Matthieu 13
Segond 21
Paraboles du royaume des cieux 13.1-53
Le semeur et les terrains
13 Ce jour-là, Jésus sortit de la maison et s'assit au bord du lac. 2 La foule se rassembla autour de lui, si nombreuse qu'il monta dans une barque où il s'assit. Toute la foule se tenait sur le rivage. 3 Il leur parla en paraboles[a] sur beaucoup de choses. Il dit: 4 «Un semeur sortit pour semer. Comme il semait, une partie de la semence tomba le long du chemin; les oiseaux vinrent et la mangèrent. 5 Une autre partie tomba dans un sol pierreux où elle n'avait pas beaucoup de terre; elle leva aussitôt, parce qu'elle ne trouva pas un terrain profond, 6 mais quand le soleil parut, elle fut brûlée et sécha, faute de racines. 7 Une autre partie tomba parmi les ronces; les ronces poussèrent et l'étouffèrent. 8 Une autre partie tomba dans la bonne terre; elle donna du fruit avec un rapport de 100, 60 ou 30 pour 1. 9 Que celui qui a des oreilles [pour entendre] entende.»
10 Les disciples s'approchèrent et lui dirent: «Pourquoi leur parles-tu en paraboles?» 11 Jésus [leur] répondit: «Parce qu'il vous a été donné, à vous, de connaître les mystères du royaume des cieux, mais qu'à eux cela n'a pas été donné. 12 En effet, on donnera à celui qui a et il sera dans l'abondance, mais à celui qui n'a pas on enlèvera même ce qu'il a. 13 C'est pourquoi je leur parle en paraboles, parce qu'en voyant ils ne voient pas et qu’en entendant ils n'entendent pas et ne comprennent pas. 14 Pour eux s'accomplit cette prophétie d'Esaïe: Vous aurez beau entendre, vous ne comprendrez pas, vous aurez beau regarder, vous ne verrez pas. 15 En effet, le cœur de ce peuple est devenu insensible; ils se sont bouché les oreilles et ils ont fermé les yeux de peur que leurs yeux ne voient, que leurs oreilles n'entendent, que leur cœur ne comprenne, qu'ils ne se convertissent et que je ne les guérisse.[b] 16 Mais heureux sont vos yeux parce qu'ils voient, et vos oreilles parce qu'elles entendent! 17 Je vous le dis en vérité, beaucoup de prophètes et de justes ont désiré voir ce que vous voyez et ne l'ont pas vu, entendre ce que vous entendez et ne l'ont pas entendu.
18 »Vous donc, écoutez ce que signifie la parabole du semeur. 19 Lorsqu'un homme entend la parole du royaume et ne la comprend pas, le mauvais[c] vient et enlève ce qui a été semé dans son cœur: cet homme est celui qui a reçu la semence le long du chemin. 20 Celui qui a reçu la semence dans le sol pierreux, c'est celui qui entend la parole et l’accepte aussitôt avec joie; 21 mais il n'a pas de racines en lui-même, il est l’homme d’un moment et, dès que surviennent les difficultés ou la persécution à cause de la parole, il trébuche. 22 Celui qui a reçu la semence parmi les ronces, c'est celui qui entend la parole, mais les préoccupations de ce monde et l’attrait trompeur des richesses étouffent cette parole et la rendent infructueuse. 23 Celui qui a reçu la semence dans la bonne terre, c'est celui qui entend la parole et la comprend; il porte du fruit avec un rapport de 100, 60 ou 30 pour 1.»
