[Jesus said] “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn…
[Solomon said], “So give your servant a discerning heart to govern your people and to distinguish between right and wrong. For who is able to…
Since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so…
“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…
“The servants asked him, ‘Do you want us to go and pull them up?’ ‘No,’ he answered, ‘because while you are pulling the weeds, you…
“‘No,’ he answered, ‘because while you are pulling the weeds, you may uproot the wheat with them. Let both grow together until the harvest. At…
[Jesus said] “While everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away. . . . “The owner’s servants came…
Jesus told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. But while everyone was sleeping,…
[Jesus said] “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in…
[Jesus told the people] many things in parables, saying: “A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell…