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1 Again he began to teach beside the sea, and a large crowd gathered around him. He stepped into a boat that was on the sea, and he sat down in it. The whole crowd was on the shore beside the sea.
1 Again he began to teach by the seaside. A great multitude was gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat in the sea and sat down. All the multitude were on the land by the sea.
1 Καὶ πάλιν ἤρξατο διδάσκειν παρὰ τὴν θάλασσαν· καὶ συνήχθη πρὸς αὐτὸν ὄχλος πολύς, ὥστε αὐτὸν ἐμβάντα εἰς τὸ πλοῖον καθῆσθαι ἐν τῇ θαλάσσῃ· καὶ πᾶς ὁ ὄχλος πρὸς τὴν θάλασσαν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἦσαν.
2 He taught them many things in parables, and in his teaching, this is what he said to them.
2 He taught them many things in parables, and told them in his teaching,
2 καὶ ἐδίδασκεν αὐτοὺς ἐν παραβολαῖς πολλά, καὶ ἔλεγεν αὐτοῖς ἐν τῇ διδαχῇ αὐτοῦ·
3 “Listen, the farmer went out to sow his seed.
3 “Listen! Behold, the farmer went out to sow.
3 ἀκούετε. ἰδοὺ ἐξῆλθεν ὁ σπείρων τοῦ σπεῖραι.
4 As he sowed, some seed fell on the road, and the birds came and devoured it.
4 As he sowed, some seed fell by the road, and the birds came and devoured it.
4 καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ σπείρειν ὃ μὲν ἔπεσεν ἐπὶ τὴν ὁδόν, καὶ ἦλθον τὰ πετεινὰ καὶ κατέφαγεν αὐτό·
5 Other seed fell on the rocky ground, where it did not have much soil. Immediately it sprang up, because it did not have deep soil.
5 Others fell on the rocky ground, where it had little soil, and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of soil.
5 καὶ ἄλλο ἔπεσεν ἐπὶ τὸ πετρῶδες, ὅπου οὐκ εἶχε γῆν πολλήν, καὶ εὐθέως ἐξανέτειλε διὰ τὸ μὴ ἔχειν βάθος γῆς,
6 But when the sun rose, the plants were scorched, and because they had no root, they dried up.
6 When the sun had risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
6 ἡλίου δὲ ἀνατείλαντος ἐκαυματίσθη, καὶ διὰ τὸ μὴ ἔχειν ῥίζαν ἐξηράνθη·
7 Other seed fell among the thorn plants. The thorn plants grew up and choked it, and it did not produce a crop.
7 Others fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
7 καὶ ἄλλο ἔπεσεν εἰς τὰς ἀκάνθας, καὶ ἀνέβησαν αἱ ἄκανθαι καὶ συνέπνιξαν αὐτό, καὶ καρπὸν οὐκ ἔδωκε·
8 Other seed fell into good soil and it produced a crop growing up and increasing thirty, sixty, and even a hundred times.”
8 Others fell into the good ground and yielded fruit, growing up and increasing. Some produced thirty times, some sixty times, and some one hundred times as much.”
8 καὶ ἄλλο ἔπεσεν εἰς τὴν γῆν τὴν καλὴν καὶ ἐδίδου καρπὸν ἀναβαίνοντα καὶ αὐξάνοντα, καὶ ἔφερεν ἐν τριάκοντα καὶ ἐν ἑξήκοντα καὶ ἐν ἑκατόν.
9 Then he said, “Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear!”
9 He said, “Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear.”
9 καὶ ἔλεγεν αὐτοῖς· ὁ ἔχων ὦτα ἀκούειν ἀκουέτω.
10 When Jesus was alone, those who were close to him and with the twelve asked him about the parables.
10 When he was alone, those who were around him with the twelve asked him about the parables.
10 Ὅτε δὲ ἐγένετο κατὰ μόνας, ἠρώτησαν αὐτὸν οἱ περὶ αὐτὸν σὺν τοῖς δώδεκα τὴν παραβολήν.
11 He said to them, “To you is given the mystery of the kingdom of God. But to those outside everything is in parables,
11 He said to them, “To you is given the mystery of God’s Kingdom, but to those who are outside, all things are done in parables,
11 καὶ ἔλεγεν αὐτοῖς· ὑμῖν δέδοται γνῶναι τὰ μυστήρια τῆς βασιλείας τοῦ Θεοῦ· ἐκείνοις δὲ τοῖς ἔξω ἐν παραβολαῖς τὰ πάντα γίνεται,
12 so that when they look, yes they look, but do not see, and so that when they hear, yes they hear, but do not understand, or else they would turn and God would forgive them.”
