WEBVTT 00:00:00.919 --> 00:00:03.700 Hello, this is Father Paul, and I'm glad we're 00:00:03.700 --> 00:00:05.700 taking this journey together to read the Bible 00:00:05.700 --> 00:00:08.859 in a year. Today's reading is from the Gospel 00:00:08.859 --> 00:00:12.039 of Matthew, chapters 12 and 13, as well as the 00:00:12.039 --> 00:00:16.100 Gospel of Mark, chapter 4. Matthew, chapter 12. 00:00:16.739 --> 00:00:19.420 At that time Jesus went through the grain fields 00:00:19.420 --> 00:00:22.260 on the Sabbath, and his disciples were hungry 00:00:22.260 --> 00:00:24.460 and began to pluck heads of grain and to eat. 00:00:24.699 --> 00:00:27.300 And when the Pharisees saw it, They said to him, 00:00:27.399 --> 00:00:30.539 Look, your disciples are doing what is not lawful 00:00:30.539 --> 00:00:33.219 to do on the Sabbath. But he said to them, Have 00:00:33.219 --> 00:00:35.640 you not read what David did when he was hungry, 00:00:35.799 --> 00:00:38.780 he and those who were with him, how he entered 00:00:38.780 --> 00:00:41.700 the house of God and ate the showbread, which 00:00:41.700 --> 00:00:44.520 was not lawful for him to eat, nor for those 00:00:44.520 --> 00:00:46.859 who were with him, but only for the priests? 00:00:47.159 --> 00:00:50.200 Or have you not read in the law that on the Sabbath 00:00:50.200 --> 00:00:53.259 the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath 00:00:53.259 --> 00:00:57.009 and are blameless? yet i say to you that in this 00:00:57.009 --> 00:01:00.250 place there is one greater than the temple but 00:01:00.250 --> 00:01:03.509 if you had known what this means i desire mercy 00:01:03.509 --> 00:01:06.349 and not sacrifice you would not have condemned 00:01:06.349 --> 00:01:10.069 the guiltless for the son of man is lord even 00:01:10.069 --> 00:01:13.450 of the sabbath now when he had departed from 00:01:13.450 --> 00:01:15.870 there he went into their synagogue and behold 00:01:15.870 --> 00:01:19.030 there was a man who had a withered hand and he 00:01:19.030 --> 00:01:21.510 asked him saying is it lawful to heal on the 00:01:21.510 --> 00:01:24.680 sabbath that they might accuse him Then he said 00:01:24.680 --> 00:01:27.540 to them, What man is there among you who has 00:01:27.540 --> 00:01:30.459 one sheep, and if it falls into a pit on a Sabbath, 00:01:30.599 --> 00:01:33.760 will not lay hold of it and lift it out? Of how 00:01:33.760 --> 00:01:37.519 much more value then is a man than a sheep? Therefore 00:01:37.519 --> 00:01:40.799 it is lawful to do good on a Sabbath. Then he 00:01:40.799 --> 00:01:43.519 said to the man, Stretch out your hand. And he 00:01:43.519 --> 00:01:46.200 stretched it out, and it was restored as whole 00:01:46.200 --> 00:01:49.079 as the other. Then the Pharisees went out and 00:01:49.079 --> 00:01:51.900 plotted against him how they might destroy him. 00:01:52.219 --> 00:01:55.040 But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew from there, 00:01:55.140 --> 00:01:58.260 and great multitudes followed him, and he healed 00:01:58.260 --> 00:02:01.480 them all. Yet he warned them not to make him 00:02:01.480 --> 00:02:04.079 known, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken 00:02:04.079 --> 00:02:07.500 by Isaiah the prophet, saying, Behold my servant, 00:02:07.620 --> 00:02:10.919 whom I have chosen, my beloved, in whom my soul 00:02:10.919 --> 00:02:13.740 is well pleased. I will put my spirit upon him, 00:02:13.819 --> 00:02:16.520 and he will declare justice to the Gentiles. 