¹On that day Jesus went out of the house, and sat by the seaside.

¹På hin dag gik Jesus ud af Huset og satte sig ved Søen.

²Great multitudes gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat, and sat, and all the multitude stood on the beach.

²Og store Skarer samlede sig om ham, så han gik om Bord i et Skib og satte sig; og hele Skaren stod på Strandbredden.

³He spoke to them many things in parables, saying, “Behold, a farmer went out to sow.

³Og han talte meget til dem i Lignelser og sagde: "Se, en Sædemand gik ud at så.

⁴ As he sowed, some seeds fell by the roadside, and the birds came and devoured them.

⁴Og idet han såede, faldt noget ved Vejen; og Fuglene kom og åde det op.

⁵ Others fell on rocky ground, where they didn’t have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of earth.

⁵Og noget faldt på Stengrund, hvor det ikke havde megen Jord; og det voksede straks op, fordi det ikke havde dyb Jord.

⁶ When the sun had risen, they were scorched. Because they had no root, they withered away.

⁶Men da Solen kom op, blev det svedet af, og fordi det ikke havde Rod, visnede det.

⁷ Others fell among thorns. The thorns grew up and choked them.

⁷Og noget faldt iblandt Torne; og Tornene voksede op og kvalte det.

⁸ Others fell on good soil, and yielded fruit: some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.

⁸Og noget faldt i god Jord og bar Frugt, noget hundrede, noget tresindstyve, noget tredive Fold.

⁹ He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”

⁹Den, som har Øren, han høre!"

¹⁰The disciples came, and said to him, “Why do you speak to them in parables?”

¹⁰Og Disciplene gik hen og sagde til ham: "Hvorfor taler du til dem i Lignelser?"

¹¹He answered them, “To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, but it is not given to them.

¹¹Men han svarede og sagde til dem: "Fordi det er eder givet at kende Himmeriges Riges Hemmeligheder; men dem er det ikke givet.

¹² For whoever has, to him will be given, and he will have abundance, but whoever doesn’t have, from him will be taken away even that which he has.

¹²Thi den, som har, ham skal der gives, og han skal få Overflod; men den, som ikke har, fra ham skal endog det tages, som han har.

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

¹³Derfor taler jeg til dem i Lignelser, fordi de skønt seende dog ikke se, og hørende dog ikke høre og forstå ikke heller.

¹⁴ In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says, ‘By hearing you will hear, and will in no way understand; Seeing you will see, and will in no way perceive:

¹⁴Og på dem opfyldes Esajas's Profeti, som siger: Med eders Øren skulle I høre og dog ikke forstå og se med eders Øjne og dog ikke se.

¹⁵ for this people’s heart has grown callous, their ears are dull of hearing, they have closed their eyes; or else perhaps they might perceive with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their heart, and should turn again; and I would heal them.’ Isaiah 6:9-10

¹⁵Thi dette Folks Hjerte er blevet sløvet, og med Ørene høre de tungt, og deres Øjne have de tillukket, for at de ikke skulle se med Øjnene og høre med Ørene og forstå med Hjertet og omvende sig, på jeg kunde helbrede dem.

¹⁶ “But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear.

¹⁶Men salige ere eders Øjne, fordi de se, og eders Øren, fordi de høre.

¹⁷ For most certainly I tell you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see the things which you see, and didn’t see them; and to hear the things which you hear, and didn’t hear them.

¹⁷Thi sandelig, siger jeg eder, mange Profeter og retfærdige attråede at se, hvad I se, og så det ikke; og at høre, hvad I høre, og hørte det ikke.

¹⁸ “Hear, then, the parable of the farmer.

¹⁸Så hører nu I Lignelsen om Sædemanden!

¹⁹ When anyone hears the word of the Kingdom, and doesn’t understand it, the evil one comes, and snatches away that which has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown by the roadside.

¹⁹Når nogen hører Rigets Ord og ikke forstår det, da kommer den Onde og river det bort, som er sået i hans Hjerte; denne er det, som blev sået ved Vejen.

²⁰ What was sown on the rocky places, this is he who hears the word, and immediately with joy receives it;

²⁰Men det, som blev sået på Stengrund, er den, som hører Ordet og straks modtager det med Glæde.

²¹ yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles.

²¹Men han har ikke Rod i sig og holder kun ud til en Tid; men når der kommer Trængsel eller Forfølgelse for Ordets Skyld, forarges han straks.