12 that ‘seeing they may see and not perceive, and hearing they may hear and not understand, lest perhaps they should turn again, and their sins should be forgiven them.’”
12 ἵνα βλέποντες βλέπωσι καὶ μὴ ἴδωσι, καὶ ἀκούοντες ἀκούωσι καὶ μὴ συνιῶσι, μήποτε ἐπιστρέψωσι καὶ ἀφεθῇ αὐτοῖς τὰ ἁμαρτήματα.
13 Then he said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the other parables?
13 He said to them, “Don’t you understand this parable? How will you understand all of the parables?
13 καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς· οὐκ οἴδατε τὴν παραβολὴν ταύτην, καὶ πῶς πάσας τὰς παραβολὰς γνώσεσθε;
14 The farmer who sows his seed is the one who sows the word.
14 The farmer sows the word.
14 ὁ σπείρων τὸν λόγον σπείρει.
15 These are the ones that fall beside the road, where the word was sown, but when they hear it, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word that was sown in them.
15 The ones by the road are the ones where the word is sown; and when they have heard, immediately Satan comes and takes away the word which has been sown in them.
15 οὗτοι δέ εἰσιν οἱ παρὰ τὴν ὁδὸν ὅπου σπείρεται ὁ λόγος, καὶ ὅταν ἀκούσωσιν, εὐθὺς ἔρχεται ὁ σατανᾶς καὶ αἴρει τὸν λόγον τὸν ἐσπαρμένον ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις αὐτῶν.
16 These are the ones that are sown on rocky ground, who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with joy.
16 These in the same way are those who are sown on the rocky places, who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with joy.
16 καὶ οὗτοι ὁμοίως εἰσὶν οἱ ἐπὶ τὰ πετρώδη σπειρόμενοι, οἳ ὅταν ἀκούσωσι τὸν λόγον, εὐθὺς μετὰ χαρᾶς λαμβάνουσιν αὐτόν,
17 They have no root in themselves, but endure for a short time. Then tribulation or persecution comes because of the word, and immediately they stumble.
17 They have no root in themselves, but are short-lived. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately they stumble.
17 καὶ οὐκ ἔχουσι ῥίζαν ἐν ἑαυτοῖς, ἀλλὰ πρόσκαιροί εἰσιν· εἶτα γενομένης θλίψεως ἢ διωγμοῦ διὰ τὸν λόγον, εὐθὺς σκανδαλίζονται.
18 The others are the ones that were sown among the thorns. They hear the word,
18 Others are those who are sown among the thorns. These are those who have heard the word,
18 καὶ οὗτοί εἰσιν οἱ εἰς τὰς ἀκάνθας σπειρόμενοι, οἱ τὸν λόγον ἀκούοντες,
19 but the cares of the world, the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires of other things enter in and choke the word, and it does not produce a crop.
19 and the cares of this age, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
19 καὶ αἱ μέριμναι τοῦ αἰῶνος τούτου καὶ ἡ ἀπάτη τοῦ πλούτου καὶ αἱ περὶ τὰ λοιπὰ ἐπιθυμίαι εἰσπορευόμεναι συμπνίγουσι τὸν λόγον, καὶ ἄκαρπος γίνεται.
20 Then those that were sown in the good soil are the ones who hear the word and receive it, and they produce crops—thirty, sixty, or a hundred times what was sown.”
20 Those which were sown on the good ground are those who hear the word, accept it, and bear fruit, some thirty times, some sixty times, and some one hundred times.”
20 καὶ οὗτοί εἰσιν οἱ ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν τὴν καλὴν σπαρέντες, οἵτινες ἀκούουσι τὸν λόγον καὶ παραδέχονται, καὶ καρποφοροῦσιν ἐν τριάκοντα καὶ ἐν ἑξήκοντα καὶ ἐν ἑκατόν.
21 Jesus said to them, “Do you bring a lamp inside the house to put it under a basket, or under the bed? You bring it in and you put it on a lampstand.
21 He said to them, “Is a lamp brought to be put under a basket or under a bed? Isn’t it put on a stand?
21 Καὶ ἔλεγεν αὐτοῖς· μήτι ἔρχεται ὁ λύχνος ἵνα ὑπὸ τὸν μόδιον τεθῇ ἢ ὑπὸ τὴν κλίνην; οὐχ ἵνα ἐπὶ τὴν λυχνίαν ἐπιτεθῇ;
22 For nothing is hidden that will not be known, and nothing is secret that will not come out into the open.
22 For there is nothing hidden except that it should be made known, neither was anything made secret but that it should come to light.
