Matthäus 13
Schlachter 2000
Die Geheimnisse des Reiches der Himmel
13 An jenem Tag aber ging Jesus aus dem Haus hinaus und setzte sich an den See[a].
2 Und es versammelte sich eine große Volksmenge zu ihm, sodass er in das Schiff stieg und sich setzte; und alles Volk stand am Ufer.
Das Gleichnis vom Sämann
3 Und er redete zu ihnen vieles in Gleichnissen und sprach: Siehe, der Sämann ging aus, um zu säen.
4 Und als er säte, fiel etliches an den Weg, und die Vögel kamen und fraßen es auf.
5 Anderes aber fiel auf den felsigen Boden, wo es nicht viel Erde hatte; und es ging sogleich auf, weil es keine tiefe Erde hatte.
6 Als aber die Sonne aufging, wurde es verbrannt, und weil es keine Wurzel hatte, verdorrte es.
7 Anderes aber fiel unter die Dornen; und die Dornen wuchsen auf und erstickten es.
8 Anderes aber fiel auf das gute Erdreich und brachte Frucht, etliches hundertfältig, etliches sechzigfältig und etliches dreißigfältig.
9 Wer Ohren hat zu hören, der höre!
Der Grund für die Gleichnisreden
10 Da traten die Jünger herzu und sprachen zu ihm: Warum redest du in Gleichnissen mit ihnen?
11 Er aber antwortete und sprach zu ihnen: Weil es euch gegeben ist, die Geheimnisse des Reiches der Himmel zu verstehen; jenen aber ist es nicht gegeben.
12 Denn wer hat, dem wird gegeben werden, und er wird Überfluss haben; wer aber nicht hat, von dem wird auch das genommen werden, was er hat.
13 Darum rede ich in Gleichnissen zu ihnen, weil sie sehen und doch nicht sehen und hören und doch nicht hören und nicht verstehen;
14 und es wird an ihnen die Weissagung des Jesaja erfüllt, welche lautet: »Mit den Ohren werdet ihr hören und nicht verstehen, und mit den Augen werdet ihr sehen und nicht erkennen!
15 Denn das Herz dieses Volkes ist verstockt[b], und mit den Ohren hören sie schwer, und ihre Augen haben sie verschlossen, dass sie nicht etwa mit den Augen sehen und mit den Ohren hören und mit dem Herzen verstehen und sich bekehren und ich sie heile.«[c]
16 Aber glückselig sind eure Augen, dass sie sehen, und eure Ohren, dass sie hören!
17 Denn wahrlich, ich sage euch: Viele Propheten und Gerechte haben zu sehen begehrt, was ihr seht, und haben es nicht gesehen, und zu hören, was ihr hört, und haben es nicht gehört.
Die Deutung des Gleichnisses vom Sämann
18 So hört nun ihr das Gleichnis vom Sämann:
19 Sooft jemand das Wort vom Reich hört und nicht versteht, kommt der Böse und raubt das, was in sein Herz gesät ist. Das ist der, bei dem es an den Weg gestreut war.
20 Auf den felsigen Boden gestreut aber ist es bei dem, der das Wort hört und sogleich mit Freuden aufnimmt;
21 er hat aber keine Wurzel in sich, sondern ist wetterwendisch[d]. Wenn nun Bedrängnis oder Verfolgung entsteht um des Wortes willen, so nimmt er sogleich Anstoß.
22 Unter die Dornen gesät aber ist es bei dem, der das Wort hört, aber die Sorge dieser Weltzeit und der Betrug des Reichtums ersticken das Wort, und es wird unfruchtbar.
23 Auf das gute Erdreich gesät aber ist es bei dem, der das Wort hört und versteht; der bringt dann auch Frucht, und der eine trägt hundertfältig, ein anderer sechzigfältig, ein dritter dreißigfältig.
Das Gleichnis vom Unkraut unter dem Weizen
24 Ein anderes Gleichnis legte er ihnen vor und sprach: Das Reich der Himmel gleicht einem Menschen, der guten Samen auf seinen Acker säte.
25 Während aber die Leute schliefen, kam sein Feind und säte Unkraut[e] mitten unter den Weizen und ging davon.
26 Als nun die Saat wuchs und Frucht ansetzte, da zeigte sich auch das Unkraut.
27 Und die Knechte des Hausherrn traten herzu und sprachen zu ihm: Herr, hast du nicht guten Samen in deinen Acker gesät? Woher hat er denn das Unkraut?
28 Er aber sprach zu ihnen: Das hat der Feind getan! Da sagten die Knechte zu ihm: Willst du nun, dass wir hingehen und es zusammenlesen?
