1In illo die exiens Jesus de domo,In that day, Jesus, departing from the house,sedebat secus mare.sat down beside the sea.
2Et congregatæ sunt ad eum turbæ multæ,And such great crowds were gathered to him that he climbed into a boatita ut naviculam ascendens sederet:and he sat down.et omnis turba stabat in littore,And the entire multitude stood on the shore.
3et locutus est eis multa in parabolis,And he spoke many things to them in parables,dicens:saying:Ecce exiit qui seminat,“Behold,seminare.a sower went out to sow seed.
4Et dum seminat,And while he was sowing,quædam ceciderunt secus viam,some fell beside the road,et venerunt volucres cæli,and the birds of the air cameet comederunt ea.and ate it.
5Alia autem ceciderunt in petrosa,Then others fell in a rocky place,ubi non habebant terram multam:where they did not have much soil.et continuo exorta sunt,And they sprung up promptly,quia non habebant altitudinem terræ:because they had no depth of soil.
6sole autem orto æstuaverunt;But when the sun rose up, they were scorched,et quia non habebant radicem,and because they had no roots,aruerunt.they withered.
7Alia autem ceciderunt in spinas:Still others fell among thorns,et creverunt spinæ,and the thorns increasedet suffocaverunt ea.and suffocated them.
8Alia autem ceciderunt in terram bonam:Yet some others fell upon good soil,et dabant fructum,and they produced fruit:aliud centesimum,some one hundred fold,aliud sexagesimum,some sixty fold,aliud trigesimum.some thirty fold.
9Qui habet aures audiendi,Whoever has ears to hear,audiat.let him hear.”
10Et accedentes discipuli dixerunt ei:And his disciples drew near to him and said,Quare in parabolis loqueris eis?“Why do you speak to them in parables?”
11Qui respondens,Responding,ait illis:he said to them:Quia vobis datum est nosse mysteria regni cælorum:“Because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven,illis autem non est datum.but it has not been given to them.
12Qui enim habet,For whoever has,dabitur ei,it shall be given to him,et abundabit:and he shall have in abundance.qui autem non habet,But whoever has not,et quod habet auferetur ab eo.even what he has shall be taken away from him.
13Ideo in parabolis loquor eis:For this reason, I speak to them in parables:quia videntes non vident,because seeing, they do not see,et audientes non audiunt,and hearing they do not hear,neque intelligunt.nor do they understand.
14Et adimpletur in eis prophetia Isaiæ,And so, in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah,dicentis:who said,Auditu audietis,‘Hearing, you shall hear,et non intelligetis:but not understand;et videntes videbitis,and seeing, you shall see,et non videbitis.but not perceive.
15Incrassatum est enim cor populi hujus,For the heart of this people has grown fat,et auribus graviter audierunt,and with their ears they hear heavily,et oculos suos clauserunt:and they have closed their eyes,nequando videant oculis,lest at any time they might see with their eyes,et auribus audiant,and hear with their ears,et corde intelligant,and understand with their heart,et convertantur,and be converted,et sanem eos.and then I would heal them.’
16Vestri autem beati oculi quia vident,But blessed are your eyes, because they see,et aures vestræ quia audiunt.and your ears, because they hear.
17Amen quippe dico vobis,Amen I say to you,quia multi prophetæcertainly,et justi cupierunt videre quæ videtis,that many of the prophets and the just desired to see what you see,et non viderunt:and yet they did not see it,et audire quæ auditis,and to hear what you hear,et non audierunt.and yet they did not hear it.
18Vos ergo audite parabolam seminantis.Listen, then, to the parable of the sower.
19Omnis qui audit verbum regni,With anyone who hears the word of the kingdomet non intelligit,and does not understand it,venit malus,evil comeset rapit quod seminatum est in corde ejus:and carries away what was sown in his heart.hic est qui secus viam seminatus est.This is he who received the seed by the side of the road.
20Qui autem super petrosa seminatus est,Then whoever has received the seed upon a rocky place,hic est qui verbum audit,this is one who hears the wordet continuo cum gaudio accipit illud:and promptly accepts it with joy.