00:02:16.960 --> 00:02:19.960 He will not quarrel nor cry out, nor will anyone 00:02:19.960 --> 00:02:23.460 hear his voice in the streets. A bruised reed 00:02:23.460 --> 00:02:26.139 he will not break, and a smoking flax he will 00:02:26.139 --> 00:02:29.800 not quench, till he sends forth justice to victory, 00:02:29.960 --> 00:02:33.539 and in his name Gentiles will trust. Then one 00:02:33.539 --> 00:02:35.439 was brought to him who was demon -possessed, 00:02:35.500 --> 00:02:38.520 blind and mute, and he healed him, so that the 00:02:38.520 --> 00:02:41.719 blind and mute man both spoke and saw. And all 00:02:41.719 --> 00:02:44.020 the multitudes were amazed and said, Could this 00:02:44.020 --> 00:02:47.210 be the son of David? Now when the Pharisees heard 00:02:47.210 --> 00:02:49.669 it, they said, This fellow does not cast out 00:02:49.669 --> 00:02:52.409 demons except by Beelzebub, the ruler of the 00:02:52.409 --> 00:02:54.870 demons. But Jesus knew their thoughts and said 00:02:54.870 --> 00:02:57.389 to them, Every kingdom divided against itself 00:02:57.389 --> 00:03:00.669 is brought to desolation, and every city or house 00:03:00.669 --> 00:03:04.270 divided against itself will not stand. If Satan 00:03:04.270 --> 00:03:07.069 casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. 00:03:07.449 --> 00:03:11.069 How then will his kingdom stand? And if I cast 00:03:11.069 --> 00:03:14.289 out demons by Beelzebub, by whom do your sons 00:03:14.289 --> 00:03:17.990 cast them out? Therefore they shall be your judges. 00:03:18.250 --> 00:03:20.870 But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, 00:03:21.110 --> 00:03:23.770 surely the kingdom of God has come upon you. 00:03:23.990 --> 00:03:26.490 Or how can one enter a strong man's house and 00:03:26.490 --> 00:03:29.590 plunder his goods, unless he first binds the 00:03:29.590 --> 00:03:32.349 strong man? And then he will plunder his house. 00:03:32.689 --> 00:03:35.550 He who is not with me is against me, and he who 00:03:35.550 --> 00:03:39.150 does not gather with me scatters abroad. Therefore 00:03:39.150 --> 00:03:42.430 I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be 00:03:42.430 --> 00:03:45.620 forgiven men. But the blasphemy against the Spirit 00:03:45.620 --> 00:03:49.020 will not be forgiven men. Anyone who speaks a 00:03:49.020 --> 00:03:52.039 word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven 00:03:52.039 --> 00:03:54.840 him. But whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, 00:03:54.960 --> 00:03:57.919 it will not be forgiven him, either in this age 00:03:57.919 --> 00:04:01.219 or in the age to come. Either make the tree good, 00:04:01.360 --> 00:04:04.479 and its fruit good, or else make the tree bad, 00:04:04.580 --> 00:04:07.599 and its fruit bad. For a tree is known by its 00:04:07.599 --> 00:04:11.180 fruit. Brood of vipers, how can you, being evil, 00:04:11.340 --> 00:04:14.120 speak good things? For out of the abundance of 00:04:14.120 --> 00:04:17.620 the heart the mouth speaks. A good man, out of 00:04:17.620 --> 00:04:19.800 the good treasure of his heart, brings forth 00:04:19.800 --> 00:04:22.819 good things. And an evil man, out of the evil 00:04:22.819 --> 00:04:25.980 treasure, brings forth evil things. But I say 00:04:25.980 --> 00:04:29.259 to you, that for every idle word men may speak, 00:04:29.480 --> 00:04:32.160 they will give an account of it in the day of 00:04:32.160 --> 00:04:35.209 judgment. For by your words you will be justified, 00:04:35.490 --> 00:04:38.889 and by your words you will be condemned. Then 00:04:38.889 --> 00:04:41.189 some of the scribes and Pharisees answered, saying, 00:04:41.529 --> 