³⁶Then having sent away the multitudes, he came into the house, and his disciples came to him, saying: Expound to us the parable of the cockle of the field.

³⁷Who made answer and said to them: He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man.

³⁸And the field is the world. And the good seed are the children of the kingdom. And the cockle are the children of the wicked one.

³⁹And the enemy that sowed them, is the devil. But the harvest is the end of the world. And the reapers are the angels.

⁴⁰Even as cockle therefore is gathered up, and burnt with fire: so shall it be at the end of the world.

⁴¹The Son of man shall send his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all scandals, and them that work iniquity.

⁴²And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

⁴³Then shall the just shine as the sun, in the kingdom of their Father. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

⁴⁴The kingdom of heaven is like unto a treasure hidden in a field. Which a man having found, hid it, and for joy thereof goeth, and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.

⁴⁵Again the kingdom of heaven is like to a merchant seeking good pearls.

⁴⁶Who when he had found one pearl of great price, went his way, and sold all that he had, and bought it.

⁴⁷Again the kingdom of heaven is like to a net cast into the sea, and gathering together of all kinds of fishes.

⁴⁸Which, when it was filled, they drew out, and sitting by the shore, they chose out the good into vessels, but the bad they cast forth.

⁴⁹So shall it be at the end of the world. The angels shall go out, and shall separate the wicked from among the just.

⁵⁰And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

⁵¹Have ye understood all these things? They say to him: Yes.

⁵²He said unto them: Therefore every scribe instructed in the kingdom of heaven, is like to a man that is a householder, who bringeth forth out of his treasure new things and old.

⁵³And it came to pass: when Jesus had finished these parables, he passed from thence.

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Matthew 13:44: “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. Then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.”

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