The Parable of the Sower
(Matthew 13.1-9Luke 8.4-8)1 Again Jesus began to teach beside Lake Galilee. The crowd that gathered around him was so large that he got into a boat and sat in it. The boat was out in the water, and the crowd stood on the shore at the water's edge. 2 He used parables to teach them many things, saying to them:
3 “Listen! Once there was a man who went out to sow grain. 4 As he scattered the seed in the field, some of it fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. 5 Some of it fell on rocky ground, where there was little soil. The seeds soon sprouted, because the soil wasn't deep. 6 Then, when the sun came up, it burned the young plants; and because the roots had not grown deep enough, the plants soon dried up. 7 Some of the seed fell among thorn bushes, which grew up and choked the plants, and they didn't bear grain. 8 But some seeds fell in good soil, and the plants sprouted, grew, and bore grain: some had thirty grains, others sixty, and others one hundred.”
9 And Jesus concluded, “Listen, then, if you have ears!”
The Purpose of the Parables
(Matthew 13.10-17Luke 8.9Luke 10)10 When Jesus was alone, some of those who had heard him came to him with the twelve disciples and asked him to explain the parables. 11 “You have been given the secret of the Kingdom of God,” Jesus answered. “But the others, who are on the outside, hear all things by means of parables, 12 so that,
‘They may look and look,
yet not see;
they may listen and listen,
yet not understand.
For if they did, they would turn to God,
and he would forgive them.’”
Jesus Explains the Parable of the Sower
(Matthew 13.18-23Luke 8.11-15)13 Then Jesus asked them, “Don't you understand this parable? How, then, will you ever understand any parable? 14 The sower sows God's message. 15 Some people are like the seeds that fall along the path; as soon as they hear the message, Satan comes and takes it away. 16 Other people are like the seeds that fall on rocky ground. As soon as they hear the message, they receive it gladly. 17 But it does not sink deep into them, and they don't last long. So when trouble or persecution comes because of the message, they give up at once. 18 Other people are like the seeds sown among the thorn bushes. These are the ones who hear the message, 19 but the worries about this life, the love for riches, and all other kinds of desires crowd in and choke the message, and they don't bear fruit. 20 But other people are like seeds sown in good soil. They hear the message, accept it, and bear fruit: some thirty, some sixty, and some one hundred.”
A Lamp under a Bowl
(Luke 8.16-18)21 Jesus continued, “Does anyone ever bring in a lamp and put it under a bowl or under the bed? Isn't it put on the lampstand? 22 Whatever is hidden away will be brought out into the open, and whatever is covered up will be uncovered. 23 Listen, then, if you have ears!”
24 He also said to them, “Pay attention to what you hear! The same rules you use to judge others will be used by God to judge you—but with even greater severity. 25 Those who have something will be given more, and those who have nothing will have taken away from them even the little they have.”
The Parable of the Growing Seed
26 Jesus went on to say, “The Kingdom of God is like this. A man scatters seed in his field. 27 He sleeps at night, is up and about during the day, and all the while the seeds are sprouting and growing. Yet he does not know how it happens. 28 The soil itself makes the plants grow and bear fruit; first the tender stalk appears, then the head, and finally the head full of grain. 29 When the grain is ripe, the man starts cutting it with his sickle, because harvest time has come.
The Parable of the Mustard Seed
(Matthew 13.31Matthew 32Matthew 34Luke 13.18Luke 19)30 “What shall we say the Kingdom of God is like?” asked Jesus. “What parable shall we use to explain it? 31 It is like this. A man takes a mustard seed, the smallest seed in the world, and plants it in the ground. 32 After a while it grows up and becomes the biggest of all plants. It puts out such large branches that the birds come and make their nests in its shade.”
33 Jesus preached his message to the people, using many other parables like these; he told them as much as they could understand. 34 He would not speak to them without using parables, but when he was alone with his disciples, he would explain everything to them.
Jesus Calms a Storm
(Matthew 8.23-27Luke 8.22-25)35 On the evening of that same day Jesus said to his disciples, “Let us go across to the other side of the lake.” 36 So they left the crowd; the disciples got into the boat in which Jesus was already sitting, and they took him with them. Other boats were there too. 37 Suddenly a strong wind blew up, and the waves began to spill over into the boat, so that it was about to fill with water. 38 Jesus was in the back of the boat, sleeping with his head on a pillow. The disciples woke him up and said, “Teacher, don't you care that we are about to die?”
39 Jesus stood up and commanded the wind, “Be quiet!” and he said to the waves, “Be still!” The wind died down, and there was a great calm. 40 Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Why are you frightened? Do you still have no faith?”
41 But they were terribly afraid and began to say to one another, “Who is this man? Even the wind and the waves obey him!”
IV.
Pīleidzeiba par sējēju.
1 Tad Jys otkon sōce jyuras molā mōceit. Pi Jō sasalaseja ļūti daudz ļaužu. Tōpēc Jys īkōpe pi molas asūšajā laivā un tur atsasāda. Visi ļaudis palyka pi jyuras uz krosta. 2 Jys mōceja jūs daudz pīleidzeibōs. Sovā mōceibā saceja:
3 Klausatēs! Raug, sējējs izgōja sātu. 4 Un raug, jam sējūt, citi gryudi nūkryta ceļa molā; un atskrējuši putni tūs izkņōbōja. 5 Citi nūkryta klinšaiņā vītā, kur nava daudz zemes un ōtri izdeiga, jo nabeja dzili zemē. 6 Bet kai izlēce saule, nūveita un nūkolta, jo jim nabeja sakņu. 7 Citi otkon nūkryta ēršku vydā; ērški augdami jūs nūmōce, un jī palyka bez auglim. 8 Bet citi nūkryta lobā zemē un izdeiguši un izauguši deve augļus: vīns trejsdesmitkōrtejūs, ūtrs sešdesmitkōrtejūs, cyts otkon symtkōrtejūs.