00:04:44.750 Teacher, we want to see a sign from you. But 00:04:44.750 --> 00:04:48.029 he answered and said to them, An evil and adulterous 00:04:48.029 --> 00:04:51.089 generation seeks after a sign, and no sign will 00:04:51.089 --> 00:04:53.449 be given to it except the sign of the prophet 00:04:53.449 --> 00:04:57.310 Jonah. For as Jonah was three days and three 00:04:57.310 --> 00:04:59.899 nights in the belly of the great fish, so will 00:04:59.899 --> 00:05:01.899 the Son of Man be three days and three nights 00:05:01.899 --> 00:05:04.459 in the heart of the earth. The men of Nineveh 00:05:04.459 --> 00:05:07.279 will rise up in the judgment with this generation 00:05:07.279 --> 00:05:10.040 and condemn it, because they repented at the 00:05:10.040 --> 00:05:12.720 preaching of Jonah, and indeed a greater than 00:05:12.720 --> 00:05:16.199 Jonah is here. The Queen of the South will rise 00:05:16.199 --> 00:05:18.899 up in the judgment with this generation and condemn 00:05:18.899 --> 00:05:21.600 it, for she came from the ends of the earth to 00:05:21.600 --> 00:05:24.560 hear the wisdom of Solomon, and indeed a greater 00:05:24.560 --> 00:05:27.680 than Solomon is here. When an unclean spirit 00:05:27.680 --> 00:05:30.610 goes out of a man, He goes through dry places, 00:05:30.750 --> 00:05:34.470 seeking rest, and finds none. Then he says, I 00:05:34.470 --> 00:05:37.129 will return to my house from which I came. And 00:05:37.129 --> 00:05:40.110 when he comes, he finds it empty, swept, and 00:05:40.110 --> 00:05:42.790 put in order. Then he goes and takes with him 00:05:42.790 --> 00:05:44.990 seven other spirits more wicked than himself, 00:05:45.250 --> 00:05:48.110 and they enter and dwell there. And the last 00:05:48.110 --> 00:05:51.689 state of that man is worse than the first. So 00:05:51.689 --> 00:05:53.610 shall it also be with this wicked generation. 00:05:54.360 --> 00:05:56.759 While he was still talking to the multitudes, 00:05:56.879 --> 00:05:59.759 behold, his mother and brothers stood outside, 00:06:00.060 --> 00:06:02.920 seeking to speak with him. Then one said to him, 00:06:03.079 --> 00:06:05.360 Look, your mother and your brothers are standing 00:06:05.360 --> 00:06:08.319 outside seeking to speak with you. But he answered 00:06:08.319 --> 00:06:11.240 and said to the one who told him, Who is my mother 00:06:11.240 --> 00:06:14.060 and who are my brothers? And he stretched out 00:06:14.060 --> 00:06:16.939 his hand toward his disciples and said, Here 00:06:16.939 --> 00:06:20.220 are my mother and my brothers. For whoever does 00:06:20.220 --> 00:06:23.019 the will of my Father in heaven is my brother. 00:06:23.519 --> 00:06:30.500 and sister, and mother. Chapter 13 On the same 00:06:30.500 --> 00:06:33.040 day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the 00:06:33.040 --> 00:06:35.860 sea, and great multitudes were gathered together 00:06:35.860 --> 00:06:39.199 to him, so that he got into a boat and sat, and 00:06:39.199 --> 00:06:41.920 the whole multitude stood on the shore. Then 00:06:41.920 --> 00:06:44.279 he spoke many things to them in parables, saying, 00:06:44.540 --> 00:06:48.540 Behold, a sower went out to sow, and as he sowed, 00:06:48.540 --> 00:06:51.379 some seed fell by the wayside, and the birds 00:06:51.379 --> 00:06:54.439 came and devoured them. Some fell on stony places 00:06:54.439 --> 00:06:57.420 where they did not have much earth, and they 00:06:57.420 --> 00:07:00.199 immediately sprang up because they had no depth 00:07:00.199 --> 00:07:03.759 of earth. But when the sun was up, they were 00:07:03.759 --> 00:07:06.540 scorched, and because they had no root, they 00:07:06.540 --> 00:07:09.660 withered away. And some fell among thorns, and 00:07:09.660 --> 00:07:12.600 the thorns sprang up and choked them. But others 00:07:12.600 --> 00:07:16.120 fell on good ground and yielded a crop, some 00:07:16.120 --> 00:07:19.800 a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. He who 00:07:19.800 --> 00:07:23.199 has ears to hear, let him hear. And the disciples 00:07:23.199 --> 00:07:25.399 came and said to him, Why do you speak to them 00:07:25.399 --> 00:07:28.180 in parables? He answered and said to them, Because 00:07:28.180 --> 00:07:30.500 it has been given to you to know the mysteries 00:07:30.500 --> 00:07:33.279 of the kingdom of heaven. But to them it has 00:07:33.279 --> 00:07:36.600 not been given. For whoever has, to him more 00:07:36.600 --> 00:07:39.500 will be given, and he will have abundance. But 00:07:39.500 --> 00:07:42.459 whoever does not have, even what he has will 00:07:42.459 --> 00:07:45.379 be taken away from him. Therefore I speak to 00:07:45.379 --> 00:07:47.759 them in parables, because seeing they do not 00:07:47.759 --> 00:07:50.560 see, and hearing they do not hear. nor do they 00:07:50.560 --> 00:07:53.819 understand. And in them the prophecy of Isaiah 00:07:53.819 --> 00:07:56.800 is fulfilled, which says, Hearing you will hear 00:07:56.800 --> 00:07:59.560 and shall not understand, and seeing you will 00:07:59.560 --> 00:08:02.279 see and not perceive. For the hearts of the people 00:08:02.279 --> 00:08:05.120 have grown dull, their ears are hard of hearing, 00:08:05.279 --> 00:08:08.079 and their eyes they have closed. Lest they should 00:08:08.079 --> 00:08:10.000 see with their eyes and hear with their ears, 00:08:10.120 --> 00:08:12.019 lest they should understand with their hearts 00:08:12.019 --> 00:08:15.279 and turn, so that I should heal them. But blessed 00:08:15.279 --> 00:08:18.100 are your eyes, for they see, and your ears for 00:08:18.100 --> 00:08:20.819 they hear. For assuredly I say to you that many 00:08:20.819 --> 00:08:23.379 prophets and righteous men desire to see what 00:08:23.379 --> 00:08:25.980 you see and did not see it, and to hear what 00:08:25.980 --> 00:08:29.000 you hear and did not hear it. Therefore hear 00:08:29.000 --> 00:08:31.699 the parable of the sower. When anyone hears the 00:08:31.699 --> 00:08:34.440 word of the kingdom and does not understand it, 00:08:34.500 --> 00:08:37.500 then the wicked one comes and snatches away what 00:08:37.500 --> 00:08:40.340 was sown in his heart. This is he who received 00:08:40.340 --> 00:08:42.919 seed by the wayside, but he who received the 00:08:42.919 --> 00:08:45.980 seed on stony places, this is he who hears the 00:08:45.980 --> 00:08:49.029 word and immediately receives it with joy. yet 00:08:49.029 --> 00:08:52.429 he has no root in himself but endures only for 00:08:52.429 --> 00:08:55.090 a while. For when tribulation or persecution 00:08:55.090 --> 00:08:58.769 arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles. 00:08:59.169 --> 00:09:02.350 Now he who received seed among the thorns is 00:09:02.350 --> 00:09:04.830 he who heard the word, and the cares of this 00:09:04.830 --> 00:09:08.090 world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the 00:09:08.090 --> 00:09:11.470 word, and he becomes unfruitful. But he who received 00:09:11.470 --> 00:09:14.789 seed on a good ground is he who hears the word 00:09:14.789 --> 00:09:20.590 and understands it, and produces, some a hundredfold, 00:09:20.789 --> 00:09:24.269 some sixty, some thirty. Another parable he put 00:09:24.269 --> 00:09:26.710 forth to them, saying, The kingdom of heaven 00:09:26.710 --> 00:09:29.789 is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. 