La mauvaise herbe et le bon grain
24 Il leur proposa une autre parabole: «Le royaume des cieux ressemble à un homme qui avait semé une bonne semence dans son champ. 25 Mais, pendant que les gens dormaient, son ennemi vint, sema de la mauvaise herbe parmi le blé et s'en alla. 26 Lorsque le blé eut poussé et donné du fruit, la mauvaise herbe apparut aussi. 27 Les serviteurs du maître de la maison vinrent lui dire: ‘Seigneur, n'as-tu pas semé une bonne semence dans ton champ? Comment se fait-il donc qu'il y ait de la mauvaise herbe?’ 28 Il leur répondit: ‘C'est un ennemi qui a fait cela.’ Les serviteurs lui dirent: ‘Veux-tu que nous allions l'arracher?’ 29 ‘Non, dit-il, de peur qu'en arrachant la mauvaise herbe vous ne déraciniez en même temps le blé. 30 Laissez l'un et l'autre pousser ensemble jusqu'à la moisson et, au moment de la moisson, je dirai aux moissonneurs: Arrachez d'abord la mauvaise herbe et liez-la en gerbes pour la brûler, mais amassez le blé dans mon grenier.’»
La graine de moutarde et le levain
31 Il leur proposa une autre parabole: «Le royaume des cieux ressemble à une graine de moutarde qu'un homme a prise et semée dans son champ. 32 C'est la plus petite de toutes les semences, mais quand elle a poussé, elle est plus grande que les légumes et devient un arbre, de sorte que les oiseaux du ciel viennent habiter dans ses branches.»
33 Il leur dit cette autre parabole: «Le royaume des cieux ressemble à du levain qu'une femme a pris et mis dans trois mesures de farine pour faire lever toute la pâte.»
34 Jésus dit toutes ces choses en paraboles à la foule, et il ne lui parlait pas sans parabole 35 afin que s'accomplisse ce que le prophète avait annoncé: J'ouvrirai ma bouche pour parler en paraboles, je proclamerai des choses cachées depuis la création [du monde].[d]
Explication de la parabole de la mauvaise herbe
36 Alors Jésus renvoya la foule et entra dans la maison. Ses disciples s'approchèrent de lui en disant: «Explique-nous la parabole de la mauvaise herbe dans le champ.» 37 Il [leur] répondit: «Celui qui sème la bonne semence, c'est le Fils de l'homme; 38 le champ, c'est le monde; la bonne semence, ce sont les enfants du royaume; la mauvaise herbe, ce sont les enfants du mal[e]; 39 l'ennemi qui l'a semée, c'est le diable; la moisson, c'est la fin du monde; les moissonneurs, ce sont les anges. 40 Tout comme on arrache la mauvaise herbe et la jette au feu, on fera de même à la fin du monde: 41 le Fils de l'homme enverra ses anges; ils arracheront de son royaume tous les pièges et ceux qui commettent le mal, 42 et ils les jetteront dans la fournaise de feu où il y aura des pleurs et des grincements de dents. 43 Alors les justes resplendiront comme le soleil dans le royaume de leur Père. Que celui qui a des oreilles [pour entendre] entende.
Comparaisons diverses
44 »Le royaume des cieux ressemble [encore] à un trésor caché dans un champ. L'homme qui l'a trouvé le cache et, dans sa joie, il va vendre tout ce qu'il possède et achète ce champ.
45 »Le royaume des cieux ressemble encore à un marchand qui cherche de belles perles. 46 Lorsqu'il a trouvé une perle de grande valeur, il est allé vendre tout ce qu'il possédait et l'a achetée.
47 »Le royaume des cieux ressemble encore à un filet jeté dans la mer et qui ramène des poissons de toutes sortes. 48 Quand il est rempli, les pêcheurs le tirent sur le rivage et s’asseyent; puis ils mettent dans des paniers ce qui est bon et jettent ce qui est mauvais. 49 Il en ira de même à la fin du monde: les anges viendront séparer les méchants d'avec les justes 50 et les jetteront dans la fournaise de feu, où il y aura des pleurs et des grincements de dents.»
51 [Jésus leur dit:] «Avez-vous compris tout cela?» «Oui, [Seigneur]», répondirent-ils. 52 Et il leur dit: «C'est pourquoi, tout spécialiste de la loi instruit de ce qui concerne le royaume des cieux ressemble à un maître de maison qui tire de son trésor des choses nouvelles et des choses anciennes.» 53 Lorsque Jésus eut fini de dire ces paraboles, il partit de là.
Fin du ministère de Jésus en Galilée et au-delà 13.54–18.35
Jésus rejeté à Nazareth
54 Il se rendit dans sa patrie, et il enseignait dans la synagogue, de sorte que ceux qui l'entendirent étaient étonnés et disaient: «D'où lui viennent cette sagesse et ces miracles? 55 N'est-il pas le fils du charpentier? N'est-ce pas Marie qui est sa mère? Jacques, Joseph, Simon et Jude ne sont-ils pas ses frères? 56 Et ses sœurs ne sont-elles pas toutes parmi nous? D'où lui vient donc tout cela?» 57 Et il représentait un obstacle pour eux. Mais Jésus leur dit: «Un prophète n'est méprisé que dans sa patrie et dans sa famille.» 58 Il ne fit pas beaucoup de miracles à cet endroit à cause de leur incrédulité.
Footnotes
- Matthieu 13:3 Paraboles: histoires visant à faire comprendre une vérité spirituelle au moyen d’un exemple tiré de la vie courante.
- Matthieu 13:15 Vous aurez… guérisse: citation d’Esaïe 6.9-10.
- Matthieu 13:19 Le mauvais: c’est-à-dire le diable.
- Matthieu 13:35 J’ouvrirai… du monde: citation du Psaume 78.2.
- Matthieu 13:38 Du mal: ou du mauvais (c’est-à-dire le diable).
Matthew 13
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Chapter 13
The Parable of the Sower. 1 [a]On that day, Jesus went out of the house and sat down by the sea.(A) 2 Such large crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat down, and the whole crowd stood along the shore. 3 [b]And he spoke to them at length in parables,[c] saying: “A sower went out to sow. 4 And as he sowed, some seed fell on the path, and birds came and ate it up. 5 Some fell on rocky ground, where it had little soil. It sprang up at once because the soil was not deep, 6 and when the sun rose it was scorched, and it withered for lack of roots. 7 Some seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it. 8 But some seed fell on rich soil, and produced fruit, a hundred or sixty or thirtyfold. 9 Whoever has ears ought to hear.”
The Purpose of Parables. 10 The disciples approached him and said, “Why do you speak to them in parables?” 11 [d]He said to them in reply, “Because knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been granted to you, but to them it has not been granted. 12 (B)To anyone who has, more will be given[e] and he will grow rich; from anyone who has not, even what he has will be taken away. 13 [f](C)This is why I speak to them in parables, because ‘they look but do not see and hear but do not listen or understand.’ 14 (D)Isaiah’s prophecy is fulfilled in them, which says:
‘You shall indeed hear but not understand,
you shall indeed look but never see.
15 Gross is the heart of this people,
they will hardly hear with their ears,
they have closed their eyes,
lest they see with their eyes
and hear with their ears
and understand with their heart and be converted,
and I heal them.’
The Privilege of Discipleship.[g] 16 (E)“But blessed are your eyes, because they see, and your ears, because they hear. 17 Amen, I say to you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.
The Explanation of the Parable of the Sower.[h] 18 (F)“Hear then the parable of the sower. 19 The seed sown on the path is the one who hears the word of the kingdom without understanding it, and the evil one comes and steals away what was sown in his heart. 20 The seed sown on rocky ground is the one who hears the word and receives it at once with joy. 21 But he has no root and lasts only for a time. When some tribulation or persecution comes because of the word, he immediately falls away. 22 The seed sown among thorns is the one who hears the word, but then worldly anxiety and the lure of riches choke the word and it bears no fruit. 23 But the seed sown on rich soil is the one who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and yields a hundred or sixty or thirtyfold.”
The Parable of the Weeds Among the Wheat. 24 He proposed another parable to them.[i] “The kingdom of heaven may be likened to a man who sowed good seed in his field. 25 While everyone was asleep his enemy came and sowed weeds[j] all through the wheat, and then went off. 26 When the crop grew and bore fruit, the weeds appeared as well. 27 The slaves of the householder came to him and said, ‘Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? Where have the weeds come from?’ 28 He answered, ‘An enemy has done this.’ His slaves said to him, ‘Do you want us to go and pull them up?’ 29 He replied, ‘No, if you pull up the weeds you might uproot the wheat along with them. 30 Let them grow together until harvest;[k] then at harvest time I will say to the harvesters, “First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles for burning; but gather the wheat into my barn.”’”(G)
The Parable of the Mustard Seed.[l] 31 (H)He proposed another parable to them. “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a person took and sowed in a field. 32 [m](I)It is the smallest of all the seeds, yet when full-grown it is the largest of plants. It becomes a large bush, and the ‘birds of the sky come and dwell in its branches.’”
