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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MAT.12.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Then they brought him a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute, and Jesus healed him, so that he could both talk and see. </span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MAT.12.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">All the people were astonished and said, &#8220;Could this be the Son of David?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MAT.12.23"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MAT.12.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, &#8220;It is only by Beelzebul, the prince of demons, that this fellow drives out demons.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MAT.12.24"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MAT.12.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Every kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="MAT.12.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">If Satan drives out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then can his kingdom stand?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MAT.12.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">And if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your people drive them out? So then, they will be your judges.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="MAT.12.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But if it is by the Spirit of God that I drive out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="MAT.12.28"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="MAT.12.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Or again, how can anyone enter a strong man&#8217;s house and carry off his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can plunder his house.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="MAT.12.29"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="MAT.12.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="MAT.12.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">And so I tell you, every kind of sin and slander can be forgiven, but blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="MAT.12.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="MAT.12.32"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="MAT.12.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is recognized by its fruit.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="MAT.12.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="MAT.12.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="MAT.12.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But I tell you that everyone will have to give account on the day of judgment for every empty word they have spoken.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="MAT.12.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="MAT.12.37"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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        <div class="chapter ch12" data-usfm="MAT.12.38">
            <div class="p"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="MAT.12.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">Then some of the Pharisees and teachers of the law said to him, &#8220;Teacher, we want to see a sign from you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="MAT.12.38"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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        <div class="chapter ch12" data-usfm="MAT.12.39">
            <div class="p"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="MAT.12.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">He answered, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a sign! But none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="MAT.12.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="MAT.12.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now something greater than Jonah is here.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="MAT.12.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to listen to Solomon&#8217;s wisdom, and now something greater than Solomon is here.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="MAT.12.42"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="MAT.12.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;When an impure spirit comes out of a person, it goes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="MAT.12.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Then it says, &#8216;I will return to the house I left.&#8217; When it arrives, it finds the house unoccupied, swept clean and put in order.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="MAT.12.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Then it goes and takes with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there. And the final condition of that person is worse than the first. That is how it will be with this wicked generation.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="MAT.12.45"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="MAT.12.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="content">While Jesus was still talking to the crowd, his mother and brothers stood outside, wanting to speak to him. </span></span></div>
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        <div class="chapter ch12" data-usfm="MAT.12.47">
            <div class="p"><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="MAT.12.47"><span class="label">47</span><span class="content">Someone told him, &#8220;Your mother and brothers are standing outside, wanting to speak to you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="MAT.12.47"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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        <div class="chapter ch12" data-usfm="MAT.12.48">
            <div class="p"><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="MAT.12.48"><span class="label">48</span><span class="content">He replied to him, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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        <div class="chapter ch12" data-usfm="MAT.12.49">
            <div class="p"><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="MAT.12.49"><span class="label">49</span><span class="content">Pointing to his disciples, he said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Here are my mother and my brothers.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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        <div class="chapter ch12" data-usfm="MAT.12.50">
            <div class="p"><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="MAT.12.50"><span class="label">50</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.&#8221;</span></span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MAT.13.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the lake. </span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MAT.13.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Such large crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat in it, while all the people stood on the shore. </span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MAT.13.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Then he told them many things in parables, saying: </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;A farmer went out to sow his seed.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MAT.13.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MAT.13.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MAT.13.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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        <div class="chapter ch13" data-usfm="MAT.13.7">
            <div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MAT.13.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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        <div class="chapter ch13" data-usfm="MAT.13.8">
            <div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MAT.13.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Still other seed fell on good soil, where it produced a crop&#8212;a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.13.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Whoever has ears, let them hear.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MAT.13.9"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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        <div class="chapter ch13" data-usfm="MAT.13.10">
            <div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAT.13.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The disciples came to him and asked, &#8220;Why do you speak to the people in parables?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MAT.13.10"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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        <div class="chapter ch13" data-usfm="MAT.13.11">
            <div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MAT.13.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">He replied, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Because the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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        <div class="chapter ch13" data-usfm="MAT.13.12">
            <div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MAT.13.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAT.13.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">This is why I speak to them in parables:</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAT.13.13"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Though seeing, they do not see;</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAT.13.13"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">though hearing, they do not hear or understand.</span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MAT.13.13"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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        <div class="chapter ch13" data-usfm="MAT.13.14">