²² What was sown among the thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of this age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.

²²Men det, som blev sået iblandt Torne, er den, som hører Ordet, og Verdens Bekymring og Rigdommens Forførelse kvæler Ordet, og det bliver uden Frugt.

²³ What was sown on the good ground, this is he who hears the word, and understands it, who most certainly bears fruit, and brings forth, some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.”

²³Men det, som blev sået i god Jord, er den, som hører Ordet og forstår det, og som så bærer Frugt, en hundrede, en tresindstyve, en tredive Fold."

²⁴He set another parable before them, saying, “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field,

²⁴En anden Lignelse fremsatte han for dem og sagde: "Himmeriges Rige lignes ved et Menneske, som såede god Sæd i sin Mark.

²⁵ but while people slept, his enemy came and sowed darnel weeds darnel is a weed grass (probably bearded darnel or lolium temulentum) that looks very much like wheat until it is mature, when the difference becomes very apparent. also among the wheat, and went away.

²⁵Men medens Folkene sov, kom hans Fjende og såede Ugræs iblandt Hveden og gik bort.

²⁶ But when the blade sprang up and brought forth fruit, then the darnel weeds appeared also.

²⁶Men da Sæden spirede frem og bar Frugt, da kom også Ugræsset til Syne.

²⁷ The servants of the householder came and said to him, ‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Where did this darnel come from?’

²⁷Og Husbondens Tjenere kom til ham og sagde: Herre, såede du ikke god Sæd i din Mark? Hvor har den da fået Ugræsset fra?

²⁸ “He said to them, ‘An enemy has done this.’ “The servants asked him, ‘Do you want us to go and gather them up?’

²⁸Men han sagde til dem: Det har et fjendsk Menneske gjort. Da sige Tjenerne til ham: Vil du da, at vi skulle gå hen og sanke det sammen?

²⁹ “But he said, ‘No, lest perhaps while you gather up the darnel weeds, you root up the wheat with them.

²⁹Men han siger: Nej, for at I ikke, når I sanke Ugræsset sammen, skulle rykke Hveden op tillige med det.

³⁰ Let both grow together until the harvest, and in the harvest time I will tell the reapers, “First, gather up the darnel weeds, and bind them in bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat into my barn.”’”

³⁰Lader dem begge vokse tilsammen indtil Høsten; og i Høstens Tid vil jeg sige til Høstfolkene: Sanker først Ugræsset sammen og binder det i Knipper for at brænde det, men samler Hveden i min Lade!"

³¹He set another parable before them, saying, “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field;

³¹En anden Lignelse fremsatte han for dem og sagde: "Himmeriges Rige ligner et Sennepskorn, som en Mand tog og såede i sin Mark.

³² which indeed is smaller than all seeds. But when it is grown, it is greater than the herbs, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in its branches.”

³²Dette er vel mindre end alt andet Frø; men når det er vokset op, er det støre end Urterne og bliver et Træ, så at Himmelens Fugle komme og bygge Rede i dets Grene."

³³He spoke another parable to them. “The Kingdom of Heaven is like yeast, which a woman took, and hid in three measures literally, three sata. 3 sata is about 39 litres or a bit more than a bushel of meal, until it was all leavened.”

³³En anden Lignelse talte han til dem: "Himmeriges Rige ligner en Surdejg, som en Kvinde tog og lagde ned i tre Mål Mel, indtil det blev syret alt sammen."

³⁴Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the multitudes; and without a parable, he didn’t speak to them,

³⁴Alt dette talte Jesus til Skarerne i Lignelser, og uden Lignelse talte han intet til dem,

³⁵that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, “I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world.” Psalm 78:2

³⁵for at det skulde opfyldes, som er talt ved Profeten, der siger: "Jeg vil oplade min Mund i Lignelser; jeg vil udsige det, som har været skjult fra Verdens Grundlæggelse."

³⁶Then Jesus sent the multitudes away, and went into the house. His disciples came to him, saying, “Explain to us the parable of the darnel weeds of the field.”

³⁶Da forlod han Skarerne og gik ind i Huset; og hans Disciple kom til ham og sagde: "Forklar os Lignelsen om Ugræsset på Marken!"

³⁷He answered them, “He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man,

³⁷Men han svarede og sagde: "Den, som sår den gode Sæd, er Menneskesønnen,

³⁸ the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the children of the Kingdom; and the darnel weeds are the children of the evil one.