29 Er aber sprach: Nein!, damit ihr nicht beim Zusammenlesen des Unkrauts zugleich mit ihm den Weizen ausreißt.
30 Lasst beides miteinander wachsen bis zur Ernte, und zur Zeit der Ernte will ich den Schnittern sagen: Lest zuerst das Unkraut zusammen und bindet es in Bündel, dass man es verbrenne; den Weizen aber sammelt in meine Scheune!
Das Gleichnis vom Senfkorn
31 Ein anderes Gleichnis legte er ihnen vor und sprach: Das Reich der Himmel gleicht einem Senfkorn, das ein Mensch nahm und auf seinen Acker säte.
32 Dieses ist zwar von allen Samenkörnern das kleinste; wenn es aber wächst, so wird es größer als die Gartengewächse und wird ein Baum, sodass die Vögel des Himmels kommen und in seinen Zweigen nisten.
Das Gleichnis vom Sauerteig
33 Ein anderes Gleichnis sagte er ihnen: Das Reich der Himmel gleicht einem Sauerteig, den eine Frau nahm und heimlich in drei Scheffel Mehl hineinmischte, bis das Ganze durchsäuert war.
34 Dies alles redete Jesus in Gleichnissen zu der Volksmenge, und ohne Gleichnis redete er nicht zu ihnen,
35 damit erfüllt würde, was durch den Propheten gesagt ist, der spricht: »Ich will meinen Mund zu Gleichnisreden öffnen; ich will verkündigen, was von Grundlegung der Welt an verborgen war«.[f]
Die Deutung des Gleichnisses vom Unkraut
36 Da entließ Jesus die Volksmenge und ging in das Haus. Und seine Jünger traten zu ihm und sprachen: Erkläre uns das Gleichnis vom Unkraut auf dem Acker!
37 Und er antwortete und sprach zu ihnen: Der den guten Samen sät, ist der Sohn des Menschen.
38 Der Acker ist die Welt; der gute Same sind die Kinder des Reichs; das Unkraut aber sind die Kinder des Bösen.
39 Der Feind, der es sät, ist der Teufel; die Ernte ist das Ende der Weltzeit; die Schnitter sind die Engel.
40 Gleichwie man nun das Unkraut sammelt und mit Feuer verbrennt, so wird es sein am Ende dieser Weltzeit.
41 Der Sohn des Menschen wird seine Engel aussenden, und sie werden alle Ärgernisse[g] und die Gesetzlosigkeit verüben aus seinem Reich sammeln
42 und werden sie in den Feuerofen werfen; dort wird das Heulen und das Zähneknirschen sein.
43 Dann werden die Gerechten leuchten wie die Sonne im Reich ihres Vaters. Wer Ohren hat zu hören, der höre!
Das Gleichnis vom Schatz im Acker und von der kostbaren Perle
44 Wiederum gleicht das Reich der Himmel einem verborgenen Schatz im Acker, den ein Mensch fand und verbarg. Und vor Freude darüber geht er hin und verkauft alles, was er hat, und kauft jenen Acker.
45 Wiederum gleicht das Reich der Himmel einem Kaufmann, der schöne Perlen suchte.
46 Als er eine kostbare Perle fand, ging er hin, verkaufte alles, was er hatte, und kaufte sie.
Das Gleichnis vom Fischnetz
47 Wiederum gleicht das Reich der Himmel einem Netz, das ins Meer geworfen wurde und alle Arten [von Fischen] zusammenbrachte.
48 Als es voll war, zogen sie es ans Ufer, setzten sich und sammelten die guten in Gefäße, die faulen aber warfen sie weg.
49 So wird es am Ende der Weltzeit sein: Die Engel werden ausgehen und die Bösen aus der Mitte der Gerechten aussondern
50 und sie in den Feuerofen werfen. Dort wird das Heulen und Zähneknirschen sein.
51 Jesus sprach zu ihnen: Habt ihr das alles verstanden? Sie sprachen zu ihm: Ja, Herr!
52 Da sagte er zu ihnen: Darum gleicht jeder Schriftgelehrte, der für das Reich der Himmel unterrichtet ist, einem Hausvater, der aus seinem Schatz Neues und Altes hervorholt.
Der Unglaube der Einwohner von Nazareth
53 Und es geschah, als Jesus diese Gleichnisse beendet hatte, zog er von dort weg.
54 Und als er in seine Vaterstadt kam, lehrte er sie in ihrer Synagoge, sodass sie staunten und sprachen: Woher hat dieser solche Weisheit und solche Wunderkräfte?
55 Ist dieser nicht der Sohn des Zimmermanns? Heißt nicht seine Mutter Maria, und seine Brüder [heißen] Jakobus und Joses und Simon und Judas?