            <div class="m"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAT.13.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah:</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAT.13.14"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;You will be ever hearing but never understanding;</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAT.13.14"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAT.13.14"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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    <div class="book bkMAT">
        <div class="chapter ch13" data-usfm="MAT.13.15">
            <div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.13.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For this people&#8217;s heart has become calloused;</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.13.15"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">they hardly hear with their ears,</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.13.15"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">and they have closed their eyes.</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.13.15"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Otherwise they might see with their eyes,</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.13.15"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">hear with their ears,</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.13.15"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">understand with their hearts</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.13.15"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">and turn, and I would heal them.&#8217;</span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">13:15 </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">  
          Isaiah 6:9,10 (see Septuagint)</span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.13.15"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
        </div>
    </div>
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<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
    <div class="book bkMAT">
        <div class="chapter ch13" data-usfm="MAT.13.16">
            <div class="m"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAT.13.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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    </div>
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<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
    <div class="book bkMAT">
        <div class="chapter ch13" data-usfm="MAT.13.17">
            <div class="m"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MAT.13.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MAT.13.17"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
    <div class="book bkMAT">
        <div class="chapter ch13" data-usfm="MAT.13.18">
            <div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MAT.13.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Listen then to what the parable of the sower means:</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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    </div>
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<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
    <div class="book bkMAT">
        <div class="chapter ch13" data-usfm="MAT.13.19">
            <div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MAT.13.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">When anyone hears the message about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in their heart. This is the seed sown along the path.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
        </div>
    </div>
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<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
    <div class="book bkMAT">
        <div class="chapter ch13" data-usfm="MAT.13.20">
            <div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MAT.13.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">The seed falling on rocky ground refers to someone who hears the word and at once receives it with joy.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
    <div class="book bkMAT">
        <div class="chapter ch13" data-usfm="MAT.13.21">
            <div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MAT.13.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
    <div class="book bkMAT">
        <div class="chapter ch13" data-usfm="MAT.13.22">
            <div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MAT.13.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">The seed falling among the thorns refers to someone who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, making it unfruitful.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
        </div>
    </div>
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<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
    <div class="book bkMAT">
        <div class="chapter ch13" data-usfm="MAT.13.23">
            <div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MAT.13.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But the seed falling on good soil refers to someone who hears the word and understands it. This is the one who produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MAT.13.23"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
    <div class="book bkMAT">
        <div class="chapter ch13" data-usfm="MAT.13.24">
            <div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MAT.13.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Jesus told them another parable: </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
    <div class="book bkMAT">
        <div class="chapter ch13" data-usfm="MAT.13.25">
            <div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MAT.13.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
        </div>
    </div>
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<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
    <div class="book bkMAT">
        <div class="chapter ch13" data-usfm="MAT.13.26">
            <div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="MAT.13.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">When the wheat sprouted and formed heads, then the weeds also appeared.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="MAT.13.26"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
    <div class="book bkMAT">
        <div class="chapter ch13" data-usfm="MAT.13.27">
            <div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MAT.13.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;The owner&#8217;s servants came to him and said, &#8216;Sir, didn&#8217;t you sow good seed in your field? Where then did the weeds come from?&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MAT.13.27"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
    <div class="book bkMAT">
        <div class="chapter ch13" data-usfm="MAT.13.28">
            <div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="MAT.13.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;An enemy did this,&#8217; he replied.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="MAT.13.28"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;The servants asked him, &#8216;Do you want us to go and pull them up?&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="MAT.13.28"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
    <div class="book bkMAT">
        <div class="chapter ch13" data-usfm="MAT.13.29">
            <div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="MAT.13.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;No,&#8217; he answered, &#8216;because while you are pulling the weeds, you may uproot the wheat with them.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
    <div class="book bkMAT">
        <div class="chapter ch13" data-usfm="MAT.13.30">
            <div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="MAT.13.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat and bring it into my barn.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="MAT.13.30"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
    <div class="book bkMAT">
        <div class="chapter ch13" data-usfm="MAT.13.31">
            <div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="MAT.13.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">He told them another parable: </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
    <div class="book bkMAT">
        <div class="chapter ch13" data-usfm="MAT.13.32">
            <div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="MAT.13.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Though it is the smallest of all seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds come and perch in its branches.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="MAT.13.32"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
    <div class="book bkMAT">
        <div class="chapter ch13" data-usfm="MAT.13.33">
            <div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="MAT.13.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">He told them still another parable: </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into about sixty pounds</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">13:33 </span><span class="ft">Or about 27 kilograms</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">of flour until it worked all through the dough.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="MAT.13.33"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
    <div class="book bkMAT">
        <div class="chapter ch13" data-usfm="MAT.13.34">
            <div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="MAT.13.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Jesus spoke all these things to the crowd in parables; he did not say anything to them without using a parable. </span></span></div>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
