may also further allude to the
reprobation of the Jews, his carnal kindred, and the election of the
Gentiles.

12:49. And stretching forth his hand towards his disciples, he said:
Behold my mother and my brethren.

12:50. For whosoever shall do the will of my Father, that is in heaven,
he is my brother, and sister, and mother.

Matthew Chapter 13

The parables of the sower and the cockle: of the mustardseed, etc.

13:1. The same day Jesus going out of the house, sat by the sea side.

13:2. And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he
went up into a boat and sat: and all the multitude stood on the shore.

13:3. And he spoke to them many things in parables, saying: Behold the
sower went forth to sow.

13:4. And whilst he soweth some fell by the way side, and the birds of
the air came and ate them up.

13:5. And other some fell upon stony ground, where they had not much
earth: and they sprung up immediately, because they had no deepness of
earth.

13:6. And when the sun was up they were scorched: and because they had
not root, they withered away.

13:7. And others fell among thorns: and the thorns grew up and choked
them.

13:8. And others fell upon good ground: and they brought forth fruit,
some an hundred fold, some sixty fold, and some thirty fold.

13:9. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

13:10. And his disciples came and said to him: Why speakest thou to them
in parables?

13:11. Who answered and said to them: Because to you it is given to know
the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven: but to them it is not given.

13:12. For he that hath, to him shall be given, and he shall abound: but
he that hath not, from him shall be taken away that also which he hath.

13:13. Therefore do I speak to them in parables: because seeing they see
not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.

13:14. And the prophecy of Isaias is fulfilled in them, who saith: By
hearing you shall hear, and shall not understand: and seeing you shall
see, and shall not perceive.

13:15. For the heart of this people is grown gross, and with their ears
they have been dull of hearing, and their eyes they have shut: lest at
any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and
understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.

13:16. But blessed are your eyes, because they see, and your ears,
because they hear.

13:17. For, amen, I say to you, many prophe