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| 1 That same day Jesus went out of the house, and sat beside the sea.
| | 1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave to Him to show to His servants things that must shortly come to pass. And He sent and signified it by His angel to His servant John, |
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| | 2 who bore witness to the word of God, and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, and to all things that he saw. |
| 2 And large crowds were gathered
| | 3 Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things that are written in it, for the time is at hand. |
| | | 4 John, to the seven churches that are in Asia: grace and peace be to you from Him who is, and who was, and who is to come, and from the seven Spirits that are before His throne, |
| about Him, so that He got into a
| | 5 and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the firstborn of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood, |
| | | 6 and has made us kings and priests to God and His Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen. |
| boat and sat; and the entire crowd
| | 7 Behold, He comes with clouds, and every eye shall see Him, and also those who pierced Him. And all tribes of the earth shall wail because of Him. Even so, Amen. |
| | | 8 "I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending," says the Lord, "who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty." |
| | | 9 I, John, who also am your brother and companion in tribulation and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos for the word of God and for the testimony of Jesus Christ. |
| stood on the shore.
| | 10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord's Day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet, |
| 3 Then He spoke many things to them in parables, saying: “Behold, a sower went out to sow.
| | 11 saying, "I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last," and, "What you see, write in a book, and send it to the seven churches that are in Asia: to Ephesus, and to Smyrna, and to Pergamum, and to Thyatira, and to Sardis, and to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea." |
| 4 And as he sowed, some seeds fell by the wayside; and the birds came and devoured them.
| | 12 And I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks, |
| 5 Some fell on stony places, where they did not have much earth; and they immediately sprang up because they had no depth of earth.
| | 13 and in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like the Son of Man, clothed with a garment down to the feet, and girded about the chest with a golden girdle. |
| 6 But when the sun was up they were scorched, and because they had no root they withered away.
| | 14 His head and His hair were white like wool, as white as snow, and His eyes were like a flame of fire. |
| 7 And some fell among thorns, and the thorns sprung up and choked them.
| | 15 And His feet like fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace, and His voice like the sound of many waters. |
| 8 But others fell into good ground and bore fruit: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
| | 16 And He had in His right hand seven stars, and out of His mouth went a sharp two-edged sword, and His face was like the sun shining in its strength. |
| 9 He who has ears to hear, let him hear!”
| | 17 And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead. And He laid His right hand on me, saying to me, "Do not fear; I am the first and the last. |
| 10 And the disciples came and said to Him, “Why do You speak to them in parables?”
| | 18 I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of hell and of death." |
| 11 He answered and said to them, “For it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.
| | 19 "Write the things that you have seen, and the things that are, and the things that shall be hereafter. |
| 12 For whoever has, more will be given, and he will have abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.
| | 20 The mystery of the seven stars that you saw in My right hand and the seven golden candlesticks: the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven candlesticks that you saw are the seven churches." |
| 13 Therefore I speak to them in parables, for seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.
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| 14 And in them the prophecy of
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| Isaiah is fulfilled, which says: ‘By hearing you will hear and will not understand, and seeing you will see and will not perceive;
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| 15 for the hearts of this people have grown dull, their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed, lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and should understand with their hearts and would be converted, so that I should heal them.’
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| 16 But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear;
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| 17 for truly, I say to you, that many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things that you see, and did not see them, and hear those things that you hear, and did not hear them.
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| 18 “Therefore hear the parable of the sower:
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| 19 When anyone hears the word of the kingdom, and does not understand it, then the wicked one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the one which received seed by the wayside.
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| 20 But he who received the seed on stony places, this is the one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy;
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| 21 yet he has no root in himself, but endures only for a while. For when tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles.
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| 22 Now he who received seed a-
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| mong the thorns is he who hears the word, and the worries of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.
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| 23 But he who received seed on the good ground is he who hears the word and understands it, who also bears fruit and produces: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.”
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| 24 He put before them another parable, saying: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field;
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| 25 but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went his way.
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| 26 So when the grain had sprouted and produced a crop, then the tares also appeared.
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| 27 So the servants of the householder came and said to him, ‘Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have tares?’
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| 28 He said to them, ‘An enemy has done this.’ The servants said to him, ‘Do you want us then to go and gather them up?’
