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That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying: I will open my mouth in parables, I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world.
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Then having sent away the multitudes, he came into the house, and his disciples came to him, saying: Expound to us the parable of the cockle of the field.
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Who made answer and said to them: He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man.
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And the field is the world. And the good seed are the children of the kingdom. And the cockle are the children of the wicked one.
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And the enemy that sowed them, is the devil. But the harvest is the end of the world. And the reapers are the angels.
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Even as cockle therefore is gathered up, and burnt with fire: so shall it be at the end of the world.
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The Son of man shall send his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all scandals, and them that work iniquity.
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And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
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Then shall the just shine as the sun, in the kingdom of their Father. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
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The kingdom of heaven is like unto a treasure hidden in a field. Which a man having found, hid it, and for joy thereof goeth, and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
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Again the kingdom of heaven is like to a merchant seeking good pearls.