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Matthew 13:16-33 GNB ..."As for you, how fortunate you are! Your eyes see and your ears hear. (17) I assure you that many prophets and many of God's people wanted very much to see what you see, but they could not, and to hear what you hear, but they did not. (18) "Listen, then, and learn what the parable of the sower [of seeds of truth] means. (19) Those who hear the message about the Kingdom but do not understand it are like the seeds that fell along the path. The Evil One comes and snatches away what was sown in them. (20) The seeds that fell on rocky ground stand for those who receive the message gladly as soon as they hear it. (21) But it does not sink deep into them, and they don't last long. So when trouble or persecution comes because of the message, they give up at once. (22) The seeds that fell among thorn bushes stand for those who hear the message; but the worries about this life and the love for riches choke the message, and they don't bear fruit. (23) And the seeds sown in the good soil stand for those who hear the message and understand it: they bear fruit, some as much as one hundred, others sixty, and others thirty." (24) Jesus told them another parable: "The Kingdom of heaven is like this. A man sowed good seed in his field. (25) One night, when everyone was asleep, an enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat and went away. (26) When the plants grew and the heads of grain began to form, then the weeds showed up. (27) The man's servants came to him and said, 'Sir, it was good seed you sowed in your field; where did the weeds come from?' (28) 'It was some enemy who did this,' he answered. 'Do you want us to go and pull up the weeds?' they asked him. (29) 'No,' he answered, 'because as you gather the weeds you might pull up some of the wheat along with them. (30) Let the wheat and the weeds both grow together until harvest. Then I will tell the harvest workers to pull up the weeds first, tie them in bundles and burn them, and then to gather in the wheat and put it in my barn.' " (31) Jesus told them another parable: "The Kingdom of heaven is like this. A man takes a mustard seed and sows it in his field. (32) It is the smallest of all seeds, but when it grows up, it is the biggest of all plants. It becomes a tree, so that birds come and make their nests in its branches." (33) Jesus told them still another parable: "The Kingdom of heaven is like this. A woman takes some yeast and mixes it with a bushel of flour until the whole batch of dough rises."

Matthew 13:16-33 GNB ..."As for you, how fortunate you are! Your eyes see and your ears hear. (17) I assure you that many prophets and many of God's people wanted very much to see what you see, but they could not, and to hear what you hear, but they did not. (18) "Listen, then, and learn what the parable of the sower [of seeds of truth] means. (19) Those who hear the message about the Kingdom but do not understand it are like the seeds that fell along the path. The Evil One comes and snatches away what was sown in them. (20) The seeds that fell on rocky ground stand for those who receive the message gladly as soon as they hear it. (21) But it does not sink deep into them, and they don't last long. So when trouble or persecution comes because of the message, they give up at once. (22) The seeds that fell among thorn bushes stand for those who hear the message; but the worries about this life and the love for riches choke the message, and they don't bear fruit. (23) And the seeds sown in the good soil stand for those who hear the message and understand it: they bear fruit, some as much as one hundred, others sixty, and others thirty." (24) Jesus told them another parable: "The Kingdom of heaven is like this. A man sowed good seed in his field. (25) One night, when everyone was asleep, an enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat and went away. (26) When the plants grew and the heads of grain began to form, then the weeds showed up. (27) The man's servants came to him and said, 'Sir, it was good seed you sowed in your field; where did the weeds come from?' (28) 'It was some enemy who did this,' he answered. 'Do you want us to go and pull up the weeds?' they asked him. (29) 'No,' he answered, 'because as you gather the weeds you might pull up some of the wheat along with them. (30) Let the wheat and the weeds both grow together until harvest. Then I will tell the harvest workers to pull up the weeds first, tie them in bundles and burn them, and then to gather in the wheat and put it in my barn.' " (31) Jesus told them another parable: "The Kingdom of heaven is like this. A man takes a mustard seed and sows it in his field. (32) It is the smallest of all seeds, but when it grows up, it is the biggest of all plants. It becomes a tree, so that birds come and make their nests in its branches." (33) Jesus told them still another parable: "The Kingdom of heaven is like this. A woman takes some yeast and mixes it with a bushel of flour until the whole batch of dough rises."

Matthew 13:16-33 ESV ...But blessed are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they hear. (17) For truly, I say to you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it. (18) "Hear then the parable of the sower [of seeds of truth]: (19) When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown along the path. (20) As for what was sown on rocky ground, this is the one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy, (21) yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while, and when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately he falls away. (22) As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it proves unfruitful. (23) As for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty." (24) He put another parable before them, saying, "The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field, (25) but while his men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat and went away. (26) So when the plants came up and bore grain, then the weeds appeared also. (27) And the servants of the master of the house came and said to him, 'Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have weeds?' (28) He said to them, 'An enemy has done this.' So the servants said to him, 'Then do you want us to go and gather them?' (29) But he said, 'No, lest in gathering the weeds you root up the wheat along with them. (30) Let both grow together until the harvest, and at harvest time I will tell the reapers, Gather the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned, but gather the wheat into my barn.'" (31) He put another parable before them, saying, "The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field. (32) It is the smallest of all seeds, but when it has grown it is larger than all the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches." (33) He told them another parable. "The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, till it was all leavened."

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You will note the reference windows often include more than one translation of the Bible. The reason is to strive to gain the best possible understanding of the original Hebrew and Greek. Since we don't speak those languages, we rely on those who have come before and made the effort to translate those texts into English for us. Considering several translations gives the benefit of the understanding of several translation committees or individuals.
The Translations we quote are:

ALT - Analytical Literal Translation

ASV - American Standard Version (by the American revision committee in 1897).

BBE - 1965 Bible in Basic English

Bishops - 1568 Bishop's Bible

Calvin - 1856 by Calvin Translation Society

CEV - Contemporary English Version

Coverdale - 1535 Miles Coverdale Bible

Darby - 1889 Darby Bible

DRB - 1899 Douay-Rheims Bible

ESV - English Standard Version

GNB - Good News Bible

GW - God's Word Bible

ISV - International Standard Version

KJV - 1769 King James Version

KJV-1611 - Old King James Version from 1611

LitNT - Literal New Testament

LITV - Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

MKJV - 1962 Modern King James Version

Murdock - 1851 James Murdock New Testament

MWT - Modern World Translation

NWT - New World Translation

RV - Revised Version

Webster - 1833 Webster Bible

WTNT - 1525-26 William Tyndale New Testament

Wycliffe - 1394 Wycliffe Bible

YLT - 1862/1898 Young's Literal Translation

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