Parallel Bible results for Matthew 13:1-23

Matthew 13:1-23

ESV 1 That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea. MSG 1 At about that same time Jesus left the house and sat on the beach. ESV 2 And great crowds gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat down. And the whole crowd stood on the beach. MSG 2 In no time at all a crowd gathered along the shoreline, forcing him to get into a boat. ESV 3 And he told them many things in parables, saying: "A sower went out to sow. MSG 3 Using the boat as a pulpit, he addressed his congregation, telling stories. ESV 4 And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them. MSG 4 As he scattered the seed, some of it fell on the road, and birds ate it. ESV 5 Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, since they had no depth of soil, MSG 5 Some fell in the gravel; it sprouted quickly but didn't put down roots, ESV 6 but when the sun rose they were scorched. And since they had no root, they withered away. MSG 6 so when the sun came up it withered just as quickly. ESV 7 Other seeds fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them. MSG 7 Some fell in the weeds; as it came up, it was strangled by the weeds. ESV 8 Other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. MSG 8 Some fell on good earth, and produced a harvest beyond his wildest dreams. ESV 9 He who has ears, let him hear." MSG 9 "Are you listening to this? Really listening?" ESV 10 Then the disciples came and said to him, "Why do you speak to them in parables?" MSG 10 The disciples came up and asked, "Why do you tell stories?" ESV 11 And he answered them, "To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given. MSG 11 He replied, "You've been given insight into God's kingdom. You know how it works. Not everybody has this gift, this insight; it hasn't been given to them. ESV 12 For to the one who has, more will be given, and he will have an abundance, but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away. MSG 12 Whenever someone has a ready heart for this, the insights and understandings flow freely. But if there is no readiness, any trace of receptivity soon disappears. ESV 13 This is why I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand. MSG 13 That's why I tell stories: to create readiness, to nudge the people toward receptive insight. In their present state they can stare till doomsday and not see it, listen till they're blue in the face and not get it. ESV 14 Indeed, in their case the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says: "'You will indeed hear but never understand, and you will indeed see but never perceive. MSG 14 I don't want Isaiah's forecast repeated all over again: Your ears are open but you don't hear a thing. Your eyes are awake but you don't see a thing. ESV 15 For this people's heart has grown dull, and with their ears they can barely hear, and their eyes they have closed, lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and turn, and I would heal them.' MSG 15 The people are blockheads! They stick their fingers in their ears so they won't have to listen; They screw their eyes shut so they won't have to look, so they won't have to deal with me face-to-face and let me heal them. ESV 16 But blessed are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they hear. MSG 16 "But you have God-blessed eyes - eyes that see! And God-blessed ears - ears that hear! ESV 17 For truly, I say to you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it. MSG 17 A lot of people, prophets and humble believers among them, would have given anything to see what you are seeing, to hear what you are hearing, but never had the chance. ESV 18 "Hear then the parable of the sower: MSG 18 "Study this story of the farmer planting seed. ESV 19 When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown along the path. MSG 19 When anyone hears news of the kingdom and doesn't take it in, it just remains on the surface, and so the Evil One comes along and plucks it right out of that person's heart. This is the seed the farmer scatters on the road. ESV 20 As for what was sown on rocky ground, this is the one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy, MSG 20 "The seed cast in the gravel - this is the person who hears and instantly responds with enthusiasm. ESV 21 yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while, and when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately he falls away. MSG 21 But there is no soil of character, and so when the emotions wear off and some difficulty arrives, there is nothing to show for it. ESV 22 As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it proves unfruitful. MSG 22 "The seed cast in the weeds is the person who hears the kingdom news, but weeds of worry and illusions about getting more and wanting everything under the sun strangle what was heard, and nothing comes of it. ESV 23 As for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty." MSG 23 "The seed cast on good earth is the person who hears and takes in the News, and then produces a harvest beyond his wildest dreams."