56 Und sind nicht seine Schwestern alle bei uns? Woher hat dieser denn das alles?
57 Und sie nahmen Anstoß an ihm. Jesus aber sprach zu ihnen: Ein Prophet ist nirgends verachtet außer in seinem Vaterland[h] und in seinem Haus!
58 Und er tat dort nicht viele Wunder um ihres Unglaubens willen.
Footnotes
- (13,1) d.h. den See Genezareth.
- (13,15) od. undurchdringlich / unempfänglich.
- (13,15) Jes 6,9-10.
- (13,21) od. unbeständig / nur für eine gewisse Zeit.
- (13,25) Hier ist der »Taumellolch« oder »Afterweizen« gemeint, ein dem Weizen ähnliches giftiges Unkraut.
- (13,35) Ps 78,2.
- (13,41) d.h. Menschen, die andere zur Sünde verführen.
- (13,57) od. in seiner Vaterstadt / Heimat.
Matthew 13
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
13 That same day Jesus went out of the house and was sitting beside the sea.
2 But such great crowds gathered about Him that He got into a boat and remained sitting there, while all the throng stood on the shore.
3 And He told them many things in parables (stories by way of illustration and comparison), saying, A sower went out to sow.
4 And as he sowed, some seeds fell by the roadside, and the birds came and ate them up.
5 Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they had not much soil; and at once they sprang up, because they had no depth of soil.
6 But when the sun rose, they were scorched, and because they had no root, they dried up and withered away.
7 Other seeds fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them out.
8 Other seeds fell on good soil, and yielded grain—some a hundred times as much as was sown, some sixty times as much, and some thirty.
9 He who has ears [to hear], let him be listening and let him [a]consider and [b]perceive and comprehend by hearing.
10 Then the disciples came to Him and said, Why do You speak to them in parables?
11 And He replied to them, To you it has been given to know the secrets and mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.
12 For whoever has [spiritual knowledge], to him will more be given and he will [c]be furnished richly so that he will have abundance; but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away.
13 This is the reason that I speak to them in parables: because [d]having the power of seeing, they do not see; and [e]having the power of hearing, they do not hear, nor do they grasp and understand.
14 In them indeed is [f]the process of fulfillment of the prophecy of Isaiah, which says: You shall indeed hear and hear but never grasp and understand; and you shall indeed look and look but never see and perceive.
15 For this nation’s heart has grown gross (fat and dull), and their ears heavy and difficult of hearing, and their eyes they have tightly closed, lest they see and perceive with their eyes, and hear and comprehend the sense with their ears, and grasp and understand with their heart, and turn and I should heal them.(A)
16 But blessed (happy, fortunate, and [g]to be envied) are your eyes because they do see, and your ears because they do hear.
17 Truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous men [men who were upright and in right standing with God] yearned to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.
18 Listen then to the [meaning of the] parable of the sower:
19 [h]While anyone is hearing the Word of the kingdom and does not grasp and comprehend it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is what was sown along the roadside.
20 As for what was sown on thin (rocky) soil, this is he who hears the Word and at once welcomes and accepts it with joy;
21 Yet it has no real root in him, but is temporary (inconstant, [i]lasts but a little while); and when affliction or trouble or persecution comes on account of the Word, at once he is caused to stumble [he is repelled and [j]begins to distrust and desert Him Whom he ought to trust and obey] and he falls away.
22 As for what was sown among thorns, this is he who hears the Word, but the cares of the world and the pleasure and delight and glamour and deceitfulness of riches choke and suffocate the Word, and it yields no fruit.
23 As for what was sown on good soil, this is he who hears the Word and grasps and comprehends it; he indeed bears fruit and yields in one case a hundred times as much as was sown, in another sixty times as much, and in another thirty.
24 Another parable He set forth before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.
25 But while he was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed also darnel (weeds resembling wheat) among the wheat, and went on his way.
26 So when the plants sprouted and formed grain, the darnel (weeds) appeared also.
27 And the servants of the owner came to him and said, Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? Then how does it have darnel shoots in it?
28 He replied to them, An enemy has done this. The servants said to him, Then do you want us to go and weed them out?
29 But he said, No, lest in gathering the wild wheat (weeds resembling wheat), you root up the [true] wheat along with it.
30 Let them grow together until the harvest; and at harvest time I will say to the reapers, Gather the darnel first and bind it in bundles to be burned, but gather the wheat into my granary.
31 Another story by way of comparison He set forth before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field.
32 Of all the seeds it is the smallest, but when it has grown it is the largest of the garden herbs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and find shelter in its branches.
33 He told them another parable: The kingdom of heaven is like leaven ([k]sour dough) which a woman took and covered over in three measures of meal or flour till all of it was leavened.(B)
34 These things [l]all taken together Jesus said to the crowds in parables; indeed, without a parable He said nothing to them.