22 οὐ γάρ ἐστι κρυπτὸν ὃ ἐὰν μὴ φανερωθῇ, οὐδὲ ἐγένετο ἀπόκρυφον ἀλλ᾽ ἵνα ἔλθῃ εἰς φανερόν.
23 If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear!”
23 If any man has ears to hear, let him hear.”
23 εἴ τις ἔχει ὦτα ἀκούειν, ἀκουέτω.
24 He said to them, “Pay attention to what you hear, for the measure you use will be measured to you, and more will be added to you.
24 He said to them, “Take heed what you hear. With whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you; and more will be given to you who hear.
24 Καὶ ἔλεγεν αὐτοῖς· βλέπετε τί ἀκούετε. ἐν ᾧ μέτρῳ μετρεῖτε, μετρηθήσεται ὑμῖν, καὶ προστεθήσεται ὑμῖν τοῖς ἀκούουσιν.
25 Because whoever has, to him will be given more, and whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken.”
25 For whoever has, to him more will be given; and he who doesn’t have, even that which he has will be taken away from him.”
25 ὃς γὰρ ἂν ἔχῃ, δοθήσεται αὐτῷ· καὶ ὃς οὐκ ἔχει, καὶ ὃ ἔχει ἀρθήσεται ἀπ᾽ αὐτοῦ.
26 He also said, “The kingdom of God is like a man who sows his seed on the ground.
26 He said, “God’s Kingdom is as if a man should cast seed on the earth,
26 Καὶ ἔλεγεν· οὕτως ἐστὶν ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ Θεοῦ, ὡς ἂν ἄνθρωπος βάλῃ τὸν σπόρον ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς,
27 He sleeps at night and gets up by day, and the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how.
27 and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should spring up and grow, though he doesn’t know how.
27 καὶ καθεύδῃ καὶ ἐγείρηται νύκτα καὶ ἡμέραν, καὶ ὁ σπόρος βλαστάνῃ καὶ μηκύνηται ὡς οὐκ οἶδεν αὐτός.
28 The earth bears grain by itself: First the blade, then the ear, then the mature grain in the ear.
28 For the earth bears fruit by itself: first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.
28 αὐτομάτη γὰρ ἡ γῆ καρποφορεῖ, πρῶτον χόρτον, εἶτα στάχυν, εἶτα πλήρη σῖτον ἐν τῷ στάχυϊ.
29 When the crop is ripe, he immediately sends in the sickle because the harvest has come.”
29 But when the fruit is ripe, immediately he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come.”
29 ὅταν δὲ παραδῷ ὁ καρπός, εὐθέως ἀποστέλλει τὸ δρέπανον, ὅτι παρέστηκεν ὁ θερισμός.
30 Again he said, “To what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable can we use to explain it?
30 He said, “How will we liken God’s Kingdom? Or with what parable will we illustrate it?
30 Καὶ ἔλεγε· πῶς ὁμοιώσωμεν τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ Θεοῦ; ἢ ἐν τίνι παραβολῇ παραβάλωμεν αὐτήν;
31 It is like a mustard seed which, when it is sown, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth.
31 It’s like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, though it is less than all the seeds that are on the earth,
31 ὡς κόκκον σινάπεως, ὃς ὅταν σπαρῇ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, μικρότερος πάντων τῶν σπερμάτων ἐστὶ τῶν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς·
32 Yet, when it is sown, it grows and becomes greater than all the garden plants, and it forms large branches, so that the birds of heaven can make their nests in its shade.”
32 yet when it is sown, grows up and becomes greater than all the herbs, and puts out great branches, so that the birds of the sky can lodge under its shadow.”
32 καὶ ὅταν σπαρῇ, ἀναβαίνει καὶ γίνεται μείζων πάντων τῶν λαχάνων, καὶ ποιεῖ κλάδους μεγάλους, ὥστε δύνασθαι ὑπὸ τὴν σκιὰν αὐτοῦ τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ κατασκηνοῦν.
33 With many parables like this he spoke the word to them, as much as they were able to understand,
33 With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it.
33 Καὶ τοιαύταις παραβολαῖς πολλαῖς ἐλάλει αὐτοῖς τὸν λόγον, καθὼς ἠδύναντο ἀκούειν,
34 and he did not speak to them without a parable. But when he was alone, he explained everything to his own disciples.