21non habet autem in se radicem,But he has no root in himself,sed est temporalis:so it is only for a time;facta autem tribulationethen,et persecutione propter verbum,when tribulation and persecution occur because of the word,continuo scandalizatur.he promptly stumbles.
22Qui autem seminatus est in spinis,And whoever has received the seed among thorns,hic est qui verbum audit,this is he who hears the word,et sollicitudo sæculi istius,but the cares of this ageet fallacia divitiarum suffocat verbum,and the falseness of riches suffocate the word,et sine fructu efficitur.and he is effectively without fruit.
23Qui vero in terram bonam seminatus est,Yet truly, whoever has received the seed into good soil,hic est qui audit verbum,this is he who hears the word,et intelligit,and understands it,et fructum affert,and so he bears fruit,et facit aliud quidem centesimum,and he produces: some a hundred fold,aliud autem sexagesimum,and another sixty fold,aliud vero trigesimum.and another thirty fold.”
24Aliam parabolam proposuit illis,He proposed another parable to them,dicens:saying:Simile factum est regnum cælorum homini, qui seminavit bonum semen in agro suo:“The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.
25cum autem dormirent homines,But while the men were sleeping,venit inimicus ejus,his enemy cameet superseminavit zizania in medio tritici,and sowed weeds amid the wheat,et abiit.and then went away.
26Cum autem crevisset herba,And when the plants had grown,et fructum fecisset,and had produced fruit,tunc apparuerunt et zizania.then the weeds also appeared.
27Accedentes autem servi patrisfamilias,So the servants of the Father of the family,dixerunt ei: Domine,approaching, said to him:nonne bonum semen seminasti in agro tuo?‘Lord, did you not sow good seed in your field?unde ergo habet zizania?Then how is it that it has weeds?’
28Et ait illis:And he said to them,Inimicus homo hoc fecit.‘A man who is an enemy has done this.’Servi autem dixerunt ei:So the servants said to him,Vis, imus, et colligimus ea?‘Is it your will that we should go and gather them up?’
29Et ait:And he said:Non:‘No,ne forte colligentes zizania,lest perhaps in gathering the weeds,eradicetis simul cum eis et triticum.you might also root out the wheat together with it.
30Sinite utraque crescere usque ad messem,Permit both to grow until the harvest,et in tempore messis dicam messoribus:and at the time of the harvest,Colligite primum zizania,I will say to the reapers:et alligate ea in fasciculos ad comburendum:Gather first the weeds, and bind them into bundles to burn,triticum autem congregate in horreum meum.but the wheat gather into my storehouse.’”
31Aliam parabolam proposuit eis dicens:He proposed another parable to them, saying:Simile est regnum cælorum grano sinapis, quod accipiens homo seminavit in agro suo:“The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field.
32quod minimum quidem est omnibus seminibus:It is, indeed, the least of all seeds,cum autem creverit,but when it has grown,majus est omnibus oleribus,it is greater than all the plants,et fit arbor,and it becomes a tree,ita ut volucres cæli veniant, et habitent in ramis ejus.so much so that the birds of the air come and dwell in its branches.”
33Aliam parabolam locutus est eis:He spoke another parable to them:Simile est regnum cælorum fermento,“The kingdom of heaven is like leaven,quod acceptum mulier abscondit in farinæ satis tribus,which a woman took and hid in three measures of fine wheat flour,donec fermentatum est totum.until it was entirely leavened.”
34Hæc omnia locutus est Jesus in parabolis ad turbas:All these things Jesus spoke in parables to the crowds.et sine parabolis non loquebatur eis:And he did not speak to them apart from parables,
35ut impleretur quod dictum erat per prophetam dicentem:in order to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet, saying:Aperiam in parabolis os meum;“I will open my mouth in parables.eructabo abscondita a constitutione mundi.I will proclaim what has been hidden since the foundation of the world.”
36Tunc,Then,dimissis turbis,dismissing the crowds,venit in domum:he went into the house.et accesserunt ad eum discipuli ejus,And his disciples drew near to him,dicentes:saying,Edissere nobis parabolam zizaniorum agri.“Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.”
37Qui respondens ait illis:Responding,Qui seminat bonum semen,he said to them:est Filius hominis.“He who sows the good seed is the Son of man.
