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Matthew 13 Free Bible Version (Spanish)
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1 Más tarde, ese día, Jesús se fue de la casa y se sentó a enseñar junto al lago.
1 On that day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the seaside.
2 Pero se reunieron a su alrededor tantas personas, que tuvo que subirse a una barca y allí se sentó a enseñar, mientras que todas las multitudes se quedaron de pie en la playa.
2 Great multitudes gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat and sat; and all the multitude stood on the beach.
3 Él les enseñaba muchas cosas, usando relatos para ilustrarlas. “El sembrador salió a sembrar”, comenzó a decir.
3 He spoke to them many things in parables, saying, “Behold, a farmer went out to sow.
4 “Mientras sembraba, algunas de las semillas cayeron por el camino. Entonces las aves vinieron y se las comieron.
4 As he sowed, some seeds fell by the roadside, and the birds came and devoured them.
5 Otras semillas cayeron en suelo rocoso y porque no habia mucha tierra, germinaron pronto”.
5 Others fell on rocky ground, where they didn’t have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of earth.
6 El sol salió y las chamuscó y se murieron porque no tenían raíces.
6 When the sun had risen, they were scorched. Because they had no root, they withered away.
7 Otras semillas cayeron entre espinos que crecieron y las sofocaron.
7 Others fell among thorns. The thorns grew up and choked them.
8 No obstante, otras semillas cayeron en buen suelo. Esas semillas produjeron una cosecha—algunas cien, otras sesenta, y otras treinta veces lo que se había plantado.
8 Others fell on good soil and yielded fruit: some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.
9 ¡Todo el que tenga oídos, escuche!
9 He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
10 Los discípulos vinieron a Jesús y le preguntaron, “¿Por qué usas ilustraciones cuando hablas a la gente?”
10 The disciples came, and said to him, “Why do you speak to them in parables?”
11 “Ustedes son privilegiados porque a ustedes se les han revelado los misterios del reino de los cielos, pero ellos no tienen ese conocimiento”, respondió Jesús.
11 He answered them, “To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, but it is not given to them.
12 “Aquellos que ya tienen recibirán más, más que suficiente. Pero aquellos que no tienen, lo que lleguen a tener se les quitará.
12 For whoever has, to him will be given, and he will have abundance; but whoever doesn’t have, from him will be taken away even that which he has.
13 Esa es la razón por la que les hablo a ellos a través de ilustraciones. Porque aunque ellos pueden ver, no ven; y aunque pueden oír, no oyen; ni entienden tampoco.
13 Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they don’t see, and hearing, they don’t hear, neither do they understand.
14 “La profecía de Isaías se cumple en ellos: ‘aunque ustedes oigan, no entenderán, y aunque vean, no percibirán.
14 In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says, ‘By hearing you will hear, and will in no way understand; Seeing you will see, and will in no way perceive;
15 Ellos tienen un corazón duro, no quieren escuchar y han cerrado sus ojos. Si no fuera así, entonces podrían ver con sus ojos, oír con sus oídos y entender con sus mentes. Entonces podrían regresar a mí y yo los sanaría’.
15 for this people’s heart has grown callous, their ears are dull of hearing, and they have closed their eyes; or else perhaps they might perceive with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their heart, and would turn again, and I would heal them.’
16 “Benditos los ojos de ustedes, porque pueden ver. También sus oídos, porque pueden oír.
16 “But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear.
17 Les digo que muchos profetas y personas buenas anhelaron ver lo que ustedes están viendo ahora, pero no lo vieron. Ellos anhelaban escuchar lo que ustedes están escuchando, pero no lo escucharon.
17 For most certainly I tell you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see the things which you see, and didn’t see them; and to hear the things which you hear, and didn’t hear them.
18 “Así que escuchen el relato del sembrador:
18 “Hear, then, the parable of the farmer.
19 Cuando las personas oyen el mensaje del reino, y no lo entienden, el maligno viene y arranca lo que fue sembrado en sus corazones. Esto es lo que ocurre con las semillas que cayeron en el camino.
19 When anyone hears the word of the Kingdom and doesn’t understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away that which has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown by the roadside.