³⁸og Marken er Verden, og den gode Sæd er Rigets Børn, men Ugræsset er den Ondes Børn,

³⁹ The enemy who sowed them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels.

³⁹og Fjenden, som såede det, er Djævelen; og Høsten er Verdens Ende; og Høstfolkene ere Engle.

⁴⁰ As therefore the darnel weeds are gathered up and burned with fire; so will it be at the end of this age.

⁴⁰Ligesom nu Ugræsset sankes sammen og opbrændes med Ild, således skal det ske ved Verdens Ende.

⁴¹ The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will gather out of his Kingdom all things that cause stumbling, and those who do iniquity,

⁴¹Menneskesønnen skal udsende sine Engle, og de skulle sanke ud af hans Rige alle Forargelserne og dem, som gøre Uret;

⁴² and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

⁴²og de skulle kaste dem i Ildovnen; der skal være Gråd og Tænders Gnidsel.

⁴³ Then the righteous will shine forth like the sun in the Kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

⁴³Da skulle de retfærdige skinne som Solen i deres Faders Rige. Den. som har Øren, han høre!

⁴⁴ “Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man found, and hid. In his joy, he goes and sells all that he has, and buys that field.

⁴⁴Himmeriges Rige ligner en Skat. som er skjult i en Mark, og en Mand fandt og skjulte den, og af Glæde over den går han hen og sælger alt, hvad han har, og køber den Mark.

⁴⁵ “Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a merchant seeking fine pearls,

⁴⁵Atter ligner Himmeriges Rige en Købmand, som søgte efter skønne Perler;

⁴⁶ who having found one pearl of great price, he went and sold all that he had, and bought it.

⁴⁶og da han fandt een meget kostbar Perle, gik han hen og solgte alt, hvad han havde, og købte den.

⁴⁷ “Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a dragnet, that was cast into the sea, and gathered some fish of every kind,

⁴⁷Atter ligner Himmeriges Rige et Vod, som blev kastet i Havet og samlede Fisk af alle Slags.

⁴⁸ which, when it was filled, they drew up on the beach. They sat down, and gathered the good into containers, but the bad they threw away.

⁴⁸Og da det var blevet fuldt, drog man det op på Strandbredden og satte sig og sankede de gode sammen i Kar, men kastede de rådne ud.

⁴⁹ So will it be in the end of the world. The angels will come forth, and separate the wicked from among the righteous,

⁴⁹Således skal det gå til ved Verdens Ende. Englene skulle gå ud og skille de onde fra de retfærdige

⁵⁰ and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.”

⁵⁰og kaste dem i Ildovnen; der skal være Gråd og Tænders Gnidsel.

⁵¹Jesus said to them, “Have you understood all these things?” They answered him, “Yes, Lord.”

⁵¹Have I forstået alt dette?" De sige til ham: "Ja."

⁵²He said to them, “Therefore every scribe who has been made a disciple in the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a householder, who brings out of his treasure new and old things.”

⁵²Men han sagde til dem: "Derfor er hver skriftklog, som er oplært for Himmeriges Rige, ligesom en Husbond, der tager nyt og gammelt frem af sit Forråd."

⁵³It happened that when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed from there.

⁵³Og det skete, da Jesus havde fuldendt disse Lignelser, drog han bort derfra.

⁵⁴Coming into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, “Where did this man get this wisdom, and these mighty works?

⁵⁴Og han kom til sin Fædrene by og lærte dem i deres Synagoge, så at de bleve slagne af Forundring og sagde: "Hvorfra har han denne Visdom og de kraftige Gerninger?

⁵⁵Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t his mother called Mary, and his brothers, James, Joses, Simon, and Judas or, Judah ?

⁵⁵Er denne ikke Tømmermandens Søn? Hedder ikke hans Moder Maria og hans Brødre Jakob og Josef og Simon og Judas?

⁵⁶Aren’t all of his sisters with us? Where then did this man get all of these things?”

⁵⁶Og hans Søstre, ere de ikke alle hos os? Hvorfra har han alt dette?"

⁵⁷They were offended by him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and in his own house.”

⁵⁷Og de forargedes på ham. Men Jesus sagde til dem: "En Profet er ikke foragtet uden i sit eget Fædreland og i sit Hus,"

⁵⁸He didn’t do many mighty works there because of their unbelief.

⁵⁸Og han gjorde ikke mange kraftige Gerninger der for deres Vantros Skyld.