St Matthew Chapter XIII : Verses 1-9
Contents
- Matt. xiii. 1-9. Douay-Rheims text & Latin text (Vulgate).
- Notes on the text
Matt. xiii. 1-9
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| The sower went forth to sow. J-J Tissot. |
In illo die exiens Jesus de domo, sedebat secus mare.
2 And great multitudes were gathered unto him, so that he went up into a boat and sat: and all the multitude
stood on the shore.
Et congregatæ sunt ad eum turbae multæ, ita ut naviculam ascendens sederet : et omnis turba stabat in littore,
3 And he spoke to them many things in parables, saying: Behold the sower went forth to sow.
et locutus est eis multa in parabolis, dicens : Ecce exiit qui seminat, seminare.
4 And whilst he soweth some fell by the way side, and the birds of the air came and ate them up.
Et dum seminat, quædam ceciderunt secus viam, et venerunt volucres cæli, et comederunt ea.
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.
Alia autem ceciderunt in petrosa, ubi non habebant terram multam : et continuo exorta sunt, quia non habebant altitudinem terræ :
6 And when the sun was up they were scorched: and because they had not root, they withered away.
sole autem orto aestuaverunt; et quia non habebant radicem, aruerunt.
7 And others fell among thorns: and the thorns grew up and choked them.
Alia autem ceciderunt in spinas : et creverunt spinae, et suffocaverunt ea.
8 And others fell upon good ground: and they brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, and some thirtyfold.
Alia autem ceciderunt in terram bonam : et dabant fructum, aliud centesimum, aliud sexagesimum, aliud trigesimum.
9 He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Qui habet aures audiendi, audiat.
Notes
1. The same day, — i.e. on which the Pharisees had accused our Lord of casting out devils by Beelzebub.
2. great multitudes. These numbers were the result of the continued gathering of the multitudes from every city.
Close to Tell Hum, the ancient seat of Capharnaum, there are numerous creeks and inlets, so that if our Lord pushed out a little from the shore, the multitude could hear distinctly in the clear lake air on either side. The people upon the land by the seashore would have found seats on the smooth basalt boulders that abound there.
3. the sower went forth to sow. In Palestine, November is the time for sowing. As it was just at this season that Jesus was speaking, He may have actually seen a sower at work. The parable was well timed to touch His hearers.
4. fell. The sowing was done by hand, or by means of a perforated sack, which an ox carried over the land that was to be sown.
by the way side. A hard, well-trodden pathway that crossed an unenclosed field, hence the seed was trodden down (St Luke).
“ The nature of the land in the plain would furnish an immediate illustration of the words. In the fields close to the shore may be seen the hard beaten paths into which no seed can penetrate ; the flights of innumerable birds ready to pick it up ; the rocks thinly covered with soil, and the stony ground ; the dense, tangled growth of weeds and thistles in neglected.corners ; and the rich, deep loam on which the harvests grew with unwonted luxuriance ” (Stanley).
the birds of the air, etc. Larks, sparrows, pigeons, and crows were always to be seen on the watch for the seed. It was customary for the Jews to count one-third of the seed sown as the birds’ just share. On the same principle, they allowed the oxen employed in the harvest-field to eat freely of the gathered corn.
5. fell upon stony ground (ἐπὶ τὰ πετρώδη), — i.e. rock covered only with a thin layer of soil, giving no deepness of earth.
sprung up immediately. It would spring up immediately on account of
Totus tuus ego sum
Et omnia mea tua sunt;
Tecum semper tutus sum:
Ad Jesum per Mariam.
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