20 Las semillas sembradas en el suelo rocoso son las personas que escuchan el mensaje e inmediatamente lo aceptan con alegría.
20 What was sown on the rocky places, this is he who hears the word and immediately with joy receives it;
21 De esta manera permanecen por un tiempo, pero como no tienen raíces, cuando los problemas llegan, se apartan rápidamente.
21 yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles.
22 Las semillas que fueron sembradas entre los espinos son las personas que escuchan el mensaje, pero luego las preocupaciones de la vida y la tentación por el dinero ahogan el mensaje y éste no produce fruto.
22 What was sown among the thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of this age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.
23 Las semillas sembradas en buen suelo son las personas que escuchan el mensaje, lo entienden, y producen buena cosecha—algunos cien, otros sesenta, y otros treinta veces lo que fue sembrado”.
23 What was sown on the good ground, this is he who hears the word and understands it, who most certainly bears fruit and produces, some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.”
24 Entonces les contó otro relato ilustrado: “El reino de los cielos es como un granjero que sembró buena semilla en su campo.
24 He set another parable before them, saying, “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field,
25 Pero mientras sus trabajadores dormían, llegó un enemigo y sembró maleza encima del trigo. Y se fueron.
25 but while people slept, his enemy came and sowed darnel weeds also among the wheat, and went away.
26 Cuando el trigo creció y produjo espigas, la maleza también creció.
26 But when the blade sprang up and produced grain, then the darnel weeds appeared also.
27 Los trabajadores del granjero vinieron a preguntarle: ‘Señor, ¿acaso no sembraste buena semilla en tu campo? ¿De dónde salió esta maleza?’
27 The servants of the householder came and said to him, ‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Where did these darnel weeds come from?’
28 “‘Algún enemigo hizo esto’, respondió él. ‘¿Quieres que vayamos y arranquemos la maleza?’ le preguntaron.
28 “He said to them, ‘An enemy has done this.’ “The servants asked him, ‘Do you want us to go and gather them up?’
29 ‘No,’ respondió él, ‘al arrancar la maleza podrían arrancar de raíz el trigo también.
29 “But he said, ‘No, lest perhaps while you gather up the darnel weeds, you root up the wheat with them.
30 Dejen que crezcan juntos hasta la cosecha, y entonces le diré a los segadores: reúnan primero la maleza, átenla en bultos y quémenlos. Luego reúnan el trigo y almacénenlo en mi granero’”.
30 Let both grow together until the harvest, and in the harvest time I will tell the reapers, “First, gather up the darnel weeds, and bind them in bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat into my barn.”’”
31 Les dio otra ilustración: “El reino de los cielos es como una semilla de mostaza que sembró un granjero en su campo.
31 He set another parable before them, saying, “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took, and sowed in his field,
32 Aunque es la semilla más pequeña de todas, ésta crece y llega a ser mucho más grande que las otras plantas. De hecho, se convierte en un árbol tan grande, que las aves pueden posarse en sus ramas”.
32 which indeed is smaller than all seeds. But when it is grown, it is greater than the herbs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in its branches.”
33 Y les contó otro relato ilustrado: “El reino de los cielos es como la levadura que una mujer mezcló con una gran cantidad de harina, hasta que toda la masa creció”.
33 He spoke another parable to them. “The Kingdom of Heaven is like yeast which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, until it was all leavened.”
34 Y Jesús le enseñaba todas estas cosas a las multitudes por medio de relatos ilustrados—de hecho, él no les hablaba sin usar relatos.
34 Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the multitudes; and without a parable, he didn’t speak to them,
35 Esto cumplía las palabras del profeta: “Hablaré por medio de relatos, y enseñaré cosas ocultas desde la creación del mundo”.
35 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, “I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world.”
36 Jesús se fue de donde estaba la multitude a una casa. Sus discípulos vinieron donde él estaba y le dijeron: “Por favor, explícanos el relato de la maleza en el campo”.
36 Then Jesus sent the multitudes away, and went into the house. His disciples came to him, saying, “Explain to us the parable of the darnel weeds of the field.”