The Parable of the Yeast. 33 He spoke to them another parable. “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast[n] that a woman took and mixed with three measures of wheat flour until the whole batch was leavened.”(J)
The Use of Parables. 34 [o](K)All these things Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables. He spoke to them only in parables, 35 to fulfill what had been said through the prophet:[p]
“I will open my mouth in parables,
I will announce what has lain hidden from the foundation [of the world].”(L)
The Explanation of the Parable of the Weeds. 36 Then, dismissing the crowds,[q] he went into the house. His disciples approached him and said, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.” 37 [r]He said in reply, “He who sows good seed is the Son of Man, 38 the field is the world,[s] the good seed the children of the kingdom. The weeds are the children of the evil one, 39 and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age,[t] and the harvesters are angels. 40 Just as weeds are collected and burned [up] with fire, so will it be at the end of the age. 41 The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will collect out of his kingdom[u] all who cause others to sin and all evildoers. 42 (M)They will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth. 43 [v](N)Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Whoever has ears ought to hear.
More Parables.[w] 44 (O)“The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure buried in a field,[x] which a person finds and hides again, and out of joy goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. 45 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant searching for fine pearls. 46 When he finds a pearl of great price, he goes and sells all that he has and buys it. 47 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net thrown into the sea, which collects fish of every kind. 48 When it is full they haul it ashore and sit down to put what is good into buckets. What is bad they throw away. 49 Thus it will be at the end of the age. The angels will go out and separate the wicked from the righteous 50 and throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth.
Treasures New and Old. 51 “Do you understand[y] all these things?” They answered, “Yes.” 52 [z]And he replied, “Then every scribe who has been instructed in the kingdom of heaven is like the head of a household who brings from his storeroom both the new and the old.” 53 When Jesus finished these parables, he went away from there.
V. Jesus, the Kingdom, and the Church
The Rejection at Nazareth. 54 [aa]He came to his native place and taught the people in their synagogue.(P) They were astonished[ab] and said, “Where did this man get such wisdom and mighty deeds?(Q) 55 Is he not the carpenter’s son? Is not his mother named Mary and his brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas?(R) 56 Are not his sisters all with us? Where did this man get all this?” 57 And they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his native place and in his own house.”(S) 58 And he did not work many mighty deeds there because of their lack of faith.
Footnotes
- 13:1–53 The discourse in parables is the third great discourse of Jesus in Matthew and constitutes the second part of the third book of the gospel. Matthew follows the Marcan outline (Mk 4:1–35) but has only two of Mark’s parables, the five others being from Q and M. In addition to the seven parables, the discourse gives the reason why Jesus uses this type of speech (Mt 13:10–15), declares the blessedness of those who understand his teaching (Mt 13:16–17), explains the parable of the sower (Mt 13:18–23) and of the weeds (Mt 13:36–43), and ends with a concluding statement to the disciples (Mt 13:51–52).
- 13:3 In parables: the word “parable” (Greek parabolē) is used in the LXX to translate the Hebrew māshāl, a designation covering a wide variety of literary forms such as axioms, proverbs, similitudes, and allegories. In the New Testament the same breadth of meaning of the word is found, but there it primarily designates stories that are illustrative comparisons between Christian truths and events of everyday life. Sometimes the event has a strange element that is quite different from usual experience (e.g., in Mt 13:33 the enormous amount of dough in the parable of the yeast); this is meant to sharpen the curiosity of the hearer. If each detail of such a story is given a figurative meaning, the story is an allegory. Those who maintain a sharp distinction between parable and allegory insist that a parable has only one point of comparison, and that while parables were characteristic of Jesus’ teaching, to see allegorical details in them is to introduce meanings that go beyond their original intention and even falsify it. However, to exclude any allegorical elements from a parable is an excessively rigid mode of interpretation, now abandoned by many scholars.
