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title: "Matthew 13 – Catholic Bible (CPDV) & Latin Vulgate · Bless"
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# Matthew 13

Matthew 13 is chapter 13 of 28 in the Gospel of Matthew. Here are all 58 verses in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin of the Clementine Vulgate beside them.

> The parables of the sower and the cockle: of the mustardseed, etc.
>
> — Bp. Richard Challoner, chapter summary

## Matthew 13 (Catholic Public Domain Version)

1. In that day, Jesus, departing from the house, sat down beside the sea.
2. And such great crowds were gathered to him that he climbed into a boat and he sat down. And the entire multitude stood on the shore.
3. And he spoke many things to them in parables, saying: “Behold, a sower went out to sow seed.
4. And while he was sowing, some fell beside the road, and the birds of the air came and ate it.
5. Then others fell in a rocky place, where they did not have much soil. And they sprung up promptly, because they had no depth of soil.
6. But when the sun rose up, they were scorched, and because they had no roots, they withered.
7. Still others fell among thorns, and the thorns increased and suffocated them.
8. Yet some others fell upon good soil, and they produced fruit: some one hundred fold, some sixty fold, some thirty fold.
9. Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear.”
10. And his disciples drew near to him and said, “Why do you speak to them in parables?”
11. Responding, he said to them: “Because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but it has not been given to them.
12. For whoever has, it shall be given to him, and he shall have in abundance. But whoever has not, even what he has shall be taken away from him.
13. For this reason, I speak to them in parables: because seeing, they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.
14. And so, in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, who said, ‘Hearing, you shall hear, but not understand; and seeing, you shall see, but not perceive.
15. For the heart of this people has grown fat, and with their ears they hear heavily, and they have closed their eyes, lest at any time they might see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and be converted, and then I would heal them.’
16. But blessed are your eyes, because they see, and your ears, because they hear.
17. Amen I say to you, certainly, that many of the prophets and the just desired to see what you see, and yet they did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and yet they did not hear it.
18. Listen, then, to the parable of the sower.
19. With anyone who hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, evil comes and carries away what was sown in his heart. This is he who received the seed by the side of the road.
20. Then whoever has received the seed upon a rocky place, this is one who hears the word and promptly accepts it with joy.
21. But he has no root in himself, so it is only for a time; then, when tribulation and persecution occur because of the word, he promptly stumbles.
22. And whoever has received the seed among thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of this age and the falseness of riches suffocate the word, and he is effectively without fruit.
23. Yet truly, whoever has received the seed into good soil, this is he who hears the word, and understands it, and so he bears fruit, and he produces: some a hundred fold, and another sixty fold, and another thirty fold.”
24. He proposed another parable to them, saying: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.
25. But while the men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds amid the wheat, and then went away.
26. And when the plants had grown, and had produced fruit, then the weeds also appeared.
27. So the servants of the Father of the family, approaching, said to him: ‘Lord, did you not sow good seed in your field? Then how is it that it has weeds?’
28. And he said to them, ‘A man who is an enemy has done this.’ So the servants said to him, ‘Is it your will that we should go and gather them up?’
29. And he said: ‘No, lest perhaps in gathering the weeds, you might also root out the wheat together with it.
30. Permit both to grow until the harvest, and at the time of the harvest, I will say to the reapers: Gather first the weeds, and bind them into bundles to burn, but the wheat gather into my storehouse.’”
31. He proposed another parable to them, saying: “The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field.
32. It is, indeed, the least of all seeds, but when it has grown, it is greater than all the plants, and it becomes a tree, so much so that the birds of the air come and dwell in its branches.”
33. He spoke another parable to them: “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of fine wheat flour, until it was entirely leavened.”
34. All these things Jesus spoke in parables to the crowds. And he did not speak to them apart from parables,
35. in order to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet, saying: “I will open my mouth in parables. I will proclaim what has been hidden since the foundation of the world.”
36. Then, dismissing the crowds, he went into the house. And his disciples drew near to him, saying, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.”
37. Responding, he said to them: “He who sows the good seed is the Son of man.
38. Now the field is the world. And the good seeds are the sons of the kingdom. But the weeds are the sons of wickedness.
39. So the enemy who sowed them is the devil. And truly, the harvest is the consummation of the age; while the reapers are the Angels.
40. Therefore, just as weeds are gathered up and burned with fire, so shall it be at the consummation of the age.
41. The Son of man shall send out his Angels, and they shall gather from his kingdom all who lead astray and those who work iniquity.
42. And he shall cast them into the furnace of fire, where there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
43. Then the just ones shall shine like the sun, in the kingdom of their Father. Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear.
44. The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in a field. When a man finds it, he hides it, and, because of his joy, he goes and sells everything that he has, and he buys that field.
45. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking good pearls.
46. Having found one pearl of great value, he went away and sold all that he had, and he bought it.
47. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net cast into the sea, which gathers together all kinds of fish.
48. When it has been filled, drawing it out and sitting beside the shore, they selected the good into vessels, but the bad they threw away.
49. So shall it be at the consummation of the age. The Angels shall go forth and separate the bad from the midst of the just.
50. And they shall cast them into the furnace of fire, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
51. Have you understood all these things?” They say to him, “Yes.”
52. He said to them, “Therefore, every scribe well-taught about the kingdom of heaven, is like a man, the father of a family, who offers from his storehouse both the new and the old.”
53. And it happened that, when Jesus had completed these parables, he went away from there.
54. And arriving in his own country, he taught them in their synagogues, so much so that they wondered and said: “How can such wisdom and power be with this one?
55. Is this not the son of a workman? Is not his mother called Mary, and his brothers, James, and Joseph, and Simon, and Jude?
56. And his sisters, are they not all with us? Therefore, from where has this one obtained all these things?”
57. And they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country and in his own house.”
58. And he did not work many miracles there, because of their unbelief.