9 Tad pasaceja: Kam ausis ir dzērdēšonai, tys lai klausōs.
Pīleidzeibas izskaidrōšona.
10 Kad Jys beja vīns pats, tad Jō leidzgōjēji reizē ar tim divpadsmit klause nu Jō par pīleidzeibom. 11 Jys tim saceja: Jums ir uztycāts Diva vaļsteibas nūslāpums, bet tim, kas ir ōrā, teik vyss leidzeibōs pasnāgts, 12 lai jī kaut gon redzēt radzātu, bet naīraudzeitu, dzērdēt dzērdātu, bet nasaprostu, ka gadejumā naatsagrīztu un atlaisšonas nasajimtu.
13 Tad jim saceja: Vai jyus nasaprūtat šytōs pīleidzeibas? Kai tad saprassit vysas cytas pīleidzeibas?
14 Sējējs sēj vōrdu. 15 Ceļmolā īsāts vōrds ir tim, kas jō klausās, bet tyuleņ atīt satans un jamūs īsātū vōrdu izraun. 16 Tim leidzeigi ir tī, kam klinšaiņā vītā ir īsāts. Jī vōrdā klausās un tyuleņ ar prīcu jū pījam, 17 bet jys nava jamūs īsasakņōjis un ir napastōveigs. Un kad vōrda dēļ ceļās spaidi vai vojōšonas, jī tyuleņ īsaļaunoj. 18 Storp ērškim vōrds ir īsāts tim, kas, lai gon i klausās, 19 īsalauzušas šō pasauļa ryupes, monta viļteiba un cytas kōreibas vōrdu nūmōc, un jys palīk bez auglim. 20 Lobajā zemē īsāts ir tim, kas vōrdā klausās, jū pījam un dūd vīns trejsdesmitkōrtejū, ūtrs sešdesmitkōrtejū, cyts pat symtkōrtejū (augli).
Nūslāpumi.
21 Jys jim saceja tōļōk: Vai tad aizdagtū sveci nas tōdēļ, lai jū zam sīka vai gultas nūvītōtu, bet na lukturī īlyktu? 22 Tadei nava taida slāpuma, kas natyktu atklōts, un taida nūslāpuma, kas natyktu izsludynōts. 23 Jo kam ausis ir dzērdēšonai, tys lai klausās.
24 Tad Jys tim saceja: Īvārojit tū, kū dzēržat. Ar kaidu māru mēreisit, ar taidu jums byus atmēreits un jums, kas klausatēs, tops vēļ klōtu pīmasts. 25 Taču kam ir, tam byus vēļ dūts, bet nu tō, kam nava, byus atjimts ari tys, kas jam ir.
Augūšais sējums.
26 Jys saceja tōļōk: Ar Dīva vaļsteibu ir tai, kai ar cylvāku, kas īsēj teirumā sāklu. 27 Jys dīn dīnā ceļās un nakts naktī guļ, bet sākla izdeigst un aug, jam namonūt. 28 Zeme poša dūd augļus, vyspyrms stūbru, tad vōrpu un golā pīpylda vōrpu ar gryudim. 29 Kad augli jau ir nūkōrsuši, tad jys pasyuta pļōvējus, jo pļōves laiks jau ir klōtu.
Sinepu gryuds.
30 Jys saceja tōļōk: kam ir pīleidzynojama Dīva vaļsteiba? Caur kaidu pīleidzeibu jū izskaidrōsem? 31 Jei ir pīleidzynojama sinepu gryudam. Īsējūt jys ir vysmozōkais nu vērszemes sāklom. 32 Bet, reizi īsāts, izaug par visim dōrza augim lelōks. Jam saaug tik leli zori, ka gaisa putni jūs ānā var dzeivōt.
33 Jys tim daudz kū runōja tamleidzeigōs pīleidzeibōs, ka jī varātu saprast. 34 Bez pīleidzeibom Jys tim narunōja ni kō. Bet kad jī palyka vīni, tad Jys sovim mōceklim vysu izskaidrōja.
Vātra uz jyuras.
35 Tamā dīnā zam vokora Jys tim saceja: Pōrsaceļsim uz ūtru krostu. 36 Palaiduši ļaudis, jī pajēme Jū ar sevim, jo Jys beja laivā; cytas laivas Jam gōja leidza.
37 Un raug, sasacēle lela auka. Viļni syta laivā tik stipri, ka laiva pošlaik beja pīplyuduse. 38 Tam laikam Jys gulēja laivas golā uz pagaļva. Jī Jū pīcēle un Jam saceja: Mōceitōj, vai tad Tev naryup, ka mes ejam būjā? 39 Pīsacēlis, Jys pavēlēja vējam un pīsaceja jyurai: Nūklus! Esi mīrā! Vējs nūstōja, un īsastōja lels klusums. 40 Tad Jys tim saceja: Kō jyus tai beistatēs? Vai tad vēļ nav jums ticeibas? 41 Jī ļūti nūsabeida, un vīns ūtram saceja: Kas Jys taids ir, ka i vēji, i jyura Jam ir paklauseigi?
