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The Parable of the Sower
10 The disciples came to him and asked, "Why do you speak to the people in parables?" 11 He replied, "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 he will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him. 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.' 16 But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear. 17 For I tell you the truth, many prophets and righteous men longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.
SB: "parable" comes from the Greek word parabole, which means "a placing beside" - and thus a comparison or an illustration. Most common use in the NT is for illustrative stories that Jesus drew from nature and human life. The Synoptic Gospels contain about 30 of these. John's Gospel contains no parables but uses other figures of speech.
v11 - Secrets of the kingdom of heaven
In the NT "secret' refers to something God has revealed to his people. The secret is proclaimed to all, but only those who have faith understand. In this context, it seems to be that the kingdom of God had drawn near in the coming of Jesus Christ
v13 - Quotation from Isaiah 6:9, states the truth that those who are not willing to receive Jesus' message will find the truth hidden from them.
v14-15 - Isaiah 6:9-10
v16-17 We are privileged to be able to hear the word of God and, more specifically, to have heard the gospel of Jesus life, death, and resurrection. All who have faith - "blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear".
v18-23 Jesus interprets the parable of the sower.
The Parable of the Weeds
v25 - weeds - probably darnel, which looks very much like wheat while it is young, but can later be distinguished.
v38 - "the field is the world" thus the people of the kingdom live side by side with the people of the evil one
v29-30 29 " 'No,' he answered, 'because while you are pulling the weeds, you may root up the wheat with them. 30 Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat and bring it into my barn.' "
Jesus refers to judgement day, where God will be the ultimate judge.
The Parables of the Mustard Seed and the Yeast
31 He told them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field. 32 Though it is the smallest of all your seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and perch in its branches."
Although the kingdom will seem to have an insignificant beginning, it will eventually spread throughout the world. It was the smallest seed used by Palestinian farmers and gardeners, under favourable conditions, the plant could reach some ten feet in height.
Tree and branches - allusion to Dan 4:12 - suggests that kingdom of heaven will expand to world dominion and people from all nations will find rest in it.
33 He told them still another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into a large amount of flour until it worked all through the dough."
In the Bible, yeast usually symbolizes that which is evil or unclean. Here it is a symbol of growth. As yeast permeates a batch of dough, so the kingdom of heaven spreads through a person's life. It may also signify the growth of the kingdom by the inner working of the Holy Spirit (using God's word)
v35 - "spoken through the prophet" quote from Psalm 78, a psalm ascribed to Asaph , who according to 2Ch 29:30 was a "seer" (prophet).
39 and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.
42 They will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Occurs 6 times in Matthew's gospel - (8:12, 13:50, 22:13, 24:51, 25:30)
The Parables of the Hidden treasure and the Pearl
v44-46 Teach the same truth - the kingdom is of such great value that one should be willing to give up all he has in order to gain it. Jesus did not imply that one can purchase the kingdom with money or good deeds.
The Parable of the Net v47-50
Same general lesson as Parable of the weeds
There will be a final separation of the righteous and the wicked. The P of the Weeds also emphasizes that we are not to try to make such a separation now and that this is entirely the Lord's business.
v58 - lack of faith - the close relationship between faith and miracles is stressed in Matthew's Gospel
A - P of weeds/net - we are not to judge between righteous and evil people - God is the ultimate judge.
P of the sower - to be v23 - "the one who received the seed that fell on good soil is the main who hears the word and understands it. He produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown"
P - some hard lessons to learn from Matthew 13
SB: "parable" comes from the Greek word parabole, which means "a placing beside" - and thus a comparison or an illustration. Most common use in the NT is for illustrative stories that Jesus drew from nature and human life. The Synoptic Gospels contain about 30 of these. John's Gospel contains no parables but uses other figures of speech.
v11 - Secrets of the kingdom of heaven
In the NT "secret' refers to something God has revealed to his people. The secret is proclaimed to all, but only those who have faith understand. In this context, it seems to be that the kingdom of God had drawn near in the coming of Jesus Christ
v13 - Quotation from Isaiah 6:9, states the truth that those who are not willing to receive Jesus' message will find the truth hidden from them.
v14-15 - Isaiah 6:9-10
v16-17 We are privileged to be able to hear the word of God and, more specifically, to have heard the gospel of Jesus life, death, and resurrection. All who have faith - "blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear".
v18-23 Jesus interprets the parable of the sower.
The Parable of the Weeds
v25 - weeds - probably darnel, which looks very much like wheat while it is young, but can later be distinguished.
v38 - "the field is the world" thus the people of the kingdom live side by side with the people of the evil one
v29-30 29 " 'No,' he answered, 'because while you are pulling the weeds, you may root up the wheat with them. 30 Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat and bring it into my barn.' "
Jesus refers to judgement day, where God will be the ultimate judge.
The Parables of the Mustard Seed and the Yeast
31 He told them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field. 32 Though it is the smallest of all your seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and perch in its branches."
Although the kingdom will seem to have an insignificant beginning, it will eventually spread throughout the world. It was the smallest seed used by Palestinian farmers and gardeners, under favourable conditions, the plant could reach some ten feet in height.
Tree and branches - allusion to Dan 4:12 - suggests that kingdom of heaven will expand to world dominion and people from all nations will find rest in it.
33 He told them still another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into a large amount of flour until it worked all through the dough."
In the Bible, yeast usually symbolizes that which is evil or unclean. Here it is a symbol of growth. As yeast permeates a batch of dough, so the kingdom of heaven spreads through a person's life. It may also signify the growth of the kingdom by the inner working of the Holy Spirit (using God's word)
v35 - "spoken through the prophet" quote from Psalm 78, a psalm ascribed to Asaph , who according to 2Ch 29:30 was a "seer" (prophet).
39 and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.
42 They will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Occurs 6 times in Matthew's gospel - (8:12, 13:50, 22:13, 24:51, 25:30)
The Parables of the Hidden treasure and the Pearl
v44-46 Teach the same truth - the kingdom is of such great value that one should be willing to give up all he has in order to gain it. Jesus did not imply that one can purchase the kingdom with money or good deeds.
The Parable of the Net v47-50
Same general lesson as Parable of the weeds
There will be a final separation of the righteous and the wicked. The P of the Weeds also emphasizes that we are not to try to make such a separation now and that this is entirely the Lord's business.
v58 - lack of faith - the close relationship between faith and miracles is stressed in Matthew's Gospel
A - P of weeds/net - we are not to judge between righteous and evil people - God is the ultimate judge.
P of the sower - to be v23 - "the one who received the seed that fell on good soil is the main who hears the word and understands it. He produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown"
P - some hard lessons to learn from Matthew 13
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