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Matthew 13:3
And He spake many things unto them in parables, saying: Behold, a sower went forth to sow.
And He spake many things unto them in parables, saying: Behold, a sower went forth to sow.
Verse Matthew 13:3. _HE SPAKE MANY THINGS UNTO THEM IN PARABLES_] _Parable_, from παρα, _near_, and βαλλω, _I cast_, or _put_. A comparison or similitude, in which one thing is compared with another,...
IN PARABLES - The word “parable” is derived from a Greek word signifying “to compare together,” and denotes a similitude taken from a natural object to illustrate a spiritual or moral subject. It is a...
II. THE REJECTED KINGDOM AND THE REJECTED KING. CHAPTER S 13-28. 1. The King at the Seaside. The Mysteries of the Kingdom. CHAPTER 13 1. The King at the Seaside. (Matthew 13:1 .) 2. The Parable of...
PARABLE OF THE SOWER (Mark 4:1 *, Luke 8:4). MATTHEW 13:10. THE USE OF PARABLES (Mark 4:10 *,...
AND HE SPAKE MANY THINGS TO THEM IN PARABLES. Of which only samples are preserved, even by Matthew, and still fewer in the other Gospels, showing that the writer's aim was not to furnish an exhaustiv...
MANY THINGS IN PARABLES (Matthew 13:1-58) Matthew 13:1-58 is a very important chapter in the pattern of the gospel. (i) It shows a definite turning-point in the ministry of Jesus. At the beginning of...
,18-23 On that day, when he had gone out from the house, Jesus sat on the seashore; and such great crowds gathered to hear him that he went into a boat, and sat there; and the whole crowd took their s...
MANY THINGS. Some of these parables were repeated (and varied) on other occasions. There are no "discrepancies". IN. by. Greek. _en_. App-104. PARABLES. Here, _eight_ (not "seven" as sometimes alleg...
_in parables_ Up to this time Jesus had preached repentance, proclaiming the kingdom, and setting forth the laws of it in direct terms. He now indicates by parables the reception, growth, characterist...
JESUS TEACHES IN PARABLES. THE PARABLE OF THE SOWER Mark 4:1-9; Luke 8:4-9...
ἘΝ ΠΑΡΑΒΟΛΑΙ͂Σ. Up to this time Jesus had preached repentance, proclaiming the kingdom, and setting forth the laws of it in direct terms. He now indicates by parables the reception, growth, characteri...
Ver 1. The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the seaside. 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 PARABLE OF THE SOWER MATTHEW 13:1-23:_ Jesus taught from a boat as a great multitude stood on the shore. In Jesus' day sowing was absolutely necessary for survival. Sowing is necessary but it als...
ΈΛΆΛΗΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΛΑΛΈΩ (G2980) говорить, ΠΑΡΑΒΟΛΑΊΣ _dat. pl._ от ΠΑΡ Α ΒΟΛΉ (G3850) притча. О значении этого слова _см._ TDNT; NIDNTT; Carson, 301-304; DA; J. W. Sider, "Rediscovering th...
HE SPAKE MANY THINGS UNTO THEM IN PARABLES— The word παραβολη, which we translate _parable,_ signifies a _comparison_ or _simile;_ a transferring of the ideas or properties which are in one subject ge...
CHAPTER THIRTEEN I. THE OCCASION TEXT: 13:1-9, 18-23 (Parallels: Mark 4:1-9; Mark 4:13-20; Luke 8:4-8; Luke 8:11-15) 1 On t
And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow; AND HE SPAKE MANY THINGS UNTO THEM IN PARABLES, SAYING ... These parables are SEVEN in number; and it is n...
42 “The ends of the earth,” an expression which does not include the sea, would describe any location on Eurasia or Africa not far from the further coast line. 43-45 Compare Luk_11:24-26 43 Actual i...
A DAY OF PARABLES 1-3a. Teaching by parables begun (Mark 4:1; Luke 8:4). This chapter introduces a new type of teaching, that by parables. St. Matthew gives us a group of seven, the first four of whic...
PARABLES] In the NT. the word _parabole_ is almost confined to the Synoptic Gospels, the only exceptions being Hebrews 9:9; Hebrews 11:19; (RV), where it is used of the OT. types of NT. realities. In...