37 “El que siembra la buena semilla es el Hijo del hombre”, les explicó Jesús.
37 He answered them, “He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man,
38 “El campo es el mundo. Las semillas buenas son los hijos del reino. Las semillas de maleza son los hijos del maligno.
38 the field is the world, the good seeds are the children of the Kingdom, and the darnel weeds are the children of the evil one.
39 El enemigo que sembró las semillas de maleza es el diablo. La cosecha es el fin del mundo. Los segadores son ángeles.
39 The enemy who sowed them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels.
40 Así como la maleza se recoge y se quema, así será en el fin del mundo.
40 As therefore the darnel weeds are gathered up and burned with fire; so will it be at the end of this age.
41 El Hijo del hombre enviará ángeles, y ellos recogerán todo lo que es pecaminoso y a todos los que hacen el mal,
41 The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will gather out of his Kingdom all things that cause stumbling and those who do iniquity,
42 y los lanzarán en el horno abrasador, donde habrá llanto y crujir de dientes.
42 and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
43 Entonces aquellos que viven justamente brillarán como el sol en el reino de su padre. ¡Todo el que tiene oídos, oiga!
43 Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the Kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.
44 “El reino de los cielos es como un tesoro escondido en un campo. Un hombre lo encontró, lo volvió a enterrar, y lleno de alegría se fue y vendió todo lo que tenía y entonces compró ese campo.
44 “Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like treasure hidden in the field, which a man found and hid. In his joy, he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.
45 El reino de los cielos es también como un mercader que busca perlas preciosas.
45 “Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a merchant seeking fine pearls,
46 Cuando encontró la perla más costosa que alguna vez conociera, se fue y vendió todo lo que tenía y la compró.
46 who having found one pearl of great price, he went and sold all that he had and bought it.
47 Una vez más, el reino de los cielos es como una red de pescar que fue lanzada al mar y atrapó todo tipo de peces.
47 “Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a dragnet that was cast into the sea and gathered some fish of every kind,
48 Cuando estaba llena, fue sacada a la orilla. Los buenos peces fueron colocados en las canastas, mientras que los malos peces fueron echados a la basura.
48 which, when it was filled, fishermen drew up on the beach. They sat down and gathered the good into containers, but the bad they threw away.
49 “Así serán las cosas cuando llegue el fin del mundo. Los ángeles saldrán y separarán a las personas malas de las personas buenas,
49 So it will be in the end of the world. The angels will come and separate the wicked from among the righteous,
50 y las lanzarán en el horno abrasador, donde habrá llanto y crujir de dientes.
50 and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
51 “¿Ahora lo entienden todo?” “Sí”, respondieron ellos.
51 Jesus said to them, “Have you understood all these things?” They answered him, “Yes, Lord.”
52 “Todo maestro religioso que haya aprendido acerca del reino de los cielos es como el propietario de una casa que saca de su despensa tesoros nuevos y viejos”, respondió Jesús.
52 He said to them, “Therefore every scribe who has been made a disciple in the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a householder, who brings out of his treasure new and old things.”
53 Después que Jesús terminó de contar estos relatos, se fue de allí.
53 When Jesus had finished these parables, he departed from there.
54 Entonces regresó a la ciudad donde se había criado y allí enseñaba en la sinagoga. Las personas estaban asombradas, y preguntaban: “¿De dónde obtiene su sabiduría y sus milagros?
54 Coming into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished and said, “Where did this man get this wisdom and these mighty works?
55 ¿No es este el hijo del carpintero? ¿No es este el hijo de María, y hermano de Santiago, José, Simón y Judas?
55 Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t his mother called Mary, and his brothers James, Joses, Simon, and Judas?
56 ¿No viven sus hermanas entre nosotros? ¿De dónde, entonces recibe todo esto?”
56 Aren’t all of his sisters with us? Where then did this man get all of these things?”
57 Y por esta razón se negaban a creer en él. “Un profeta es honrado en todas partes, excepto en su propia tierra y entre su familia”, les dijo Jesús.