- 13:3–8 Since in Palestine sowing often preceded plowing, much of the seed is scattered on ground that is unsuitable. Yet while much is wasted, the seed that falls on good ground bears fruit in extraordinarily large measure. The point of the parable is that, in spite of some failure because of opposition and indifference, the message of Jesus about the coming of the kingdom will have enormous success.
- 13:11 Since a parable is figurative speech that demands reflection for understanding, only those who are prepared to explore its meaning can come to know it. To understand is a gift of God, granted to the disciples but not to the crowds. In Semitic fashion, both the disciples’ understanding and the crowd’s obtuseness are attributed to God. The question of human responsibility for the obtuseness is not dealt with, although it is asserted in Mt 13:13. The mysteries: as in Lk 8:10; Mk 4:11 has “the mystery.” The word is used in Dn 2:18, 19, 27 and in the Qumran literature (1QpHab 7:8; 1QS 3:23; 1QM 3:9) to designate a divine plan or decree affecting the course of history that can be known only when revealed. Knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven means recognition that the kingdom has become present in the ministry of Jesus.
- 13:12 In the New Testament use of this axiom of practical “wisdom” (see Mt 25:29; Mk 4:25; Lk 8:18; 19:26), the reference transcends the original level. God gives further understanding to one who accepts the revealed mystery; from the one who does not, he will take it away (note the “theological passive,” more will be given, what he has will be taken away).
- 13:13 Because ‘they look…or understand’: Matthew softens his Marcan source, which states that Jesus speaks in parables so that the crowds may not understand (Mk 4:12), and makes such speaking a punishment given because they have not accepted his previous clear teaching. However, his citation of Is 6:9–10 in Mt 13:14 supports the harsher Marcan view.
- 13:16–17 Unlike the unbelieving crowds, the disciples have seen that which the prophets and the righteous of the Old Testament longed to see without having their longing fulfilled.
- 13:18–23 See Mk 4:14–20; Lk 8:11–15. In this explanation of the parable the emphasis is on the various types of soil on which the seed falls, i.e., on the dispositions with which the preaching of Jesus is received. The second and third types particularly are explained in such a way as to support the view held by many scholars that the explanation derives not from Jesus but from early Christian reflection upon apostasy from the faith that was the consequence of persecution and worldliness, respectively. Others, however, hold that the explanation may come basically from Jesus even though it was developed in the light of later Christian experience. The four types of persons envisaged are (1) those who never accept the word of the kingdom (Mt 13:19); (2) those who believe for a while but fall away because of persecution (Mt 13:20–21); (3) those who believe, but in whom the word is choked by worldly anxiety and the seduction of riches (Mt 13:22); (4) those who respond to the word and produce fruit abundantly (Mt 13:23).
- 13:24–30 This parable is peculiar to Matthew. The comparison in Mt 13:24 does not mean that the kingdom of heaven may be likened simply to the person in question but to the situation narrated in the whole story. The refusal of the householder to allow his slaves to separate the wheat from the weeds while they are still growing is a warning to the disciples not to attempt to anticipate the final judgment of God by a definitive exclusion of sinners from the kingdom. In its present stage it is composed of the good and the bad. The judgment of God alone will eliminate the sinful. Until then there must be patience and the preaching of repentance.
- 13:25 Weeds: darnel, a poisonous weed that in its first stage of growth resembles wheat.
- 13:30 Harvest: a common biblical metaphor for the time of God’s judgment; cf. Jer 51:33; Jl 4:13; Hos 6:11.
- 13:31–33 See Mk 4:30–32; Lk 13:18–21. The parables of the mustard seed and the yeast illustrate the same point: the amazing contrast between the small beginnings of the kingdom and its marvelous expansion.
- 13:32 See Dn 4:7–9, 17–19 where the birds nesting in the tree represent the people of Nebuchadnezzar’s kingdom. See also Ez 17:23; 31:6.