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 13 STORIES ABOUT WHERE GOD RULES 13:1-52 Matthew wrote down a lot of the things that Jesus taught. This chapter is the third section...
HE SPAKE MANY THINGS UNTO THEM IN PARABLES. — This is the first occurrence of the word in St. Matthew’s Gospel, and it is clear from the question of the disciples in Matthew 13:10 that it was in some...
CHAPTER 11 The Parables of the Kingdom - Matthew 13:1 "THE same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side." We can well imagine that, after such a series of discouragements and mortifi...
_The Parable_....
_The Parable of the Sower_ (Mark 4:1-9; Luke 8:4-8)....
ἐν παραβολαῖς : this method of teaching was not peculiar to Jesus it was common among Easterns but His use of it was unique in felicity and in the importance of the lessons conveyed. bstract _a priori...
SOWING IN DIFFERENT SOILS Matthew 13:1-9 The varying results of gospel preaching are due, not primarily to the sower or to the seed, but to the ground. Four classes of hearers are described in this p...
This chapter contains the seven parables of the Kingdom. The reason for the parabolic teaching of Christ is set forth here. This first parable was spoken to the multitudes (verses Mat 13:2-3). Its exp...
To them he spoke many things, from a ship, in parables; probably many more than are here recorded. By familiar and well-known objects, Jesus Christ would thus convey more pleasingly his divine instruc...
CHAPTER 26 THE SOWER Matthew 13:1-23; Mark 4:1-25; & Luke 8:4-18. Mark: “And again He began to teach by the sea; and a great multitude were gathered unto Him, so that, entering into a ship, He sat in...
Matthew 13:2-4; MARK 1:40-45; & LUKE 5:12-16. MARK: “And a leper comes to Him, calling upon Him, and kneeling down before Him, and saying to Him, If You may wish, You are able to cleanse me. And Jesus...
"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 fe...
Chapter 8, which opens the portion that comes before us tonight, is a striking illustration as well as proof of the method which God has been pleased to employ in giving us the apostle Matthew's accou...
_SOWERS OF SEED_ ‘A sower went forth to sow.’ Matthew 13:3 The parables, of which the text is one, do not seem to have been suggested by any immediate wants of Christ’s hearers: the difficulties wi...
The Lord was no longer seeking fruit in His vine. It had been requisite according to God's relations with Israel that He should seek this fruit; but His true service, He well knew, was to bring that w...
AND HE SPAKE MANY THINGS UNTO THEM IN PARABLES,.... For the parables of the sower, and the different sorts of ground the seed fell in, of the wheat and tares, of the grain of mustard seed, of the leav...
And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow; Ver. 3. _And he spake many things to them in parables_] A parable, saith Suidas, is διηγημα και ομοιωσις πρα...
_And he spake many things unto them_ “Delivered many doctrines of the highest importance, wisely making choice of such for the subject of his sermons, when he had the greatest number of hearers, becau...
PARABLES; the parables of Christ were descriptions of natural things, for the purpose of illustrating spiritual things. The seven parables recorded in this chapter all relate to the kingdom of heaven...
This chapter begins a new division of the book. Israel is looked at as set aside because of unbelief: the Lord went out of the house (typically Israel's house), and set by the seaside. The sea is typi...
1-23 Jesus entered into a boat that he might be the less pressed, and be the better heard by the people. By this he teaches us in the outward circumstances of worship not to covet that which is state...
Ver. 1-3. Mark saith, MARK 4:1, _He began again to teach by the seaside: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude...
Dialogue of Justin to be continually solicitous; but I speak all things simply and candidly, as my Lord said: `A sower went forth to sow the seed; and some fell by the wayside; and some among thorns,...
Matthew 13:3 Then G2532 spoke G2980 (G5656) things G4183 them G846 in G1722 parables G3850 saying...
THE EIGHT PARABLES OF THE KINGLY RULE OF HEAVEN (13:1-53). Having made clear that the Kingly Rule of Heaven is advancing forcefully (Matthew 11:12) and that through Jesus' activities as the Servant of...
‘And he spoke to them many things in parables, saying,' Then Jesus spoke to them many things ‘in parables', illustrative stories. For while to His disciples He spoke plainly, as in the Sermon on the M...
THE PARABLE OF THE SOWING OF THE SEED (13:3-9). This parable compares those who hear the word, and in three ways fail to receive it successfully, with those who do receive the word, and produce fruit...