57 They were offended by him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country and in his own house.”
58 Como ellos no lograron creer en él, Jesús no hizo muchos milagros allí.
58 He didn’t do many mighty works there because of their unbelief.
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The Gospels name him first among Jesus' brothers (Matthew 13:55; Mark 6:3), and Paul calls him 'James, the Lord's brother' (Galatians 1:19); he led the church in Jerusalem and is…
Cited in the guide: Matthew 13:55; Acts 15; James 1:1
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- 1 Luke 8:4–10; Matthew 13:1–15; Mark 4:1–12; Matthew 13:36
- 2 Luke 5:3; Matthew 15:30; Luke 8:4–8; Genesis 49:10; Matthew 4:25
- 3 Mark 4:2–9; Mark 4:13; Psalm 78:2; Mark 4:33; Matthew 13:34–35
- 4 Matthew 13:18–19
- 5 Ezekiel 36:26; Ezekiel 11:19; Zechariah 7:12; Amos 6:12; Matthew 13:20
- 6 James 1:11–12; Matthew 13:21; Luke 8:13; Isaiah 49:10; Colossians 1:23
- 7 Mark 4:18–19; Jeremiah 4:3–4; Genesis 3:18; Matthew 13:22
- 8 John 15:8; Luke 8:15; Matthew 13:23; Genesis 26:12; Galatians 5:22–23
- 9 Revelation 2:7; Revelation 2:11; Matthew 11:15; Revelation 2:17; Revelation 3:13
- 10 Mark 4:33–34; Mark 4:10
- 11 1 Corinthians 2:9–10; 1 Corinthians 2:14; Matthew 19:11; James 1:5; 1 John 2:27
- 12 Matthew 25:29; Mark 4:24–25; Luke 8:18; Luke 19:24–26; John 15:2–5
- 13 Ezekiel 12:2; Jeremiah 5:21; Isaiah 42:18–20; 2 Corinthians 4:3–4; Deuteronomy 29:3–4
- 14 Isaiah 6:9–10; Ezekiel 12:2; 2 Corinthians 3:14; Luke 8:10; Acts 28:25–27
- 15 Isaiah 6:10; Zechariah 7:11; Mark 4:12; John 8:43–44; 2 Timothy 2:25–26
- 16 Luke 10:23–24; Ephesians 1:17–18; Matthew 16:17; John 20:29; Acts 26:18
- 17 John 8:56; Hebrews 11:13; 1 Peter 1:10–12; Luke 10:24; Hebrews 11:39–40
- 18 Matthew 13:11–12; Luke 8:11–15; Mark 4:13–20
- 19 Luke 8:11–15; Hebrews 2:1; Matthew 13:38; 1 John 5:18; Matthew 4:23
- 20 Ezekiel 33:31–32; Psalm 106:12–13; John 5:35; 2 Chronicles 24:2; Psalm 78:34–37
- 21 Matthew 11:6; 2 Peter 1:8–9; Ephesians 3:17; Hosea 6:4; Job 19:28
- 22 1 Timothy 6:17; Luke 8:14; 1 Timothy 6:9–10; Mark 4:18–19; Luke 12:15
- 23 Philippians 1:11; Matthew 12:33; John 15:16; Galatians 5:22–23; Psalm 92:13–15
- 24 Matthew 25:1; Matthew 13:47; Matthew 20:1; Matthew 22:2; Matthew 13:37
- 25 1 Peter 5:8; Acts 20:30–31; 2 Peter 2:1; Matthew 13:39; Hebrews 12:15
- 26 Mark 4:26–29
- 27 Romans 16:17; 2 Corinthians 6:1; 2 Corinthians 5:18–20; 1 Corinthians 12:28–29; 2 Corinthians 6:4
- 28 1 Corinthians 5:3–7; 1 Thessalonians 5:14; Luke 9:49–54; Jude 22–23; 2 Corinthians 2:6–11
- 30 Matthew 3:12; 1 Timothy 5:24; 1 Corinthians 4:5; John 15:6; Malachi 3:18–4:1
- 31 Luke 13:18–19; Matthew 17:20; Mark 4:30–32; Luke 17:6; Matthew 13:24
- 32 Ezekiel 31:6; Daniel 4:12; Ezekiel 17:23–24; Acts 21:20; Zechariah 8:20–23
- 33 Galatians 5:9; 1 Corinthians 5:6–7; Luke 13:21; Philippians 2:13–15; Genesis 18:6
- 34 Mark 4:33–34; John 16:25; Matthew 13:13
- 35 Psalm 78:2; Ephesians 3:9; 1 Peter 1:20–21; Romans 16:25–26; 1 Corinthians 2:7
- 36 Matthew 13:11; John 16:17–20; Matthew 13:1; Mark 8:9; Mark 6:45