00:09:29.929 --> 00:09:33.049 But while man slept, his enemy came and sowed 00:09:33.049 --> 00:09:36.330 tares among the wheat and went his way. But when 00:09:36.330 --> 00:09:39.450 the grain had sprouted and produced a crop, then 00:09:39.450 --> 00:09:42.389 the tares also appeared. So the servants of the 00:09:42.389 --> 00:09:45.009 owner came and said to him, Sir, did you not 00:09:45.009 --> 00:09:48.259 sow good seed in your field? How then does it 00:09:48.259 --> 00:09:51.240 have tares? He said to them, An enemy has done 00:09:51.240 --> 00:09:54.259 this. The servants said to him, Do you want us 00:09:54.259 --> 00:09:57.039 then to go and gather them up? But he said, No, 00:09:57.139 --> 00:09:59.700 lest while you gather up the tares, you also 00:09:59.700 --> 00:10:02.740 uproot the wheat with them. Let both grow together 00:10:02.740 --> 00:10:05.860 until the harvest. And at the time of harvest, 00:10:06.000 --> 00:10:08.799 I will say to the reapers, First gather together 00:10:08.799 --> 00:10:11.879 the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them. 00:10:12.019 --> 00:10:16.139 But gather the wheat into my barn. Another parable 00:10:16.139 --> 00:10:18.740 he put forth to them, saying, The kingdom of 00:10:18.740 --> 00:10:21.580 heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took 00:10:21.580 --> 00:10:24.659 and sowed in his field, which indeed is the least 00:10:24.659 --> 00:10:27.700 of all the seeds. But when it is grown, it is 00:10:27.700 --> 00:10:30.539 greater than the herbs and becomes a tree, so 00:10:30.539 --> 00:10:32.720 that the birds of the air come and nest in its 00:10:32.720 --> 00:10:35.519 branches. Another parable he spoke to them, The 00:10:35.519 --> 00:10:38.360 kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman 00:10:38.360 --> 00:10:41.340 took and hid in three measures of meal till it 00:10:41.340 --> 00:10:45.059 was all leavened. All these things Jesus spoke 00:10:45.059 --> 00:10:48.480 to the multitude in parables, and without a parable 00:10:48.480 --> 00:10:51.100 he did not speak to them, that it might be fulfilled 00:10:51.100 --> 00:10:54.259 which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will 00:10:54.259 --> 00:10:56.980 open my mouth in parables, I will utter things 00:10:56.980 --> 00:11:00.139 kept secret from the foundation of the world. 00:11:00.460 --> 00:11:03.480 Then Jesus sent the multitude away and went into 00:11:03.480 --> 00:11:05.820 the house, and his disciples came to him, saying, 00:11:06.019 --> 00:11:08.740 Explain to us the parable of the tares of the 00:11:08.740 --> 00:11:11.919 field. He answered and said to them, He who sows 00:11:11.919 --> 00:11:14.580 the good seed is the son of man. The field is 00:11:14.580 --> 00:11:17.299 the world. The good seeds are the sons of the 00:11:17.299 --> 00:11:20.279 kingdom. But the tares are the sons of the wicked 00:11:20.279 --> 00:11:23.860 one. The enemy who sowed them is the devil. The 00:11:23.860 --> 00:11:26.159 harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers 00:11:26.159 --> 00:11:29.720 are the angels. Therefore, as the tares are gathered 00:11:29.720 --> 00:11:32.799 and burned in the fire, so it will be at the 00:11:32.799 --> 00:11:35.389 end of this age. The Son of Man will send out 00:11:35.389 --> 00:11:38.450 His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom 00:11:38.450 --> 