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| 29 But he said, ‘No, lest while you gather up the tares you also uproot the wheat with them.
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| 30 Let both grow together until the harvest, and at harvest time I will tell the reapers, “First gather together the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn.” ’ ”
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| 31 He put before them another par-
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| able, saying: “The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, that a man took and sowed in his field,
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| 32 which indeed is the least of all the 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 nest in its branches.”
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| 33 He spoke another parable to them: “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and hid inside three measures of flour until it was all leavened.”
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| 34 Jesus spoke all these things to the crowds in parables; and He did not speak to them without a parable,
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| 35 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet,
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| saying: “I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things that have been kept secret since the
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| foundation of the world.”
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| 36 Then Jesus sent the crowd away and went into the house. And His disciples came to Him, saying, “Explain to us the parable of the tares of the field.”
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| 37 He replied and said to them: “He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man.
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| 38 The field is the world, the good seed are the children of the kingdom, but the tares are the children of the wicked one.
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| 39 The enemy who sowed them is the devil, the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are the angels.
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| 40 Therefore as the tares are gathered and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of this age.
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| 41 The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all things that cause to stumble, and those who practice iniquity,
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| 42 and will throw them into the furnace of fire. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
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| 43 Then the righteous will shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear!
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| 44 “Again, the kingdom of Heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which when a man finds, he hides; and for joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.
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| 45 “Again, the kingdom of Heaven is like a merchant man seeking choice pearls,
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| 46 who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had and bought it.
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| 47 “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a dragnet that was cast into the sea and gathered some of every kind,
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| 48 which, when it was full, they drew to shore; and sat down and gathered the good into vessels, but threw the bad away.
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| 49 So it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come forth, separate the wicked from among the just,
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| 50 and will throw them into the furnace of fire. There will be weep-
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| ing and gnashing of teeth.”
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| 51 Jesus said to them, “Have you understood all these things?” They said to Him, “Yes, Lord.”
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| 52 Then He said to them, “Therefore every scribe who is instructed concerning the kingdom of heaven is like a man who is a householder who brings out of his treasure things new and old.”
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| 53 Now it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these parables, that He departed from there.
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| 54 And when He had come to 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?
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| 55 Is this not the carpenter’s son? Is not His mother called Mary? And His brothers James, Joses, Simon, and Judas?
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| 56 And His sisters, are they not all with us? Where then did this Man get all these things?”
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| 57 So they were offended at Him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his own country and in his own house.”
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| 58 So He did not do many mighty works there because of their un-belief.
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1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave to Him to show to His servants things that must shortly come to pass. And He sent and signified it by His angel to His servant John,
2 who bore witness to the word of God, and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, and to all things that he saw.
3 Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things that are written in it, for the time is at hand.
4 John, to the seven churches that are in Asia: grace and peace be to you from Him who is, and who was, and who is to come, and from the seven Spirits that are before His throne,
5 and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the firstborn of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood,
6 and has made us kings and priests to God and His Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
7 Behold, He comes with clouds, and every eye shall see Him, and also those who pierced Him. And all tribes of the earth shall wail because of Him. Even so, Amen.
8 "I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending," says the Lord, "who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty."
9 I, John, who also am your brother and companion in tribulation and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos for the word of God and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.
10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord's Day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,
11 saying, "I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last," and, "What you see, write in a book, and send it to the seven churches that are in Asia: to Ephesus, and to Smyrna, and to Pergamum, and to Thyatira, and to Sardis, and to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea."
12 And I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks,
13 and in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like the Son of Man, clothed with a garment down to the feet, and girded about the chest with a golden girdle.
14 His head and His hair were white like wool, as white as snow, and His eyes were like a flame of fire.
15 And His feet like fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace, and His voice like the sound of many waters.
16 And He had in His right hand seven stars, and out of His mouth went a sharp two-edged sword, and His face was like the sun shining in its strength.
17 And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead. And He laid His right hand on me, saying to me, "Do not fear; I am the first and the last.
18 I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of hell and of death."
19 "Write the things that you have seen, and the things that are, and the things that shall be hereafter.
20 The mystery of the seven stars that you saw in My right hand and the seven golden candlesticks: the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven candlesticks that you saw are the seven churches."