- 13:33 Except in this Q parable and in Mt 16:12, yeast (or “leaven”) is, in New Testament usage, a symbol of corruption (see Mt 16:6, 11–12; Mk 8:15; Lk 12:1; 1 Cor 5:6–8; Gal 5:9). Three measures: an enormous amount, enough to feed a hundred people. The exaggeration of this element of the parable points to the greatness of the kingdom’s effect.
- 13:34 Only in parables: see Mt 13:10–15.
- 13:35 The prophet: some textual witnesses read “Isaiah the prophet.” The quotation is actually from Ps 78:2; the first line corresponds to the LXX text of the psalm. The psalm’s title ascribes it to Asaph, the founder of one of the guilds of temple musicians. He is called “the prophet” (NAB “the seer”) in 2 Chr 29:30, but it is doubtful that Matthew averted to that; for him, any Old Testament text that could be seen as fulfilled in Jesus was prophetic.
- 13:36 Dismissing the crowds: the return of Jesus to the house marks a break with the crowds, who represent unbelieving Israel. From now on his attention is directed more and more to his disciples and to their instruction. The rest of the discourse is addressed to them alone.
- 13:37–43 In the explanation of the parable of the weeds emphasis lies on the fearful end of the wicked, whereas the parable itself concentrates on patience with them until judgment time.
- 13:38 The field is the world: this presupposes the resurrection of Jesus and the granting to him of “all power in heaven and on earth” (Mt 28:18).
- 13:39 The end of the age: this phrase is found only in Matthew (13:40, 49; 24:3; 28:20).
- 13:41 His kingdom: the kingdom of the Son of Man is distinguished from that of the Father (Mt 13:43); see 1 Cor 15:24–25. The church is the place where Jesus’ kingdom is manifested, but his royal authority embraces the entire world; see note on Mt 13:38.
- 13:43 See Dn 12:3.
- 13:44–50 The first two of the last three parables of the discourse have the same point. The person who finds a buried treasure and the merchant who finds a pearl of great price sell all that they have to acquire these finds; similarly, the one who understands the supreme value of the kingdom gives up whatever he must to obtain it. The joy with which this is done is made explicit in the first parable, but it may be presumed in the second also. The concluding parable of the fishnet resembles the explanation of the parable of the weeds with its stress upon the final exclusion of evil persons from the kingdom.
- 13:44 In the unsettled conditions of Palestine in Jesus’ time, it was not unusual to guard valuables by burying them in the ground.
- 13:51 Matthew typically speaks of the understanding of the disciples.
- 13:52 Since Matthew tends to identify the disciples and the Twelve (see note on Mt 10:1), this saying about the Christian scribe cannot be taken as applicable to all who accept the message of Jesus. While the Twelve are in many ways representative of all who believe in him, they are also distinguished from them in certain respects. The church of Matthew has leaders among whom are a group designated as “scribes” (Mt 23:34). Like the scribes of Israel, they are teachers. It is the Twelve and these their later counterparts to whom this verse applies. The scribe…instructed in the kingdom of heaven knows both the teaching of Jesus (the new) and the law and prophets (the old) and provides in his own teaching both the new and the old as interpreted and fulfilled by the new. On the translation head of a household (for the same Greek word translated householder in Mt 13:27), see note on Mt 24:45–51.
- 13:54–17:27 This section is the narrative part of the fourth book of the gospel.
- 13:54–58 After the Sermon on the Mount the crowds are in admiring astonishment at Jesus’ teaching (Mt 7:28); here the astonishment is of those who take offense at him. Familiarity with his background and family leads them to regard him as pretentious. Matthew modifies his Marcan source (Mt 6:1–6). Jesus is not the carpenter but the carpenter’s son (Mt 13:55), “and among his own kin” is omitted (Mt 13:57), he did not work many mighty deeds in face of such unbelief (Mt 13:58) rather than the Marcan “…he was not able to perform any mighty deed there” (Mt 6:5), and there is no mention of his amazement at his townspeople’s lack of faith.
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