^13:36Then he left the crowds and went into the house. And his disciples came to him saying, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.” ^13:37He⁵⁴ answered, “The one who sowed the good seed is the Son of Man. ^13:38The field is the world and the good seed are the people⁵⁵ of the kingdom. The weeds are the people⁵⁶ of the evil one, ^13:39and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels. ^13:40As⁵⁷ the weeds are collected and burned with fire, so it will be at the end of the age. ^13:41The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather from his kingdom everything that causes sin as well as all lawbreakers.⁵⁸^13:42They will throw them into the fiery furnace,⁵⁹ where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. ^13:43Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father.⁶⁰ The one who has ears had better listen!⁶¹

Parables on the Kingdom of Heaven

^13:44“The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure, hidden in a field, that a person found and hid. Then because of joy he went and sold all that he had and bought that field.

^13:45“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant searching for fine pearls. ^13:46When he found a pearl of great value, he went out and sold everything he had and bought it.

^13:47“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was cast into the sea that caught all kinds of fish. ^13:48When it was full, they pulled it ashore, sat down, and put the good fish into containers and threw the bad away. ^13:49It will be this way at the end of the age. Angels will come and separate the evil from the righteous ^13:50and throw them into the fiery furnace,⁶² where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

^13:51“Have you understood all these things?” They replied, “Yes.” ^13:52Then he said to them, “Therefore every expert in the law⁶³ who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house who brings out of his treasure what is new and old.”

Rejection at Nazareth

^13:53Now when⁶⁴ Jesus finished these parables, he moved on from there.

Read in Logos

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.”

Footnotes

54 Grk “And answering, he said.” This construction is somewhat redundant in English and has been simplified in the translation. Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
55 Grk “the sons of the kingdom.” This idiom refers to people who should properly be, or were traditionally regarded as, a part of God’s kingdom. L&N 11.13 translates the phrase: “people of God’s kingdom, God’s people.”
56 Grk “the sons of the evil one.” See the preceding note on the phrase “people of the kingdom” earlier in this verse, which is the opposite of this phrase. See also L&N 9.4; 11.13; 11.14.
57 Grk “Therefore as.” Here οὖν (oun) has not been translated.
58 Grk “the ones who practice lawlessness.”
59 A quotation from Dan 3:6.
60 An allusion to Dan 12:3.
61 The translation “had better listen!” captures the force of the third person imperative more effectively than the traditional “let him hear,” which sounds more like a permissive than an imperative to the modern English reader. This was Jesus’ common expression to listen and heed carefully (cf. Matt 11:15, 13:9; Mark 4:9, 23; Luke 8:8, 14:35).
62 An allusion to Dan 3:6.
63 Or “every scribe.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in . It is possible that the term translated “expert in the law” (traditionally, “scribe”) here is a self-description used by the author, Matthew, to represent his role in conveying the traditions about Jesus to his intended audience. See David E. Orton, The Understanding Scribe [].
64 Grk “Now it happened that when.” The introductory phrase καὶ ἐγένετο (kai egeneto, “it happened that”) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.