From: ngninja@baptist.email   
      
   Bible Reading for October 7   
      
   Matthew Chapter 13   
      
   1 The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side.   
      
   2 And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went   
   into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore.   
      
   3 And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a   
   sower went forth to sow;   
      
   4 And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came   
   and devoured them up:   
      
   5 Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and   
   forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:   
      
   6 And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no   
   root, they withered away.   
      
   7 And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:   
      
   8 But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an   
   hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.   
      
   9 Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.   
      
   10 And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto   
   them in parables?   
      
   11 He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know   
   the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.   
      
   12 For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more   
   abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even   
   that he hath.   
      
   13 Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not;   
   and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.   
      
   14 And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By   
   hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall   
   see, and shall not perceive:   
      
   15 For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of   
   hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should   
   see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand   
   with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.   
      
   16 But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.   
      
   17 For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have   
   desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to   
   hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.   
      
   18 Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.   
      
   19 When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it   
   not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown   
   in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.   
      
   20 But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that   
   heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;   
      
   21 Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when   
   tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is   
   offended.   
      
   22 He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the   
   word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke   
   the word, and he becometh unfruitful.   
      
   23 But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the   
   word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth   
   forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.   
      
   24 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven   
   is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:   
      
   25 But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat,   
   and went his way.   
      
   26 But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then   
   appeared the tares also.   
      
   27 So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst   
   not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?   
      
   28 He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto   
   him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?   
      
   29 But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also   
   the wheat with them.   
      
   30 Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest   
   I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind   
   them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.   
      
   31 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven   
   is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his   
   field:   
      
   32 Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is   
   the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the   
   air come and lodge in the branches thereof.   
      
   33 Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like   
   unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till   
   the whole was leavened.   
      
   34 All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and   
   without a parable spake he not unto them:   
      
   35 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I   
   will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept   
   secret from the foundation of the world.   
      
   36 Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his   
   disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the   
   tares of the field.   
      
   37 He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the   
   Son of man;   
      
   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;   
      
   39 The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the   
   world; and the reapers are the angels.   
      
   40 As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall   
   it be in the end of this world.   
      
   41 The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out   
   of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;   
      
   42 And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing   
   and gnashing of teeth.   
      
   43 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of   
   their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.   
      
   44 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field;   
   the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth   
   and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.   
      
   45 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking   
   goodly pearls:   
      
   46 Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all   
   that he had, and bought it.   
      
   47 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into   
   the sea, and gathered of every kind:   
      
   48 Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and   
   gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away.   
      
   49 So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth,   
   and sever the wicked from among the just,   
      
   50 And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing   
   and gnashing of teeth.   
      
   51 Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things? They say   
   unto him, Yea, Lord.   
      
   52 Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed   
   unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder,   
   which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.   
      
      
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    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)