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And we sailed thence, and came the next [day] over against Chios; and the next [day] we arrived at Samos, and tarried at Trogyllium; and the next [day] we came to Miletus.
And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it?
¶ Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:
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:
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.
And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.
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.
¶ Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it?
It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
Erastus abode at Corinth: but Trophimus have I left at Miletum sick.
¶ And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church.
What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach [is] great like the sea: who can heal thee?
¶ But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows,
And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;
¶ And he spake a parable unto them [to this end], that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
¶ And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:
And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country.
Which [was] a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience;
Accounting that God [was] able to raise [him] up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.
Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
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.
Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable.
And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all [these] things are done in parables:
But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.
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.
Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.
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