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Ẩn dụ về vương quốc Đức Chúa Trời
(Ma-thi-ơ 13:1-23; Lu-ca 8:1-15)
Ý nghĩa của ẩn dụ
10Khi Đức Chúa Jêsus còn lại một mình, những người ở quanh Ngài cùng với mười hai sứ đồ đến hỏi Ngài về các ẩn dụ.
11Ngài phán: “Sự mầu nhiệm về vương quốc Đức Chúa Trời đã được ban cho các con; nhưng đối với người ngoài, thì mọi sự đều nằm trong các ẩn dụ,
12để họ:
Xem thì vẫn xem, mà không thấy,
Nghe thì vẫn nghe, mà không hiểu;
E rằng họ hối cải mà được tha tội⚓ chăng.” ⚓
13Rồi Ngài nói: “Các con không hiểu ẩn dụ nầy sao? Vậy thì làm sao hiểu được tất cả các ẩn dụ khác?
14Người gieo giống, tức là gieo đạo.
15Những hạt ở dọc đường là những kẻ đã chịu nghe đạo được gieo ra, nhưng họ vừa nghe xong thì Sa-tan lập tức đến, cất đi đạo đã gieo trong lòng họ.
16Cũng vậy, những hạt gieo nơi đất đá là những người khi nghe đạo liền vui mừng tiếp nhận;
17nhưng đạo không đâm rễ trong lòng, chỉ tồn tại nhất thời; nên khi vì đạo mà gặp hoạn nạn hay bắt bớ, họ liền vấp ngã.
18Những hạt rơi giữa bụi gai giống như những người nghe đạo,
19nhưng sự lo lắng về đời nầy, sự quyến rũ của giàu sang, và sự tham muốn những thứ khác xâm chiếm lòng họ, làm cho đạo bị nghẹt ngòi, không kết quả được.
20Còn những hạt được gieo trên đất tốt giống như những người nghe đạo thì tiếp nhận và kết quả, hạt nầy ra ba chục, hạt khác sáu chục, hạt khác nữa một trăm.”
Ẩn dụ về cây đèn
(Lu-ca 8:16-18)
Ẩn dụ về hạt giống
26Ngài tiếp tục phán: “Vương quốc Đức Chúa Trời cũng tựa như một người vãi hạt giống xuống đất;
27dù ngủ hay thức, dù đêm hay ngày, hạt giống vẫn cứ nẩy mầm và mọc lên mà người ấy chẳng biết thể nào.
28Vì đất tự sinh sản hoa màu, lúc đầu là cây mạ, rồi làm đòng và kết hạt.
29Khi lúa chín, người ấy liền đem lưỡi hái ra gặt, vì mùa thu hoạch đã đến.”⚓
Ẩn dụ về hạt cải
(Ma-thi-ơ 13:31,32; Lu-ca 13:18,19)
Dẹp cơn bão biển
(Ma-thi-ơ 8:23-27; Lu-ca 8:22-25)
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The Parable of the Sower
1And ⚓again He began to teach by the sea. And a great multitude was gathered to Him, so that He got into a boat and sat in it on the sea; and the whole multitude was on the land facing the sea.
2Then He taught them many things by parables, ⚓and said to them in His teaching:
3“Listen! Behold, a sower went out to sow.
4And it happened, as he sowed, that some seed fell by the wayside; and the birds of the air came and devoured it.
5Some fell on stony ground, where it did not have much earth; and immediately it sprang up because it had no depth of earth.
6But when the sun was up it was scorched, and because it had no root it withered away.
7And some seed fell among thorns; and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no crop.
8But other seed fell on good ground and yielded a crop that sprang up, increased and produced: some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some a hundred.”
9And He said to them, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear!”
The Purpose of Parables
10⚓But when He was alone, those around Him with the twelve asked Him about the parable.
11And He said to them, “To you it has been given to ⚓know the mystery of the kingdom of God; but to ⚓those who are outside, all things come in parables,
12so that
⚓‘Seeing they may see and not perceive,
And hearing they may hear and not understand;
Lest they should turn,
Andtheirsins be forgiven them.’ ”
The Parable of the Sower Explained
13And He said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables?
14⚓The sower sows the word.
15And these are the ones by the wayside where the word is sown. When they hear, Satan comes immediately and takes away the word that was sown in their hearts.
16These likewise are the ones sown on stony ground who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with gladness;
17and they have no root in themselves, and so endure only for a time. Afterward, when tribulation or persecution arises for the word’s sake, immediately they stumble.
18Now these are the ones sown among thorns; they are the ones who hear the word,
19and the ⚓cares of this world, ⚓the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires for other things entering in choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
20But these are the ones sown on good ground, those who hear the word, accept it, and bear ⚓fruit: some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some a hundred.”
Light Under a Basket
21⚓Also He said to them, “Is a lamp brought to be put under a basket or under a bed? Is it not to be set on a lampstand?
22⚓For there is nothing hidden which will not be revealed, nor has anything been kept secret but that it should come to light.
23⚓If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.”
24Then He said to them, “Take heed what you hear. ⚓With the same measure you use, it will be measured to you; and to you who hear, more will be given.
25⚓For whoever has, to him more will be given; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.”
The Parable of the Growing Seed
26And He said, ⚓“The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed on the ground,
27and should sleep by night and rise by day, and the seed should sprout and ⚓grow, he himself does not know how.
28For the earth ⚓yields crops by itself: first the blade, then the head, after that the full grain in the head.
29But when the grain ripens, immediately ⚓he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come.”
The Parable of the Mustard Seed
30Then He said, ⚓“To what shall we liken the kingdom of God? Or with what parable shall we picture it?
31It is like a mustard seed which, when it is sown on the ground, is smaller than all the seeds on earth;
32but when it is sown, it grows up and becomes greater than all herbs, and shoots out large branches, so that the birds of the air may nest under its shade.”
Jesus’ Use of Parables
33⚓And with many such parables He spoke the word to them as they were able to hear it.
34But without a parable He did not speak to them. And when they were alone, ⚓He explained all things to His disciples.
Wind and Wave Obey Jesus
35⚓On the same day, when evening had come, He said to them, “Let us cross over to the other side.”
36Now when they had left the multitude, they took Him along in the boat as He was. And other little boats were also with Him.
37And a great windstorm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that it was already filling.
38But He was in the stern, asleep on a pillow. And they awoke Him and said to Him, ⚓“Teacher, ⚓do You not care that we are perishing?”
39Then He arose and ⚓rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, ⚓“Peace, be still!” And the wind ceased and there was a great calm.
40But He said to them, “Why are you so fearful? ⚓Howis it that you have no faith?”
41And they feared exceedingly, and said to one another, “Who can this be, that even the wind and the sea obey Him!”