³⁶Then he left the crowds and^* came into the house, and his disciples came to him saying, “Explain the parable of the darnel in the field to us.” ³⁷So he answered and^* said, “The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man, ³⁸and the field is the world. And the good seed—these are the sons of the kingdom, but the darnel are the sons of the evil one. ³⁹And the enemy who sowed them is the devil, and the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels. ⁴⁰Thus just as the darnel is gathered and burned^p with fire, so it will be at the end of the age. ⁴¹The Son of Man will send out his angels and they will gather out of his kingdom all the causes of sin and those who do lawless deeds, ⁴²and throw them into the fiery furnace.^q In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth! ⁴³Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father.^r The one who has ears, let him hear!

The Parable of the Treasure Hidden in a Field

⁴⁴“The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, that a man found and^* concealed, and in his joy he goes and sells everything that he has and buys that field.

The Parable of the Valuable Pearl

⁴⁵“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant searching for fine pearls. ⁴⁶And when he^* found one very valuable pearl, he went and^* sold everything that he possessed and purchased it.

The Parable of the Dragnet

⁴⁷“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a dragnet that was thrown into the sea and gathered fish^* of every kind, ⁴⁸which when it was filled they pulled to shore and sat down and^* collected the good fish^* into containers, but the bad they threw out. ⁴⁹Thus it will be at the end of the age. The angels will go out and separate the evil from among the righteous ⁵⁰and throw them into the fiery furnace.^s In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth!

⁵¹“Have you understood all these things?” They said to him, “Yes.” ⁵²And he said to them, “For this reason every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like the master of the house who brings out of his storeroom new things and old things.”

Rejected at Nazareth

⁵³And it happened that when Jesus had finished these parables he went away 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

*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“left”) has been translated as a finite verb
*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“answered”) has been translated as a finite verb
pSome manuscripts have “burned up”
qAn allusion to Dan 3:6
rAn allusion to Dan 12:3
*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“found”) has been translated as a finite verb
*Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“found”) which is understood as temporal
*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“went”) has been translated as a finite verb
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
*Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“sat down”) has been translated as a finite verb
*Here the word “fish” is not in the Greek text but is implied
sAn allusion to Dan 3:6