ;

²⁴ Οι δε Φαρισαιοι ακουσαντες ειπον· Ουτος δεν εκβαλλει τα δαιμονια ειμη δια του Βεελζεβουλ, του αρχοντος των δαιμονιων.

²⁵ Νοησας δε ο Ιησους τους διαλογισμους αυτων, ειπε προς αυτους· Πασα βασιλεια διαιρεθεισα καθ' εαυτης ερημουται, και πασα πολις η οικια διαιρεθεισα καθ' εαυτης δεν θελει σταθη.

²⁶ Και αν ο Σατανας τον Σαταναν εκβαλλη, διηρεθη καθ' εαυτου· πως λοιπον θελει σταθη η βασιλεια αυτου;

²⁷ Και αν εγω δια του Βεελζεβουλ εκβαλλω τα δαιμονια, οι υιοι σας δια τινος εκβαλλουσι; δια τουτο αυτοι θελουσιν εισθαι κριται σας.

²⁸ Αλλ' εαν εγω δια Πνευματος Θεου εκβαλλω τα δαιμονια, αρα εφθασεν εις εσας η βασιλεια του Θεου.

²⁹ Η πως δυναται τις να εισελθη εις την οικιαν του δυνατου και να διαρπαση τα σκευη αυτου, εαν πρωτον δεν δεση τον δυνατον; και τοτε θελει διαρπασει την οικιαν αυτου.

³⁰ Οστις δεν ειναι μετ' εμου ειναι κατ' εμου, και οστις δεν συναγει μετ' εμου σκορπιζει.

³¹ Δια τουτο σας λεγω, Πασα αμαρτια και βλασφημια θελει συγχωρηθη εις τους ανθρωπους, η κατα του Πνευματος ομως βλασφημια δεν θελει συγχωρηθη εις τους ανθρωπους·

³² και οστις ειπη λογον κατα του Υιου του ανθρωπου, θελει συγχωρηθη εις αυτον· οστις ομως ειπη κατα του Πνευματος του Αγιου, δεν θελει συγχωρηθη εις αυτον ουτε εν τουτω τω αιωνι ουτε εν τω μελλοντι.

³³ Η καμετε το δενδρον καλον, και τον καρπον αυτου καλον, η καμετε το δενδρον σαπρον, και τον καρπον αυτου σαπρον· διοτι εκ του καρπου γνωριζεται το δενδρον.

³⁴ Γεννηματα εχιδνων, πως δυνασθε να λαλητε καλα οντες πονηροι; διοτι εκ του περισσευματος της καρδιας λαλει το στομα.

³⁵ Ο καλος ανθρωπος εκ του καλου θησαυρου της καρδιας εκβαλλει τα καλα, και ο πονηρος ανθρωπος εκ του πονηρου θησαυρου εκβαλλει πονηρα.

³⁶ Σας λεγω δε οτι δια παντα λογον αργον, τον οποιον ηθελον λαλησει οι ανθρωποι, θελουσιν αποδωσει λογον δι' αυτον εν ημερα κρισεως.

³⁷ Διοτι εκ των λογων σου θελεις δικαιωθη, και εκ των λογων σου θελεις καταδικασθη.

³⁸ Τοτε απεκριθησαν τινες των γραμματεων και Φαρισαιων, λεγοντες· Διδασκαλε, θελομεν να ιδωμεν σημειον απο σου.

³⁹ Εκεινος δε αποκριθεις ειπε προς αυτους· Γενεα πονηρα και μοιχαλις σημειον ζητει, και σημειον δεν θελει δοθη εις αυτην ειμη το σημειον Ιωνα του προφητου.

⁴⁰ Διοτι ως ο Ιωνας ητο εν τη κοιλια του κητους τρεις ημερας και τρεις νυκτας, ουτω θελει εισθαι ο Υιος του ανθρωπου εν τη καρδια της γης τρεις ημερας και τρεις νυκτας.

⁴¹ Ανδρες Νινευιται θελουσιν αναστηθη εν τη κρισει μετα της γενεας ταυτης και θελουσι κατακρινει αυτην, διοτι μετενοησαν εις το κηρυγμα του Ιωνα, και ιδου, πλειοτερον του Ιωνα ειναι εδω.

⁴² Η βασιλισσα του νοτου θελει σηκωθη εν τη κρισει μετα της γενεας ταυτης και θελει κατακρινει αυτην, διοτι ηλθεν εκ των περατων της γης δια να ακουση την σοφιαν του Σολομωντος, και ιδου, πλειοτερον του Σολομωντος ειναι εδω.

⁴³ Οταν δε το ακαθαρτον πνευμα εξελθη απο του ανθρωπου, διερχεται δι' ανυδρων τοπων και ζητει αναπαυσιν και δεν ευρισκει.

⁴⁴ Τοτε λεγει· Ας επιστρεψω εις τον οικον μου, οθεν εξηλθον· και ελθον ευρισκει αυτον κενον, σεσαρωμενον και εστολισμενον.

⁴⁵ Τοτε υπαγει και παραλαμβανει μεθ' εαυτου επτα αλλα πνευματα πονηροτερα εαυτου, και εισελθοντα κατοικουσιν εκει, και γινονται τα εσχατα του ανθρωπου εκεινου χειροτερα των πρωτων. Ουτω θελει εισθαι και εις την γενεαν ταυτην την πονηραν.

⁴⁶ Ενω δε αυτος ελαλει ετι προς τους οχλους, ιδου, η μητηρ και οι αδελφοι αυτου ισταντο εξω, ζητουντες να λαλησωσι προς αυτον.

⁴⁷ Ειπε δε τις προς αυτον· Ιδου, η μητηρ σου και οι αδελφοι σου ιστανται εξω, ζητουντες να λαλησωσι προς σε.

⁴⁸ Ο δε αποκριθεις προς τον ειποντα τουτο προς αυτον ειπε· Τις ειναι η μητηρ μου και τινες ειναι οι αδελφοι μου;

⁴⁹ Και εκτεινας την χειρα αυτου προς τους μαθητας αυτου ειπεν· Ιδου η μητηρ μου και οι αδελφοι μου.

⁵⁰ Διοτι οστις καμη το θελημα του Πατρος μου του εν ουρανοις, αυτος μου ειναι αδελφος και αδελφη και μητηρ.

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.