38Ager autem est mundus.Now the field is the world.Bonum vero semen, hi sunt filii regni.And the good seeds are the sons of the kingdom.Zizania autem, filii sunt nequam.But the weeds are the sons of wickedness.
39Inimicus autem, qui seminavit ea,So the enemy who sowed them is the devil.est diabolus.And truly,Messis vero, consummatio sæculi est.the harvest is the consummation of the age;Messores autem, angeli sunt.while the reapers are the Angels.
40Sicut ergo colliguntur zizania,Therefore,et igni comburuntur:just as weeds are gathered up and burned with fire,sic erit in consummatione sæculi.so shall it be at the consummation of the age.
41Mittet Filius hominis angelos suos,The Son of man shall send out his Angels,et colligent de regno ejus omnia scandala,and they shall gather from his kingdom all who lead astrayet eos qui faciunt iniquitatem:and those who work iniquity.
42et mittent eos in caminum ignis.And he shall cast them into the furnace of fire,Ibi erit fletus et stridor dentium.where there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
43Tunc justi fulgebunt sicut sol in regno Patris eorum.Then the just ones shall shine like the sun, in the kingdom of their Father.Qui habet aures audiendi, audiat.Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear.
44Simile est regnum cælorum thesauro abscondito in agro:The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in a field.quem qui invenit homo,When a man finds it,abscondit,he hides it,et præ gaudio illius vadit,and, because of his joy,et vendit universa quæ habet,he goes and sells everything that he has,et emit agrum illum.and he buys that field.
45Iterum simile est regnum cælorum homini negotiatori,Again,quærenti bonas margaritas.the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking good pearls.
46Inventa autem una pretiosa margarita,Having found one pearl of great value,abiit,he went awayet vendidit omnia quæ habuit,and sold all that he had,et emit eam.and he bought it.
47Iterum simile est regnum cælorum sagenæ missæ in mare,Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net cast into the sea,et ex omni genere piscium congreganti.which gathers together all kinds of fish.
48Quam, cum impleta esset,When it has been filled,educentes, et secus littus sedentes,drawing it out and sitting beside the shore,elegerunt bonos in vasa,they selected the good into vessels,malos autem foras miserunt.but the bad they threw away.
49Sic erit in consummatione sæculi:So shall it be at the consummation of the age.exibunt angeli,The Angels shall go forthet separabunt malos de medio justorum,and separate the bad from the midst of the just.
50et mittent eos in caminum ignis:And they shall cast them into the furnace of fire,ibi erit fletus,where there will be weepinget stridor dentium.and gnashing of teeth.
51Intellexistis hæc omnia?Have you understood all these things?”Dicunt ei:They say to him,Etiam.“Yes.”
52Ait illis:He said to them,Ideo omnis scriba doctus in regno cælorum,“Therefore, every scribe well-taught about the kingdom of heaven,similis est homini patrifamilias,is like a man, the father of a family,qui profert de thesauro suo nova et vetera.who offers from his storehouse both the new and the old.”
53Et factum est,And it happened that,cum consummasset Jesus parabolas istas,when Jesus had completed these parables,transiit inde.he went away from there.
54Et veniens in patriam suam,And arriving in his own country,docebat eos in synagogis eorum,he taught them in their synagogues,ita ut mirarentur,so much so that they wonderedet dicerent:and said:Unde huic sapientia hæc,“How can such wisdomet virtutes?and power be with this one?
55Nonne hic est fabri filius?Is this not the son of a workman?nonne mater ejus dicitur Maria,Is not his mother called Mary,et fratres ejus,and his brothers,Jacobus,James,et Joseph,and Joseph,et Simon,and Simon,et Judas?and Jude?
56et sorores ejus,And his sisters,nonne omnes apud nos sunt?are they not all with us? Therefore,unde ergo huic omnia ista?from where has this one obtained all these things?”
57Et scandalizabantur in eo.And they took offense at him.Jesus autem dixit eis:But Jesus said to them,Non est propheta sine honore,“A prophet is not without honor,nisi in patria sua,except in his own countryet in domo sua.and in his own house.”
58Et non fecit ibi virtutes multas propter incredulitatem illorum.And he did not work many miracles there, because of their unbelief.