The Life of Jesus

Yeshua put before them another parable. "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a mustard seed which a man takes and sows in his field.

It is the smallest of all seeds, but when it grows up it is larger than any garden plant and becomes a tree, so that the birds flying about come and nest in its branches."

And he told them yet another parable. "The Kingdom of Heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed with a bushel of flour, then waited until the whole batch of dough rose."

All these things Yeshua said to the crowds in parables; indeed, he said nothing to them without using a parable.

This was to fulfill what had been spoken through the prophet, "I will open my mouth in parables, I will say what has been hidden since the creation of the universe."h

Then he left the crowds and went into the house. His talmidim approached him and said, "Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field."

He answered, "The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man;

the field is the world. As for the good seed, these are the people who belong to the Kingdom; and the weeds are the people who belong to the Evil One.

The enemy who sows them is the Adversary, the harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.

Just as the weeds are collected and burned up in the fire, so will it be at the end of the age.

The Son of Man will send forth his angels, and they will collect out of his Kingdom all the things that cause people to sin and all the people who are far from Torah;

and they will throw them into the fiery furnace, where people will wail and grind their teeth.

Then the righteous will shine forth like the sun in the Kingdom of their Father. Whoever has ears, let him hear!

"The Kingdom of Heaven is like a treasure hidden in a field. A man found it, hid it again, then in great joy went and sold everything he owned, and bought that field.

"Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a merchant on the lookout for fine pearls.

On finding one very valuable pearl he went away, sold everything he owned and bought it.

"Once more, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a net thrown into the lake, that caught all kinds of fish.

When it was full, the fishermen brought the net up onto the shore, sat down and collected the good fish in baskets, but threw the bad fish away.

So it will be at the close of the age -- the angels will go forth and separate the evil people from among the righteous

and throw them into the fiery furnace, where they will wail and grind their teeth.

"Have you understood all these things?" "Yes," they answered.

He said to them, "So then, every Torah-teacher who has been made into a talmid for the Kingdom of Heaven is like the owner of a home who brings out of his storage room both new things and old."

When Yeshua had finished these parables, he left

and went to his home town. There he taught them in their synagogue in a way that astounded them, so that they asked, "Where do this man's wisdom and miracles come from?

Isn't he the carpenter's son? Isn't his mother called Miryam? and his brothers Ya`akov, Yosef, Shim`on and Y'hudah?