## Matthew 13 in Latin (Clementine Vulgate, 1592)

1. In illo die exiens Jesus de domo, sedebat secus mare.
2. Et congregatæ sunt ad eum turbæ multæ, ita ut naviculam ascendens sederet: et omnis turba stabat in littore,
3. et locutus est eis multa in parabolis, dicens: Ecce exiit qui seminat, seminare.
4. Et dum seminat, quædam ceciderunt secus viam, et venerunt volucres cæli, et comederunt ea.
5. Alia autem ceciderunt in petrosa, ubi non habebant terram multam: et continuo exorta sunt, quia non habebant altitudinem terræ:
6. sole autem orto æstuaverunt; et quia non habebant radicem, aruerunt.
7. Alia autem ceciderunt in spinas: et creverunt spinæ, et suffocaverunt ea.
8. Alia autem ceciderunt in terram bonam: et dabant fructum, aliud centesimum, aliud sexagesimum, aliud trigesimum.
9. Qui habet aures audiendi, audiat.
10. Et accedentes discipuli dixerunt ei: Quare in parabolis loqueris eis?
11. Qui respondens, ait illis: Quia vobis datum est nosse mysteria regni cælorum: illis autem non est datum.
12. Qui enim habet, dabitur ei, et abundabit: qui autem non habet, et quod habet auferetur ab eo.
13. Ideo in parabolis loquor eis: quia videntes non vident, et audientes non audiunt, neque intelligunt.
14. Et adimpletur in eis prophetia Isaiæ, dicentis: Auditu audietis, et non intelligetis: et videntes videbitis, et non videbitis.
15. Incrassatum est enim cor populi hujus, et auribus graviter audierunt, et oculos suos clauserunt: nequando videant oculis, et auribus audiant, et corde intelligant, et convertantur, et sanem eos.
16. Vestri autem beati oculi quia vident, et aures vestræ quia audiunt.
17. Amen quippe dico vobis, quia multi prophetæ et justi cupierunt videre quæ videtis, et non viderunt: et audire quæ auditis, et non audierunt.
18. Vos ergo audite parabolam seminantis.
19. Omnis qui audit verbum regni, et non intelligit, venit malus, et rapit quod seminatum est in corde ejus: hic est qui secus viam seminatus est.
20. Qui autem super petrosa seminatus est, hic est qui verbum audit, et continuo cum gaudio accipit illud:
21. non habet autem in se radicem, sed est temporalis: facta autem tribulatione et persecutione propter verbum, continuo scandalizatur.
22. Qui autem seminatus est in spinis, hic est qui verbum audit, et sollicitudo sæculi istius, et fallacia divitiarum suffocat verbum, et sine fructu efficitur.
23. Qui vero in terram bonam seminatus est, hic est qui audit verbum, et intelligit, et fructum affert, et facit aliud quidem centesimum, aliud autem sexagesimum, aliud vero trigesimum.
24. Aliam parabolam proposuit illis, dicens: Simile factum est regnum cælorum homini, qui seminavit bonum semen in agro suo:
25. cum autem dormirent homines, venit inimicus ejus, et superseminavit zizania in medio tritici, et abiit.
26. Cum autem crevisset herba, et fructum fecisset, tunc apparuerunt et zizania.
27. Accedentes autem servi patrisfamilias, dixerunt ei: Domine, nonne bonum semen seminasti in agro tuo? unde ergo habet zizania?
28. Et ait illis: Inimicus homo hoc fecit. Servi autem dixerunt ei: Vis, imus, et colligimus ea?
29. Et ait: Non: ne forte colligentes zizania, eradicetis simul cum eis et triticum.
30. Sinite utraque crescere usque ad messem, et in tempore messis dicam messoribus: Colligite primum zizania, et alligate ea in fasciculos ad comburendum: triticum autem congregate in horreum meum.
31. Aliam parabolam proposuit eis dicens: Simile est regnum cælorum grano sinapis, quod accipiens homo seminavit in agro suo:
32. quod minimum quidem est omnibus seminibus: cum autem creverit, majus est omnibus oleribus, et fit arbor, ita ut volucres cæli veniant, et habitent in ramis ejus.
33. Aliam parabolam locutus est eis: Simile est regnum cælorum fermento, quod acceptum mulier abscondit in farinæ satis tribus, donec fermentatum est totum.
34. Hæc omnia locutus est Jesus in parabolis ad turbas: et sine parabolis non loquebatur eis:
35. ut impleretur quod dictum erat per prophetam dicentem: Aperiam in parabolis os meum; eructabo abscondita a constitutione mundi.
36. Tunc, dimissis turbis, venit in domum: et accesserunt ad eum discipuli ejus, dicentes: Edissere nobis parabolam zizaniorum agri.
37. Qui respondens ait illis: Qui seminat bonum semen, est Filius hominis.
38. Ager autem est mundus. Bonum vero semen, hi sunt filii regni. Zizania autem, filii sunt nequam.
39. Inimicus autem, qui seminavit ea, est diabolus. Messis vero, consummatio sæculi est. Messores autem, angeli sunt.
40. Sicut ergo colliguntur zizania, et igni comburuntur: sic erit in consummatione sæculi.
41. Mittet Filius hominis angelos suos, et colligent de regno ejus omnia scandala, et eos qui faciunt iniquitatem:
42. et mittent eos in caminum ignis. Ibi erit fletus et stridor dentium.
43. Tunc justi fulgebunt sicut sol in regno Patris eorum. Qui habet aures audiendi, audiat.
44. Simile est regnum cælorum thesauro abscondito in agro: quem qui invenit homo, abscondit, et præ gaudio illius vadit, et vendit universa quæ habet, et emit agrum illum.
45. Iterum simile est regnum cælorum homini negotiatori, quærenti bonas margaritas.
46. Inventa autem una pretiosa margarita, abiit, et vendidit omnia quæ habuit, et emit eam.
47. Iterum simile est regnum cælorum sagenæ missæ in mare, et ex omni genere piscium congreganti.
48. Quam, cum impleta esset, educentes, et secus littus sedentes, elegerunt bonos in vasa, malos autem foras miserunt.
49. Sic erit in consummatione sæculi: exibunt angeli, et separabunt malos de medio justorum,
50. et mittent eos in caminum ignis: ibi erit fletus, et stridor dentium.
51. Intellexistis hæc omnia? Dicunt ei: Etiam.
52. Ait illis: Ideo omnis scriba doctus in regno cælorum, similis est homini patrifamilias, qui profert de thesauro suo nova et vetera.
53. Et factum est, cum consummasset Jesus parabolas istas, transiit inde.
54. Et veniens in patriam suam, docebat eos in synagogis eorum, ita ut mirarentur, et dicerent: Unde huic sapientia hæc, et virtutes?
55. Nonne hic est fabri filius? nonne mater ejus dicitur Maria, et fratres ejus, Jacobus, et Joseph, et Simon, et Judas?
56. et sorores ejus, nonne omnes apud nos sunt? unde ergo huic omnia ista?
57. Et scandalizabantur in eo. Jesus autem dixit eis: Non est propheta sine honore, nisi in patria sua, et in domo sua.
58. Et non fecit ibi virtutes multas propter incredulitatem illorum.

