¹⁹When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, there cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart: this is he that received the seed by the way side.

²⁰And he that received the seed upon stony ground, is he that heareth the word, and immediately receiveth it with joy.

²¹Yet hath he not root in himself, but is only for a time: and when there ariseth tribulation and persecution because of the word, he is presently scandalized.

²²And he that received the seed among thorns, is he that heareth the word, and the care of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choketh up the word, and he becometh fruitless.

²³But he that received the seed upon good ground, is he that heareth the word, and understandeth, and beareth fruit, and yieldeth the one an hundredfold, and another sixty, and another thirty.

²⁴Another parable he proposed to them, saying: The kingdom of heaven is likened to a man that sowed good seed in his field.

²⁵But while men were asleep, his enemy came and oversowed cockle among the wheat and went his way.

²⁶And when the blade was sprung up, and had brought forth fruit, then appeared also the cockle.

²⁷And the servants of the good man of the house coming said to him. Sir, didst thou not sow good seed in thy field? Whence then hath it cockle?

²⁸And he said to them: An enemy hath done this. And the servants said to him: Wilt thou that we go and gather it up?

²⁹And he said: No, lest perhaps gathering up the cockle, you root up the wheat also together with it.

³⁰Suffer both to grow until the harvest, and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers: Gather up first the cockle, and bind it into bundles to burn, but the wheat gather ye into my barn.

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