32. which indeed is less than all the seeds, but when it is grown it is greater than the plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the heaven come and dwell in its branches.”
33. Another parable He spoke to them, “The reign of the heavens is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal until all was leavened.”
34. יהושע said all this to the crowds in parables, and He did not speak to them without a parable,
35. so that what was spoken by the prophet might be filled, saying, “I shall open My mouth in parables, I shall pour forth what has been hidden from the foundation of the world.”
36. Then, having sent the crowds away, יהושע went into the house. And His taught ones came to Him, saying, “Explain to us the parable of the darnel of the field.”
37. And He answering, said to them, “He who is sowing the good seed is the Son of Aḏam,
38. and the field is the world. And the good seed, these are the sons of the reign, but the darnel are the sons of the wicked one,
39. and the enemy who sowed them is the devil. And the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are the messengers.
40. “As the darnel, then, is gathered and burned in the fire, so it shall be at the end of this age.
41. “The Son of Aḏam shall send out His messengers, and they shall gather out of His reign all the stumbling-blocks, and those doing lawlessness,
42. and shall throw them into the furnace of fire – there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
43. “Then the righteous shall shine forth as the sun in the reign of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear!
44. “Again, the reign of the heavens is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man having found it, hid, and for joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.
45. “Again, the reign of the heavens is like a man, a merchant, seeking fine pearls,
46. who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had and bought it.
47. “Again, the reign of the heavens is like a dragnet that was thrown into the sea and gathered some of every kind,
48. which, when it was filled, they drew to shore. And they sat down and gathered the good into containers, but threw the rotten away.