Matthew 13:3. MANY THINGS. Out of the ‘many,' Matthew selects these parables; for this selection we seek a reason (see note on the whole discourse). BEHOLD, calling attention to what follows, not to...
INTRODUCTORY NOTE. The Evangelist has just represented our Lord in opposition to the Pharisees. (A few events probably intervened; see Luke 11-13.) Thus His claims as the Messiah came out more fully....
The occasion (Matthew 13:1); the scene (Matthew 13:2); the first parable (Matthew 13:3-9); the question of the disciples (Matthew 13:10); the twofol
MANY THINGS IN PARABLES (πολλα εν παραβολαις). It was not the first time that Jesus had used parables, but the first time that he had spoken so many and some of such length. He will use a great many...
The seven parables of Matthew 13, called by our Lord, "mysteries of the kingdom of heaven" (Matthew 13:11), taken together, describe the result of the presence of the Gospel in the world during the p...
Matthew 13:1 The Parable of the Sower. In the parable of the sower there is nothing at all novel. Our Saviour did not affect novelty in His illustrations of what He had to say to men about Divine tr...
Matthew 13:3 I. The beaten path. Let us think about that type of character which is here set forth under the image of the wayside. It is a heart trodden down by the feet that have gone across it; and...
Matthew 13:3 The Parables of the Kingdom. I. Taking these seven parables all together, notice, first, the fact that our Lord, in describing the kingdom of heaven, did deliberately use many parables,...
Matthew 13:3. _And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;_ He had much instruction to give, and he chose to convey it in parables. What wonderful pictu...
Matthew 13:1. _The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side. And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude st...
Matthew 13:1. _The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side. And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat, and the whole multitude st...
CONTENTS: Mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven. The sower, tares and wheat, grain of mustard seed, leaven, hid treasure, pearl, drag net. CHARACTERS: Jesus, disciples, Satan, Isaiah. CONCLUSION: The pr...
Matthew 13:2. _He went into a ship._ A small vessel or boat, probably belonging to one of the disciples, several of whom were fishermen. Matthew 13:3. _He spake many things to them in parables._ On th...
HE USED PARABLES. This begins a change in his teaching career. From this time on he taught in parables, using these over and over as he taught different groups of people. A parable is a story, true to...
_And He spake many things unto them in parables._ CHRIST A MORAL, PAINTER Jesus did not confine Himself to the mere announcement or proof of a doctrine. But by means of words, He often presented to...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 13:3 PARABLES are Jesus’ means of communicating through a story in order to teach a moral or spiritual lesson. ⇐...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 13:1 The Messianic Kingdom Revealed in Parables. This is the third of Jesus’ five major teachings (see Introduction: Key Themes). It is a collection of parables....
JESUS TELLS THE PARABLE OF THE FOUR SOILS MATTHEW 13:1-9; MARK 4:1-9; LUKE 8:4-8; MATTHEW 13:1 The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by th
1-57 CHAPTER 13 At that time, &c. Syriac, _by the sea shore_ : When Christ, after His manner, had preached in the house, which He had hired for His dwelling in Capernaum, as I have said on c. iv. 13,...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ PRELIMINARY REMARKS _The parables of Jesus_.—The word “parable” has in the New Testament, in its application to the discourses of Jesus, a considerably wider meaning than the one in...
EXPOSITION A few remarks by way of introduction to the characteristic portion of this chapter (Matthew 13:1). (1) We have here a collection of the Lord's parables, all spoken, as it would appear, at...
Now as we enter into the thirteenth chapter, we come into the area of the parables that deal with the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven. And in these we have more or less a key to all parables. And y...
Matthew 22:1; Matthew 24:32; 2 Samuel 12:1; Ezekiel 17:2; Ezekiel
Parables [π α ρ α β ο λ α ι ς]. From para, beside, and ballw, to throw. A parable is a form of teaching in which one thing is thrown beside another. Hence its radical idea is comparison. Sir John Chek...
THE PARABLES OF MATTHEW THIRTEEN Matthew 13:1, _Matthew 13:18_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS We have decided to present to you one phase of the parable of the sower, the seed that fell by the wayside, 1. THE...
In parables — The word is here taken in its proper sense, for apt similes or comparisons. This way of speaking, extremely common in the eastern countries, drew and fixed the attention of many, and occ...