00:11:41.029 all things that offend, and those who practice 00:11:41.029 --> 00:11:44.129 lawlessness, and will cast them into the furnace 00:11:44.129 --> 00:11:47.190 of fire. There will be wailing and gnashing of 00:11:47.190 --> 00:11:49.970 teeth. Then the righteous will shine forth as 00:11:49.970 --> 00:11:52.590 the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who 00:11:52.590 --> 00:11:55.820 has ears to hear, let him hear. Again, the kingdom 00:11:55.820 --> 00:11:58.580 of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, 00:11:58.700 --> 00:12:02.460 which a man found and hid. And for joy over it, 00:12:02.500 --> 00:12:05.860 he goes and sells all that he has and buys that 00:12:05.860 --> 00:12:08.759 field. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a 00:12:08.759 --> 00:12:12.179 merchant seeking beautiful pearls, who when he 00:12:12.179 --> 00:12:15.360 had found one pearl of great price, went and 00:12:15.360 --> 00:12:19.139 sold all that he had and bought it. Again, the 00:12:19.139 --> 00:12:21.899 kingdom of heaven is like a dragnet that was 00:12:21.899 --> 00:12:25.139 cast into the sea. and gathered some of every 00:12:25.139 --> 00:12:28.559 kind, which when it was full they drew to shore. 00:12:28.820 --> 00:12:31.679 And they sat down and gathered the good into 00:12:31.679 --> 00:12:34.980 vessels, but threw the bad away. So it will be 00:12:34.980 --> 00:12:37.580 at the end of the age. The angels will come forth, 00:12:37.740 --> 00:12:40.620 separate the wicked from among the just, and 00:12:40.620 --> 00:12:43.539 cast them into the furnace of fire. There will 00:12:43.539 --> 00:12:46.320 be wailing and gnashing of teeth. Jesus said 00:12:46.320 --> 00:12:48.419 to them, Have you understood all these things? 00:12:48.600 --> 00:12:51.500 They said to him, Yes, Lord. Then he said to 00:12:51.500 --> 00:12:54.840 them, Therefore every scribe instructed concerning 00:12:54.840 --> 00:12:57.940 the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who 00:12:57.940 --> 00:13:01.000 brings out of his treasure things new and old. 00:13:01.820 --> 00:13:04.019 Now it came to pass, when Jesus had finished 00:13:04.019 --> 00:13:06.399 these parables, that he departed from there. 00:13:06.600 --> 00:13:09.179 When he had come to his own country, he taught 00:13:09.179 --> 00:13:12.379 them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished 00:13:12.379 --> 00:13:15.179 and said, Where did this man get this wisdom 00:13:15.179 --> 00:13:18.820 and these mighty works? Is this not the carpenter's 00:13:18.820 --> 00:13:22.000 son? Is not his mother called Mary, and his brothers 00:13:22.000 --> 00:13:26.200 James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas? And his sisters, 00:13:26.340 --> 00:13:29.679 are they not all with us? Where then did this 00:13:29.679 --> 00:13:32.440 man get all these things? So they were offended 00:13:32.440 --> 00:13:35.559 at him. But Jesus said to them, A prophet is 00:13:35.559 --> 00:13:38.639 not without honor except in his own country and 00:13:38.639 --> 00:13:42.240 in his own house. Now he did not do many mighty 00:13:42.240 --> 00:13:51.960 works there because of their unbelief. And again 00:13:51.960 --> 00:13:54.480 he began to teach by the sea, and a great multitude 00:13:54.480 --> 00:13:57.259 was gathered to him, so that he got into a boat 00:13:57.259 --> 00:14:00.460 and sat in it on the sea, and the whole multitude 00:14:00.460 --> 00:14:03.519 was on the land facing the sea. Then he taught 00:14:03.519 --> 00:14:06.279 them many things by parables, and said to