    <div class="book bkMAT">
        <div class="chapter ch13" data-usfm="MAT.13.35">
            <div class="p"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="MAT.13.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="MAT.13.35"><span class="content">&#8220;I will open my mouth in parables,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="MAT.13.35"><span class="content">I will utter things hidden since the creation of the world.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">13:35 </span><span class="ft">Psalm 78:2</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="MAT.13.35"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
    <div class="book bkMAT">
        <div class="chapter ch13" data-usfm="MAT.13.36">
            <div class="p"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="MAT.13.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">Then he left the crowd and went into the house. His disciples came to him and said, &#8220;Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="MAT.13.36"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
    <div class="book bkMAT">
        <div class="chapter ch13" data-usfm="MAT.13.37">
            <div class="p"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="MAT.13.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">He answered, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;The one who sowed the good seed is the Son of Man.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
    <div class="book bkMAT">
        <div class="chapter ch13" data-usfm="MAT.13.38">
            <div class="p"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="MAT.13.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">The field is the world, and the good seed stands for the people of the kingdom. The weeds are the people of the evil one,</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
    <div class="book bkMAT">
        <div class="chapter ch13" data-usfm="MAT.13.39">
            <div class="p"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="MAT.13.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="MAT.13.39"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
    <div class="book bkMAT">
        <div class="chapter ch13" data-usfm="MAT.13.40">
            <div class="p"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="MAT.13.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;As the weeds are pulled up and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of the age.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
    <div class="book bkMAT">
        <div class="chapter ch13" data-usfm="MAT.13.41">
            <div class="p"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="MAT.13.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will weed out of his kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
    <div class="book bkMAT">
        <div class="chapter ch13" data-usfm="MAT.13.42">
            <div class="p"><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="MAT.13.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">They will throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
    <div class="book bkMAT">
        <div class="chapter ch13" data-usfm="MAT.13.43">
            <div class="p"><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="MAT.13.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Whoever has ears, let them hear.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="MAT.13.43"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
    <div class="book bkMAT">
        <div class="chapter ch13" data-usfm="MAT.13.44">
            <div class="p"><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="MAT.13.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="MAT.13.44"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
    <div class="book bkMAT">
        <div class="chapter ch13" data-usfm="MAT.13.45">
            <div class="p"><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="MAT.13.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
    <div class="book bkMAT">
        <div class="chapter ch13" data-usfm="MAT.13.46">
            <div class="p"><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="MAT.13.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">When he found one of great value, he went away and sold everything he had and bought it.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="MAT.13.46"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
    <div class="book bkMAT">
        <div class="chapter ch13" data-usfm="MAT.13.47">
            <div class="p"><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="MAT.13.47"><span class="label">47</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Once again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was let down into the lake and caught all kinds of fish.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
    <div class="book bkMAT">
        <div class="chapter ch13" data-usfm="MAT.13.48">
            <div class="p"><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="MAT.13.48"><span class="label">48</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">When it was full, the fishermen pulled it up on the shore. Then they sat down and collected the good fish in baskets, but threw the bad away.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
    <div class="book bkMAT">
        <div class="chapter ch13" data-usfm="MAT.13.49">
            <div class="p"><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="MAT.13.49"><span class="label">49</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">This is how it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
    <div class="book bkMAT">
        <div class="chapter ch13" data-usfm="MAT.13.50">
            <div class="p"><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="MAT.13.50"><span class="label">50</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">and throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="MAT.13.50"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
    <div class="book bkMAT">
        <div class="chapter ch13" data-usfm="MAT.13.51">
            <div class="p"><span class="verse v51" data-usfm="MAT.13.51"><span class="label">51</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Have you understood all these things?&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> Jesus asked.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v51" data-usfm="MAT.13.51"><span class="content">&#8220;Yes,&#8221; they replied.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v51" data-usfm="MAT.13.51"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
    <div class="book bkMAT">
        <div class="chapter ch13" data-usfm="MAT.13.52">
            <div class="p"><span class="verse v52" data-usfm="MAT.13.52"><span class="label">52</span><span class="content">He said to them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Therefore every teacher of the law who has become a disciple in the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house who brings out of his storeroom new treasures as well as old.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v52" data-usfm="MAT.13.52"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
    <div class="book bkMAT">
        <div class="chapter ch13" data-usfm="MAT.13.53">
            <div class="p"><span class="verse v53" data-usfm="MAT.13.53"><span class="label">53</span><span class="content">When Jesus had finished these parables, he moved on from there. </span></span></div>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
    <div class="book bkMAT">
        <div class="chapter ch13" data-usfm="MAT.13.54">
            <div class="p"><span class="verse v54" data-usfm="MAT.13.54"><span class="label">54</span><span class="content">Coming to his hometown, he began teaching the people in their synagogue, and they were amazed. &#8220;Where did this man get this wisdom and these miraculous powers?&#8221; they asked. </span></span></div>
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<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
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        <div class="chapter ch13" data-usfm="MAT.13.55">
            <div class="p"><span class="verse v55" data-usfm="MAT.13.55"><span class="label">55</span><span class="content">&#8220;Isn&#8217;t this the carpenter&#8217;s son? Isn&#8217;t his mother&#8217;s name Mary, and aren&#8217;t his brothers James, Joseph, Simon and Judas? </span></span></div>
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        <div class="chapter ch13" data-usfm="MAT.13.56">
            <div class="p"><span class="verse v56" data-usfm="MAT.13.56"><span class="label">56</span><span class="content">Aren&#8217;t all his sisters with us? Where then did this man get all these things?&#8221; </span></span></div>
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        <div class="chapter ch13" data-usfm="MAT.13.57">
            <div class="p"><span class="verse v57" data-usfm="MAT.13.57"><span class="label">57</span><span class="content">And they took offense at him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v57" data-usfm="MAT.13.57"><span class="content">But Jesus said to them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;A prophet is not without honor except in his own town and in his own home.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v57" data-usfm="MAT.13.57"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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        <div class="chapter ch13" data-usfm="MAT.13.58">
            <div class="p"><span class="verse v58" data-usfm="MAT.13.58"><span class="label">58</span><span class="content">And he did not do many miracles there because of their lack of faith.</span></span></div>
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