34 Without a parable he didn’t speak to them; but privately to his own disciples he explained everything.
34 χωρὶς δὲ παραβολῆς οὐκ ἐλάλει αὐτοῖς τὸν λόγον· κατ᾽ ἰδίαν δὲ τοῖς μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ ἐπέλυε πάντα.
35 On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, “Let us go over to the other side.”
35 On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, “Let’s go over to the other side.”
35 Καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ὀψίας γενομένης· διέλθωμεν εἰς τὸ πέραν.
36 So they left the crowd, taking Jesus with them, just as he was, in the boat. There were other boats going along with him.
36 Leaving the multitude, they took him with them, even as he was, in the boat. Other small boats were also with him.
36 καὶ ἀφέντες τὸν ὄχλον παραλαμβάνουσιν αὐτὸν ὡς ἦν ἐν τῷ πλοίῳ· καὶ ἄλλα δὲ πλοῖα ἦν μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ.
37 Just then a violent windstorm arose and the waves were breaking into the boat so that the boat was almost full of water.
37 A big wind storm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so much that the boat was already filled.
37 καὶ γίνεται λαῖλαψ ἀνέμου μεγάλη, τὰ δὲ κύματα ἐπέβαλλεν εἰς τὸ πλοῖον, ὥστε ἤδη αὐτὸ βυθίζεσθαι.
38 But Jesus himself was in the stern, asleep on a cushion. They woke him up, saying, “Teacher, do you not care that we are about to die?”
38 He himself was in the stern, asleep on the cushion; and they woke him up and asked him, “Teacher, don’t you care that we are dying?”
38 καὶ ἦν αὐτὸς ἐπὶ τῇ πρύμνῃ ἐπὶ τὸ προσκεφάλαιον καθεύδων· καὶ διεγείρουσιν αὐτὸν καὶ λέγουσιν αὐτῷ· διδάσκαλε, οὐ μέλει σοι ὅτι ἀπολλύμεθα;
39 He got up, rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Peace! Be still!” Then the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
39 He awoke and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Peace! Be still!” The wind ceased and there was a great calm.
39 καὶ διεγερθεὶς ἐπετίμησε τῷ ἀνέμῳ καὶ εἶπε τῇ θαλάσσῃ· σιώπα, πεφίμωσο. καὶ ἐκόπασεν ὁ ἄνεμος, καὶ ἐγένετο γαλήνη μεγάλη.
40 Then he said to them, “Why are you afraid? Do you still not have faith?”
40 He said to them, “Why are you so afraid? How is it that you have no faith?”
40 καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· τί δειλοί ἐστε οὕτω; πῶς οὐκ ἔχετε πίστιν;
41 They were filled with great fear and said to one another, “Who then is this, because even the wind and the sea obey him?”
41 They were greatly afraid and said to one another, “Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?”
41 καὶ ἐφοβήθησαν φόβον μέγαν καὶ ἔλεγον πρὸς ἀλλήλους· τίς ἄρα οὗτός ἐστιν, ὅτι καὶ ὁ ἄνεμος καὶ ἡ θάλασσα ὑπακούουσιν αὐτῷ;
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- 1 Marcos 2:13; Lucas 5:1–3; Lucas 8:4–10; Mateo 13:1–15; Marcos 3:7
- 2 Mateo 13:34–35; Marcos 3:23; Marcos 4:11; Mateo 13:10; Mateo 13:3
- 3 Santiago 2:5; 1 Corintios 3:6–9; Juan 4:35–38; Mateo 13:26; Marcos 4:26–29
- 4 Mateo 13:19; Marcos 4:15; Mateo 13:4; Lucas 8:12; Génesis 15:11
- 5 Ezequiel 36:26; Lucas 8:6; Lucas 8:13; Oseas 10:12; Mateo 13:5–6
- 6 Jeremías 17:5–8; Santiago 1:11; Jonás 4:8; Isaías 25:4; Colosenses 2:7
- 7 Jeremías 4:3; 1 Juan 2:15–16; Génesis 3:17–18; Lucas 12:15; Lucas 21:34