- 37 1 Corinthians 3:5–7; Acts 1:8; Matthew 13:27; Matthew 13:24; Luke 10:16
- 38 John 8:44; Acts 13:10; Philippians 3:18–19; 1 John 3:8–10; 1 Peter 1:23
- 39 Matthew 13:49; Revelation 14:15–19; Matthew 25:31; Joel 3:13; Revelation 19:20
- 40 Matthew 13:39
- 41 Matthew 24:31; Revelation 21:27; Matthew 18:7; 2 Peter 2:1–2; Matthew 13:49
- 42 Matthew 13:50; Revelation 20:10; Revelation 20:14–15; Matthew 8:12; Luke 16:23–24
- 43 Daniel 12:3; Luke 12:32; Matthew 25:34; 1 Corinthians 15:41–54; Matthew 11:15
- 44 Proverbs 2:2–5; Colossians 2:3; Philippians 3:7–9; Matthew 6:21; Luke 14:33
- 45 Proverbs 8:10–11; Matthew 16:26; Proverbs 3:13–18; Job 28:18; Matthew 13:24
- 46 Luke 18:28–30; Ephesians 3:8; Proverbs 2:4; Acts 20:24; Colossians 2:3
- 47 John 15:6; 2 Timothy 3:2–5; Matthew 22:9–10; 2 Timothy 4:3–4; 1 John 4:1–6
- 48 Matthew 13:30; Matthew 3:12; Matthew 13:40–43
- 49 Revelation 20:12–15; Matthew 13:39; Matthew 24:31; 2 Thessalonians 1:7–10; Matthew 22:12–14
- 50 Revelation 14:10–11; Luke 13:27–28; Matthew 13:42; Matthew 8:12; Revelation 16:10–11
- 51 Mark 4:34; Matthew 13:19; Matthew 13:11; Matthew 15:17; Matthew 24:15
- 52 1 John 2:7–8; Titus 1:9; 2 Timothy 3:16–17; 2 Corinthians 3:4–6; Titus 2:6–7
- 53 Matthew 7:28; Mark 4:33–35
- 54 John 7:15–16; Matthew 7:28; Mark 6:1–6; Matthew 2:23; Luke 4:16–30
- 55 Mark 6:3; John 6:42; Luke 3:23; Mark 15:47–16:1; Luke 4:22
- 57 John 4:44; Luke 4:24; Matthew 11:6; Isaiah 53:3; John 6:61
- 58 Mark 6:5–6; Romans 11:20; Hebrews 3:12–19; Luke 4:25–29
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Both yesterday and to-day ye have heard the parables of the sower, in the words of our Lord Jesus Christ. Do ye who were present yesterday, recollect to-day.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
We have good cause to admire the disciples, how, longing as they do to learn, they know when they ought to ask. For they do it not before all: and this Matthew shows by saying, "And they came." And, as to this assertion not being conjecture, Mark hath expressed it more distinctly, by saying, that "they came to Him privately." …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
And every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit, is hewn down and cast into the fire." And as to those who are not living pursuant to these His teachings, and are Christians only in name, we demand that all such be punished by you.
… no such thing as good and evil, but certain things were deemed righteous, and certain others unrighteous, in human opinion only, He never would have expressed Himself thus in His teaching: "The righteous shall shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father;" but He shall send the unrighteous, and those who do not the works of righteousness, …
For Thou hast said unto man, "Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom;" and desire not to seem wise, because, "Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools." But I had now found the goodly pearl, which, selling all that I had, I ought to have bought; and I hesitated.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)