The Life of Jesus

And the people sate about him, and they said vnto him, Beholde, thy mother, and thy brethren seeke for thee without.

But hee answered them, saying, Who is my mother and my brethren?

And hee looked rounde about on them, which sate in compasse about him, and saide, Beholde my mother and my brethren.

For whosoeuer doeth the will of God, he is my brother, and my sister, and mother.

And hee began againe to teache by the sea side, and there gathered vnto him a great multitude, so that hee entred into a shippe, and sate in the sea, and all the people was by the sea side on the land.

And he taught them many things in parables, and said vnto them in his doctrine,

Hearken: Beholde, there went out a sower to sowe.

And it came to passe as he sowed, that some fell by the way side, and the foules of the heauen came, and deuoured it vp.

And some fell on stonie grounde, where it had not much earth, and by and by sprang vp, because it had not depth of earth.

But assoone as ye Sunne was vp, it was burnt vp, and because it had not roote, it withered away.

And some fell among the thornes, and the thornes grewe vp, and choked it, so that it gaue no fruite.

Some againe fell in good grounde, and did yeelde fruite that sprong vp, and grewe, and it brought foorth, some thirtie folde, some sixtie folde, and some an hundreth folde.

Then he said vnto them, He that hath eares to heare, let him heare.

And whe he was alone, they that were about him with the twelue, asked him of ye parable.

And he saide vnto them, To you it is giuen to knowe the mysterie of the kingdome of God: but vnto them that are without, all thinges bee done in parables,

That they seeing, may see, and not discerne: and they hearing, may heare, and not vnderstand, least at any time they should turne, and their sinnes should be forgiuen them.

Againe he said vnto them, Perceiue ye not this parable? howe then should ye vnderstand all other parables?

The sower soweth the worde.

And these are they that receiue the seede by the wayes side, in whome the worde is sowen: but when they haue heard it, Satan commeth immediatly, and taketh away the worde that was sowen in their heartes.

And likewise they that receiue the seede in stony ground, are they, which whe they haue heard the word, straightwayes receiue it with gladnesse.

Yet haue they no roote in themselues, and endure but a time: for when trouble and persecution ariseth for the worde, immediatly they be offended.

Also they that receiue the seede among the thornes, are such as heare the word:

But the cares of this world, and the deceitfulnes of riches, and the lustes of other things enter in, and choke the word, and it is vnfruitfull.

But they that haue receiued seede in good ground, are they that heare the worde, and receiue it, and bring foorth fruite: one corne thirtie, another sixtie, and some an hundreth.

Also he saide vnto them, Commeth the candle in, to be put vnder a bushell, or vnder the bed, and not to be put on a candlesticke?