35 This was in fulfillment of what was spoken by the prophet: I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things that have been hidden since the foundation of the world.(C)
36 Then He left the throngs and went into the house. And His disciples came to Him saying, Explain to us the parable of the darnel in the field.
37 He answered, He Who sows the good seed is the Son of Man.
38 The field is the world, and the good seed means the children of the kingdom; the darnel is the children of the evil one,
39 And the enemy who sowed it is the devil. The harvest is the close and consummation of the age, and the reapers are angels.
40 Just as the darnel (weeds resembling wheat) is gathered and burned with fire, so it will be at the close of the age.
41 The Son of Man will send forth His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all causes of offense [[m]persons by whom others are drawn into error or sin] and all who do iniquity and act wickedly,
42 And will cast them into the furnace of fire; there will be weeping and wailing and grinding of teeth.
43 Then will the righteous (those who are upright and in right standing with God) shine forth like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Let him who has ears [to hear] be listening, and let him [n]consider and perceive and understand by hearing.(D)
44 The kingdom of heaven is like [o]something precious buried in a field, which a man found and hid again; then in his joy he goes and sells all he has and buys that field.
45 Again the kingdom of heaven is like a man who is a dealer in search of fine and [p]precious pearls,
46 Who, on finding a single pearl of great price, went and sold all he had and bought it.
47 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a [q]dragnet which was cast into the sea and gathered in fish of every sort.
48 When it was full, men dragged it up on the beach, and sat down and sorted out the good fish into baskets, but the worthless ones they threw away.
49 So it will be at the close and consummation of the age. The angels will go forth and separate the wicked from the righteous (those who are upright and in right standing with God)
50 And cast them [the wicked] into the furnace of fire; there will be weeping and wailing and grinding of teeth.
51 Have you understood [r]all these things [parables] taken together? They said to Him, Yes, Lord.
52 He said to them, Therefore every [s]teacher and interpreter of the Sacred Writings who has been instructed about and trained for the kingdom of heaven and has [t]become a disciple is like a householder who brings forth out of his storehouse treasure that is new and [treasure that is] old [the fresh as well as the familiar].
53 When Jesus had finished these parables (these comparisons), He left there.
54 And coming to His own country [Nazareth], He taught in their synagogue so that they were amazed with bewildered wonder, and said, Where did this [u]Man get this wisdom and these miraculous powers?
55 Is not this the carpenter’s Son? Is not His mother called Mary? And are not His brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas?
56 And do not all His sisters live here among us? Where then did this Man get all this?
57 And they took offense at Him [they were repelled and hindered from acknowledging His authority, and caused to stumble]. 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 do many works of power there, because of their unbelief (their lack of faith [v]in the divine mission of Jesus).
Footnotes
- Matthew 13:9 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
- Matthew 13:9 G. Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon.
- Matthew 13:12 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
- Matthew 13:13 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
- Matthew 13:13 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
- Matthew 13:14 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
- Matthew 13:16 Alexander Souter, Pocket Lexicon.
- Matthew 13:19 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
- Matthew 13:21 John Wycliffe, The Wycliffe Bible.
- Matthew 13:21 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
- Matthew 13:33 John Wycliffe, The Wycliffe Bible.
- Matthew 13:34 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
- Matthew 13:41 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
- Matthew 13:43 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
- Matthew 13:44 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
- Matthew 13:45 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
- Matthew 13:47 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
- Matthew 13:51 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
- Matthew 13:52 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
- Matthew 13:52 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
- Matthew 13:54 See footnote on Matt. 2:8.
- Matthew 13:58 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
Matthew 13
King James Version
13 The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side.
2 And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore.
3 And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;
4 And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:
5 Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:
6 And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.
7 And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:
8 But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.
9 Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
10 And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?
11 He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
12 For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.
13 Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
14 And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:
15 For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
16 But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.
17 For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.
18 Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.
19 When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.
20 But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;
21 Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.
22 He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.
23 But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
24 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:
25 But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.
26 But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.
27 So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?
28 He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?
29 But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.
30 Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.
31 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:
32 Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.
33 Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
34 All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:
35 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.
36 Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.
37 He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;
38 The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;
39 The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.
40 As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.
41 The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;
42 And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
43 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
44 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
45 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls:
46 Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.
47 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind:
48 Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away.
49 So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just,
50 And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
51 Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things? They say unto him, Yea, Lord.
52 Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.
53 And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed thence.
54 And when he was come into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, and said, Whence hath this man this wisdom, and these mighty works?
55 Is not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?
56 And his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence then hath this man all these things?
57 And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house.
58 And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief.
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