13:1 當那一天，耶穌從房子裡出來，坐在海邊。
13:2 有許多人到他那裡聚集，他只得上船坐下，眾人都站在岸上。
13:3 他用比喻對他們講許多道理，說：「有一個撒種的出去撒種；
13:4 撒的時候，有落在路旁的，飛鳥來吃盡了；
13:5 有落在土淺石頭地上的，土既不深，發苗最快，
13:6 日頭出來一曬，因為沒有根，就枯乾了；
13:7 有落在荊棘裡的，荊棘長起來，把它擠住了；
13:8 又有落在好土裡的，就結實，有一百倍的，有六十倍的，有三十倍的。
13:9 有耳可聽的，就應當聽！」
13:10 門徒進前來，問耶穌說：「對眾人講話，為甚麼用比喻呢？」
13:11 耶穌回答說：「因為天國的奧祕只叫你們知道，不叫他們知道。
13:12 凡有的，還要加給他，叫他有餘；凡沒有的，連他所有的，也要奪去。
13:13 所以我用比喻對他們講，是因他們看也看不見，聽也聽不見，也不明白。
13:14 在他們身上，正應了以賽亞的預言，說：你們聽是要聽見，卻不明白；看是要看見，卻不曉得；
13:15 因為這百姓油蒙了心，耳朵發沉，眼睛閉著，恐怕眼睛看見，耳朵聽見，心裡明白，回轉過來，我就醫治他們。
13:16 「但你們的眼睛是有福的，因為看見了；你們的耳朵也是有福的，因為聽見了。
13:17 我實在告訴你們，從前有許多先知和義人要看你們所看的，卻沒有看見，要聽你們所聽的，卻沒有聽見。」
13:18 「所以，你們當聽這撒種的比喻。
13:19 凡聽見天國道理不明白的，那惡者就來，把所撒在他心裡的奪了去；這就是撒在路旁的了。
13:20 撒在石頭地上的，就是人聽了道，當下歡喜領受，
13:21 只因心裡沒有根，不過是暫時的，及至為道遭了患難，或是受了逼迫，立刻就跌倒了。
13:22 撒在荊棘裡的，就是人聽了道，後來有世上的思慮、錢財的迷惑把道擠住了，不能結實。
13:23 撒在好地上的，就是人聽道明白了，後來結實，有一百倍的，有六十倍的，有三十倍的。」
That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the lake. 2 Such large crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat in it, while all the people stood on the shore. 3 Then he told them many things in parables, saying: “A farmer went out to sow his seed. 4 As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. 5 Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. 6 But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root. 7 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants. 8 Still other seed fell on good soil, where it produced a crop—a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown. 9 Whoever has ears, let them hear.”
10 The disciples came to him and asked, “Why do you speak to the people in parables?”
11 He replied, “Because the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them. 12 Whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them. 13 This is why I speak to them in parables:
“Though
seeing, they do not see;
though hearing, they do not hear or understand.
14 In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah:
“‘You
will be ever hearing but never understanding;
you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.
15 For this people’s heart has become calloused;
they hardly hear with their ears,
and they have closed their eyes.
Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
hear with their ears,
understand with their hearts
and turn, and I would heal them.’[a]
16 But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear. 17 For truly I tell 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.
18 “Listen then to what the parable of the sower means: 19 When anyone hears the message about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in their heart. This is the seed sown along the path. 20 The seed falling on rocky ground refers to someone who hears the word and at once receives it with joy. 21 But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away. 22 The seed falling among the thorns refers to someone who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, making it unfruitful. 23 But the seed falling on good soil refers to someone who hears the word and understands it. This is the one who produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown.”
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主耶穌在這裡說到：「又有落在好土裡的，就結實，有一百倍的，有六十倍的，有三十倍的。」就聯想到創世記26章12-13節：「以撒在那地耕種，那一年有百倍的收成。耶和華賜福給他，他就昌大，日增月盛，成了大富戶。」
說到倍數的增加真的讓現代人眼睛一亮，正如約翰福音10章10節說到：「我來了，是要叫羊（或譯：人）得生命，並且得的更豐盛。」許多人都沒有注意「生命」，只注意「豐盛」，並且在豐盛上大作文章！正如約翰三書所謂的「三重祝福」中說到：「親愛的兄弟啊，我願你凡事興盛，身體健壯，正如你的靈魂興盛一樣。」(2節)都沒有注意「靈魂興盛」，只期盼「凡事興盛，身體健壯」！
之所以如此，是因為人的眼目只放在好處，沒有放在主自己！其實這也是一種變相的「偶像崇拜」，雖然有經文為根據，但是著重點離開了主耶穌！正和詩篇16篇說到：「以別神代替耶和華的！」（4節）一樣的情形，若不悔改會如下半句所說：「他們的愁苦必加增！」
今日多少人的信仰偏差，以至於期盼落空而離開教會的，有許多是這樣的情形。也因此，我們要小心用倍數觀念追求「豐盛」和「興盛」的酵，這是會讓教會腐敗與發酸的惡菌，我們要靠聖靈來除去，保持教會的聖潔！
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