1 Soon afterward he went on through cities and villages, proclaiming and bringing the good news of the kingdom of God. And the twelve were with him,2 and also some women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out,3 and Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod's household manager, and Susanna, and many others, who provided for them out of their means.4 And when a great crowd was gathering and people from town after town came to him, he said in a parable:5 “A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell along the path and was trampled underfoot, and the birds of the air devoured it.6 And some fell on the rock, and as it grew up, it withered away, because it had no moisture.7 And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up with it and choked it.8 And some fell into good soil and grew and yielded a hundredfold.” As he said these things, he called out, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”9 And when his disciples asked him what this parable meant,10 he said, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God, but for others they are in parables, so that ‘seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.’11 Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.12 The ones along the path are those who have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.13 And the ones on the rock are those who, when they hear the word, receive it with joy. But these have no root; they believe for a while, and in time of testing fall away.14 And as for what fell among the thorns, they are those who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by the cares and riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not mature.15 As for that in the good soil, they are those who, hearing the word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with patience.16 “No one after lighting a lamp covers it with a jar or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a stand, so that those who enter may see the light.17 For nothing is hidden that will not be made manifest, nor is anything secret that will not be known and come to light.18 Take care then how you hear, for to the one who has, more will be given, and from the one who has not, even what he thinks that he has will be taken away.”
Mark
1 Đức Chúa Jêsus lại khởi sự giảng-dạy nơi bờ biển; có một đoàn dân đông lắm nhóm lại xung-quanh Ngài, Ngài bước lên trong một chiếc thuyền và ngồi đó, còn cả đoàn dân thì ở trên đất nơi mé biển.2 Ngài lấy thí-dụ dạy dỗ họ nhiều điều, và trong khi dạy, Ngài phán rằng:3 Hãy nghe. Có người gieo giống đi ra đặng gieo.4 Khi đương gieo, một phần giống rơi dọc đường, chim đến ăn hết.5 Một phần khác rơi nhằm nơi đất đá-sỏi, chỉ có ít đất thịt, tức thì mọc lên, vì bị lấp không sâu;6 nhưng khi mặt trời đã mọc, thì bị đốt, và bởi không có rễ, nên phải héo.7 Một phần khác rơi nhằm bụi gai; gai mọc rậm lên làm cho nghẹt-ngòi, và không kết quả.8 Một phần khác nữa rơi nhằm nơi đất tốt, thì kết quả, lớn lên và nẩy nở ra; một hột ra ba chục, hột khác sáu chục, hột khác một trăm.9 Ngài lại phán rằng: Ai có tai mà nghe, hãy nghe!10 Khi Đức Chúa Jêsus ở một mình, những kẻ xung-quanh Ngài cùng mười hai sứ-đồ hỏi Ngài về các lời thí-dụ.11 Ngài phán rằng: Sự mầu-nhiệm của nước Đức Chúa Trời đã tỏ ra cho các ngươi; nhưng về phần người ngoài, thì dùng cách thí-dụ để dạy mọi sự,12 hầu cho họ xem thì xem mà không thấy, nghe thì nghe mà không hiểu; e họ hối-cải mà được tha tội chăng.13 Đoạn, Ngài phán rằng: Các ngươi không hiểu thí-dụ ấy sao? Vậy thì thế nào hiểu mọi thí-dụ được?14 Người gieo giống ấy là gieo đạo.15 Những kẻ ở dọc đường là kẻ đã chịu đạo gieo nơi mình; nhưng vừa mới nghe đạo, tức thì quỉ Sa-tan đến, cướp lấy đạo đã gieo trong lòng họ đi.16 Cũng vậy, những người chịu giống gieo nơi đất đá-sỏi, là những kẻ nghe đạo, liền vui-mừng chịu lấy;17 song vì trong lòng họ không có rễ, chỉ tạm-thời mà thôi, nên nỗi gặp khi vì cớ đạo mà xảy ra sự cực-khổ, bắt-bớ, thì liền vấp-phạm.18 Còn những kẻ chịu giống gieo nơi bụi gai, là kẻ đã nghe đạo;19 song sự lo-lắng về đời nầy, sự mê-đắm về giàu-sang, và các sự tham-muốn khác thấu vào lòng họ, làm cho nghẹt-ngòi đạo, và trở nên không trái.20 Nhưng, những người chịu giống gieo vào nơi đất tốt, là kẻ nghe đạo, chịu lấy và kết quả, một hột ra ba chục, hột khác sáu chục, hột khác một trăm.21 Ngài lại phán cùng họ rằng: Có ai đem đèn để dưới cái thùng hoặc dưới cái giường chăng? Há chẳng phải để trên chân đèn sao?22 Vì chẳng có điều chi kín mà không phải lộ ra, chẳng có điều chi giấu mà không phải rõ ràng.23 Nếu ai có tai mà nghe, hãy nghe!24 Ngài lại phán rằng: Hãy cẩn-thận về điều mình nghe. Người ta sẽ đong cho các ngươi bằng lường các ngươi đã đong cho, và thêm vào đó nữa.25 Vì sẽ ban thêm cho kẻ nào có; nhưng kẻ nào không có, sẽ bị cất lấy điều mình đã có.
Matthew 13
1 That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea.2 And great crowds gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat down. And the whole crowd stood on the beach.3 And he told them many things in parables, saying: “A sower went out to sow.4 And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them.5 Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, since they had no depth of soil,6 but when the sun rose they were scorched. And since they had no root, they withered away.7 Other seeds fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them.8 Other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.9 He who has ears, let him hear.”10 Then the disciples came and said to him, “Why do you speak to them in parables?”11 And he answered them, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.12 For to the one who has, more will be given, and he will have an abundance, but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.13 This is why I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.14 Indeed, in their case the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says: “‘You will indeed hear but never understand, and you will indeed see but never perceive.15 For this people's heart has grown dull, and with their ears they can barely hear, and their eyes they have closed, lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and turn, and I would heal them.’16 But blessed are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they hear.17 For truly, I say to you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.18 “Hear then the parable of the sower:19 When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown along the path.20 As for what was sown on rocky ground, this is the one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy,21 yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while, and when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately he falls away.22 As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it proves unfruitful.23 As for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty.”