## Catechism of the Catholic Church

Paragraph numbers and the Catechism's own section headings (never quoted); text at vatican.va.
- cf. CCC ¶ 546: The Mysteries of Christ's Life ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 1724: Christian Beatitude ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 787: The Church - People of God, Body of Christ, Temple of the Holy Spirit ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 546: The Mysteries of Christ's Life ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 29: The Desire for God ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 827: The Church Is One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 333: Heaven and Earth ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 1034: Hell ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 1117: The Sacraments of the Church ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 500: "Conceived By the Power of the Holy Spirit and Born of the Virgin Mary" ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 495: "Conceived By the Power of the Holy Spirit and Born of the Virgin Mary" ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))

## Bishop Challoner's notes

Bp. Richard Challoner, notes on the Douay-Rheims (1750); they comment on its older wording.
- Verse 55: These were the children of Mary the wife of Cleophas, sister to our Blessed Lady, (St. Matt. 27. 56; St. John 19. 25,) and therefore, according to the usual style of the Scripture, they were called brethren, that is, near relations to our Saviour.

## Read at Mass (US)

- Wed, Jul 21, 2027 (computed): Wednesday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time — Gospel, Matthew 13:1-9
- Fri, Jul 23, 2027 (computed): Friday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time — Gospel, Matthew 13:18-23
- Sat, Jul 24, 2027 (computed): Saturday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time — Gospel, Matthew 13:24-30
- Mon, Jul 26, 2027 (computed): Sts. Joachim and Anne, Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary — Gospel, Matthew 13:31-35

11 more dates through December 31, 2028, in the [liturgical calendar](https://blessbible.app/calendar/).

Dates after May 31, 2027 are computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

Source: Catholic Public Domain Version (Ronald L. Conte Jr., 2009), public domain; Latin: Clementine Vulgate (1592).