them 00:14:06.279 --> 00:14:10.240 in his teaching, Listen, behold, a sower went 00:14:10.240 --> 00:14:12.720 out to sow, and it happened as he sowed that 00:14:12.720 --> 00:14:15.259 some seed fell by the wayside, and the birds 00:14:15.259 --> 00:14:17.830 of the air came and devoured it. Some fell on 00:14:17.830 --> 00:14:20.730 stony ground, where it did not have much earth, 00:14:20.870 --> 00:14:23.909 and immediately it sprang up because it had no 00:14:23.909 --> 00:14:27.690 depth of earth. But when the sun was up, it was 00:14:27.690 --> 00:14:30.490 scorched, and because it had no root, it withered 00:14:30.490 --> 00:14:33.710 away. And some seed fell among thorns, and the 00:14:33.710 --> 00:14:36.509 thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded 00:14:36.509 --> 00:14:39.850 no crop. But other seed fell on good ground, 00:14:40.029 --> 00:14:43.139 and yielded a crop that sprang up. increased 00:14:43.139 --> 00:14:46.480 and produced some thirtyfold, some sixty, and 00:14:46.480 --> 00:14:49.019 some a hundred. And he said to them, He who has 00:14:49.019 --> 00:14:52.159 ears to hear, let him hear. But when he was alone, 00:14:52.419 --> 00:14:55.039 those around him with the twelve asked him about 00:14:55.039 --> 00:14:57.740 the parable. And he said to them, To you it has 00:14:57.740 --> 00:14:59.519 been given to know the mystery of the kingdom 00:14:59.519 --> 00:15:02.940 of God. But to those who are outside, all things 00:15:02.940 --> 00:15:06.279 come in parables, so that seeing they may see 00:15:06.279 --> 00:15:09.019 and not perceive, and hearing they may hear and 00:15:09.019 --> 00:15:11.809 not understand. lest they should turn and their 00:15:11.809 --> 00:15:14.870 sins be forgiven them and he said to them do 00:15:14.870 --> 00:15:17.289 you not understand this parable how then will 00:15:17.289 --> 00:15:20.529 you understand all the parables the sower sows 00:15:20.529 --> 00:15:23.610 the word and these are the ones by the wayside 00:15:23.610 --> 00:15:26.830 where the word is sown when they hear satan comes 00:15:26.830 --> 00:15:29.750 immediately and takes away the word that was 00:15:29.750 --> 00:15:33.009 sown in their hearts These, likewise, are the 00:15:33.009 --> 00:15:36.250 ones sown on stony ground, who, when they hear 00:15:36.250 --> 00:15:38.850 the word immediately, receive it with gladness, 00:15:38.990 --> 00:15:42.070 and they have no root in themselves, and so endure 00:15:42.070 --> 00:15:45.190 only for a time. Afterward, when tribulation 00:15:45.190 --> 00:15:48.429 or persecution arises for the word's sake, immediately 00:15:48.429 --> 00:15:52.470 they stumble. Now these are the ones sown among 00:15:52.470 --> 00:15:56.070 thorns. They are the ones who hear the word and 00:15:56.070 --> 00:15:58.730 the cares of this world, the deceitfulness of 00:15:58.730 --> 00:16:02.269 riches and the desires for other things. Entering 00:16:02.269 --> 00:16:05.470 in choke the word and it becomes unfruitful. 00:16:05.549 --> 00:16:09.330 But these are the ones sown on good ground. Those 00:16:09.330 --> 00:16:13.049 who hear the word accept it and bear fruit, some 00:16:13.049 --> 00:16:17.470 thirtyfold, some sixty and some a hundred. Also 00:16:17.470 --> 00:16:20.080 he said to them, Is a lamp brought to be put 00:16:20.080 --> 00:16:23.139 under a basket or under a bed? Is it not to be 00:16:23.139 --> 00:16:26.179 set on a lampstand? For there is nothing hidden 00:16:26.179 --> 00:16:29.100 which will not be revealed, nor has anything 00:16:29.100 --> 00:16:32.159 been kept secret but that it should come to light. 