- 8 Juan 15:5; Colosenses 1:6; Génesis 26:12; Marcos 4:20; Filipenses 1:11
- 9 Mateo 11:15; Marcos 4:23–24; Apocalipsis 3:22; Apocalipsis 3:13; Apocalipsis 3:6
- 10 Mateo 13:10–17; Lucas 8:9–15; Marcos 7:17; Mateo 13:36; Marcos 4:34
- 11 Mateo 11:25; Lucas 8:10; 1 Tesalonicenses 4:12; Santiago 1:16–18; 1 Corintios 5:12–13
- 12 Isaías 6:9–10; Isaías 44:18; Mateo 13:14–15; Jeremías 5:21; Deuteronomio 29:4
- 13 Apocalipsis 3:19; Lucas 8:11–15; Mateo 13:51–52; 1 Corintios 3:1–2; Hebreos 5:11–14
- 14 Hechos 8:4; Mateo 13:19; 1 Pedro 1:23–25; Lucas 8:11; Mateo 13:37
- 15 1 Pedro 5:8; Mateo 13:19; 2 Corintios 2:11; Lucas 8:12; 2 Corintios 4:3–4
- 16 Lucas 8:13; Mateo 13:20–21; Marcos 6:20; Juan 5:35; Ezequiel 33:31–32
- 17 Mateo 11:6; 1 Tesalonicenses 3:3–5; Apocalipsis 2:10; Mateo 12:31; Juan 15:2–7
- 18 Lucas 8:14; Jeremías 4:3; Mateo 13:22; Marcos 4:7
- 19 1 Juan 2:15–17; 1 Timoteo 6:9–10; 1 Timoteo 6:17; 1 Pedro 4:2–3; Filipenses 4:6
- 20 Colosenses 1:10; Lucas 8:15; Juan 15:4–5; Mateo 13:23; Marcos 4:8
- 21 Mateo 5:15; Lucas 11:33; Lucas 8:16; Isaías 60:1–3; Efesios 5:3–15
- 22 Lucas 8:17; Eclesiastés 12:14; 1 Corintios 4:5; Salmo 78:2–4; Mateo 10:26–27
- 23 Mateo 11:15; Marcos 4:9; Apocalipsis 2:29; Apocalipsis 2:7; Apocalipsis 2:17
- 24 Hebreos 2:1; Lucas 8:18; Mateo 7:2; 2 Corintios 9:6; Hechos 17:11
- 25 Mateo 13:12; Lucas 8:18; Mateo 25:28–29; Juan 15:2; Lucas 16:9–12
- 26 Mateo 13:24; 1 Corintios 3:6–9; 1 Pedro 1:23–25; Lucas 8:11; Lucas 8:5
- 27 Eclesiastés 11:5; 2 Tesalonicenses 1:3; Eclesiastés 8:17; 1 Corintios 15:37–38; Juan 3:7–8
- 28 Filipenses 1:9–11; Oseas 6:3; Marcos 4:31–32; Colosenses 1:10; Mateo 13:26
- 29 Joel 3:13; Mateo 13:30; Isaías 57:1–2; Mateo 13:40–43; Job 5:26
- 30 Mateo 13:31–32; Lucas 13:18–21; Lamentaciones 2:13; Mateo 13:24; Mateo 11:16
- 31 Hechos 19:20; Génesis 22:17–18; Lucas 13:18–19; Daniel 2:44–45; Malaquías 1:11
- 32 Daniel 4:20–22; Daniel 4:10–14; Ezequiel 31:3–10; Salmo 80:9–11; Salmo 91:1
- 33 Mateo 13:34–35; Juan 16:12; 1 Corintios 3:1–2; Hebreos 5:11–14
- 34 Juan 16:25; Lucas 24:27; Marcos 4:10; Mateo 13:36–43; Mateo 15:15–20
- 35 Mateo 8:18; Lucas 8:25; Lucas 8:22; Mateo 8:23–27; Mateo 14:22
- 36 Marcos 4:1; Marcos 3:9; Marcos 5:2; Marcos 5:21
- 37 Mateo 8:23–24; Job 1:19; Lucas 8:22–23; Jonás 1:4; Salmo 107:23–31
- 38 1 Pedro 5:7; Hebreos 4:15; Mateo 8:25; Isaías 54:6–8; Lucas 8:24
- 39 Salmo 107:29; Salmo 89:9; Salmo 29:10; Salmo 65:7; Jeremías 5:22
- 40 Lucas 8:25; Mateo 8:26; Mateo 14:31; Isaías 43:2; Mateo 16:8
- 41 Lucas 8:25; Job 38:11; 1 Samuel 12:18–20; Jonás 1:9–10; Jonás 1:15–16
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… if they do not call Himself the Son of the Creator of the world, that is, His Word, through whom the wood fructifies, and the fountains gush forth, and the earth gives "first the blade, then the ear, then the full corn in the ear."
Therefore also another evangelist saith that He reproved them, because they do not understand; saying, "How knew ye not the parable?" But not for this cause only doth He speak in parables, but that He may also make His discourse more vivid, and fix the memory of it in them more perfectly, and bring the things before their sight.
Leer en contexto · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)