1 Jesus left the house and sat by the sea. 2 Many people came. Jesus sat in a boat. The people stood by the water. ♂️ 3 Jesus told a story: <jesus>A man went out to plant seed.</jesus> 4 <jesus>Some seed fell on the path. Birds came and ate it.</jesus> 5 <jesus>Some seed fell on rocky ground. It grew fast, but the dirt was not deep.</jesus> 6 <jesus>The sun got hot. The plant dried up. It had no root.</jesus> ☀️ 7 <jesus>Some seed fell by sharp plants. The sharp plants grew and stopped it.</jesus> 8 <jesus>Some seed fell on good dirt. It grew a lot: 100, 60, or 30.</jesus> ➡️ 9 <jesus>You have ears. So listen.</jesus> 10 Jesus' friends said, “Why do You tell stories to the people?” ❓ 11 <jesus>God lets you know about God's heaven. Others do not know.</jesus> ️ 12 <jesus>If you have and use it, you get more. If you do not, you lose it.</jesus> ➕➖ 13 <jesus>I use stories. They see but do not see. They hear but do not get it.</jesus> 14 <jesus>This shows what God's man long ago said: You will hear, but you will not get it. You will look, but you will not see.</jesus> 15 <jesus>Their hearts are hard. Their ears are shut. Their eyes are closed. They will not turn to Me. I would make them well.</jesus> 16 <jesus>Your eyes are happy. Your ears are happy. You see and hear.</jesus> 17 <jesus>Long ago, God's helpers wanted to see and hear this. They did not. You do.</jesus> ️ 18 <jesus>So listen to the seed story.</jesus> 19 <jesus>Some hear God's word about heaven and do not get it. The bad one comes and takes it from the heart. This is the seed on the path.</jesus> ️ 20 <jesus>The seed on rocks is like one who hears God's word and is glad at once.</jesus> 21 <jesus>But he has no root. When hard times or unkind people come, he stops.</jesus> ️ 22 <jesus>The seed by sharp plants is like one who hears, but worry and love of money stop the word. No fruit.</jesus> 23 <jesus>The seed on good dirt is like one who hears and gets it. He makes a lot: 100, 60, or 30.</jesus> ✅ 24 Jesus told another story: <jesus>God's heaven is like a man who planted good seed in his field.</jesus> 25 <jesus>At night, his enemy came and put weeds in the wheat, then went away.</jesus> 26 <jesus>When the plants grew, the weeds showed too.</jesus> 27 <jesus>The helpers said, “Sir, you put good seed. Why are there weeds?”</jesus> ❓ 28 <jesus>He said, “An enemy did this.” The helpers said, “Do you want us to pull the weeds?”</jesus> 29 <jesus>He said, “No. If you pull weeds now, you may pull wheat too.”</jesus> ✋ 30 <jesus>“Let both grow to the harvest. Then I will say, ‘Pull weeds first and burn them. Put wheat in my barn.’”</jesus> 31 Jesus told another story: <jesus>God's heaven is like a mustard seed a man put in his field.</jesus> 32 <jesus>It is tiny, but it grows big, like a tree. Birds rest in it.</jesus> 33 He told another story: <jesus>God's heaven is like a woman who put a tiny bit in bread mix. Soon all the bread rose.</jesus> 34 Jesus told the crowd all this by stories. He did not talk to them without a story. ️ 35 This made old words come true: “I will tell stories. I will tell hidden things from the start.” 36 Jesus left the crowd and went in a house. His friends said, “Please tell us the weed story.” 37 Jesus said, <jesus>The One who plants good seed is Me.</jesus> 38 <jesus>The field is the world. The good seed are God's people. The weeds are people who follow the bad one.</jesus> 39 <jesus>The enemy is the bad one. The harvest is the end. The workers are angels.</jesus> ⏰ 40 <jesus>Like weeds are pulled and burned, it will be like that at the end.</jesus> 41 <jesus>The Son of Man will send His angels. They will pick out all who make others sin and all who do bad.</jesus> 42 <jesus>They will throw them into a hot fire place. There people will cry and be in pain.</jesus> 43 <jesus>Then good people will shine like the sun in their Father's heaven. You have ears. So listen.</jesus> ☀️ 44 Jesus said, <jesus>God's heaven is like treasure hid in a field. A man finds it. He is so glad. He sells all and buys that field.</jesus> 45 <jesus>God's heaven is like a man who buys and sells pretty things. He looks for a fine pearl.</jesus> 46 <jesus>He finds one great pearl. He sells all he has and buys it.</jesus> ➡️ 47 <jesus>God's heaven is like a net put in the sea. It caught many fish.</jesus> ️ 48 <jesus>They pulled it to land. They put good fish in tubs. They threw bad fish away.</jesus> 49 <jesus>It will be like this at the end. Angels will come and pick the bad from the good.</jesus> 50 <jesus>They will put the bad in the hot fire place. There people will cry and be in pain.</jesus> 51 Jesus said, <jesus>Do you get all this?</jesus> They said, “Yes.” ❓✅ 52 He said, <jesus>A teacher who learns about God's heaven is like a home boss. He brings out new things and old things.</jesus> 53 When Jesus was done with the stories, He left that place. ♂️ 54 He came to His town. He taught in God's house. People were shocked. They said, “Where did He get this smart and this power?” ️ 55 They said, “Is this not the son of the man who works with wood? Is His mom Mary? Are His brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas?” 56 “Are His sisters here too? Where did He get all this?” 57 They were not happy with Him. But Jesus said, <jesus>A man who says God's words is not liked at home or by his own house.</jesus> 58 He did not do many big works there, because they did not trust Him.