00:16:32.399 --> 00:16:36.080 If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear. Then 00:16:36.080 --> 00:16:38.940 he said to them, Take heed what you hear. With 00:16:38.940 --> 00:16:41.419 the same measure you use, it will be measured 00:16:41.419 --> 00:16:44.899 to you. And to you who hear, more will be given. 00:16:45.289 --> 00:16:48.429 For whoever has, to him more will be given. But 00:16:48.429 --> 00:16:51.210 whoever does not have, even what he has will 00:16:51.210 --> 00:16:54.509 be taken away from him. And he said, The kingdom 00:16:54.509 --> 00:16:58.110 of God is as if a man should scatter seed on 00:16:58.110 --> 00:17:00.669 the ground, and should sleep by night and rise 00:17:00.669 --> 00:17:02.850 by day, and the seed should sprout and grow. 00:17:03.009 --> 00:17:06.230 He himself does not know how, for the earth yields 00:17:06.230 --> 00:17:09.509 crops by itself, first the blade, then the head, 00:17:09.670 --> 00:17:12.670 after that the full grain in the head. But when 00:17:12.670 --> 00:17:15.509 the grain ripens, immediately he puts in the 00:17:15.509 --> 00:17:18.569 sickle, because the harvest has come. Then he 00:17:18.569 --> 00:17:21.369 said, To what shall we liken the kingdom of God? 00:17:21.529 --> 00:17:24.509 Or with what parable shall we picture it? It 00:17:24.509 --> 00:17:27.430 is like a mustard seed, which, when it is sown 00:17:27.430 --> 00:17:29.789 on the ground, is smaller than all the seeds 00:17:29.789 --> 00:17:33.009 on earth. But when it is sown, it grows up and 00:17:33.009 --> 00:17:36.369 becomes greater than all herbs, and shoots out 00:17:36.369 --> 00:17:38.890 large branches, so that the birds of the air 00:17:38.890 --> 00:17:41.970 may nest under its shade. And with many such 00:17:41.970 --> 00:17:44.690 parables he spoke the word to them as they were 00:17:44.690 --> 00:17:47.630 able to hear it. But without a parable he did 00:17:47.630 --> 00:17:49.730 not speak to them. And when they were alone, 00:17:49.890 --> 00:17:53.150 he explained all things to his disciples. On 00:17:53.150 --> 00:17:56.089 the same day, when evening had come, he said 00:17:56.089 --> 00:17:58.349 to them, Let us cross over to the other side. 00:17:58.730 --> 00:18:01.329 Now when they had left the multitude, they took 00:18:01.329 --> 00:18:04.430 him along in the boat as he was. And other little 00:18:04.430 --> 00:18:07.269 boats were also with him. And a great windstorm 00:18:07.269 --> 00:18:10.670 arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that 00:18:10.670 --> 00:18:14.089 it was already filling. But he was in the stern, 00:18:14.250 --> 00:18:17.490 asleep on a pillow. And they awoke him and said 00:18:17.490 --> 00:18:19.750 to him, Teacher, do you not care that we are 00:18:19.750 --> 00:18:22.450 perishing? Then he arose and rebuked the wind, 00:18:22.630 --> 00:18:26.049 and said to the sea, Peace, be still. And the 00:18:26.049 --> 00:18:28.990 wind ceased, and there was a great calm. But 00:18:28.990 --> 00:18:31.930 he said to them, Why are you so fearful? How 00:18:31.930 --> 00:18:34.549 is it that you have no faith? And they feared 00:18:34.549 --> 00:18:37.289 exceedingly and said to one another, Who can 00:18:37.289 --> 00:18:40.730 this be that even the wind and the sea obey him? 00:18:46.009 --> 00:18:48.150 I hope you enjoyed today's reading as much as 00:18:48.150 --> 00:18:50.269 I did and I look forward to seeing you again 00:18:50.269 --> 00:18:52.690 tomorrow to continue on our journey. God bless 00:18:52.690 --> 00:18:53.750 you and have a great day.