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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 13 - Introduction

Matthew 13. Teaching by Parables (Mark 4:1 *; also cf. p. 659). This chapter forms Mt.'s third group of collected sayings; it includes seven parables with some explanation.

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See also Matthew 13 - Introduction in other biblical comments:

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    JESUS SPOKE IN PARABLES Matthew Thirteen Much of the teaching of Jesus was embodied in His parables. He taught more than thirty parables and also used a number of parable-like statements. A parable...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _THE PARABLE OF THE SOWER AND THE SEED: THE EXPOSITION OF IT. THE PARABLE OF THE TARES, OF THE MUSTARD-SEED, OF THE LEAVEN, OF THE HIDDEN TREASURE, OF THE PEARL, OF THE DRAW-NET CAST INTO THE SEA: AND...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    CHAPTER THIRTEEN INTRODUCTION IS THE SERMON IN PARABLES ONE UNITED WHOLE? The Apostle Matthew has a recognizably editorial style which he puts to good use by collecting together ideas and facts that l...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    1:11 away (a-14) In those days conquerors transported conquered nations to distant seats, and replaced them by others, that national feeling might not subsist, but dependence be complete. 'Carrying aw...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER 13. JESUS TEACHING IN PARABLES. The transition from the sultry, sombre atmosphere of chap. 12 into the calm, clear air of Christ's parabolic wisdom would be as welcome to the evangelist as it...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    * The parable of the sower. (1-23) The parable of the tares. (24-30; 36-43) The parables of the mustard-seed and the leaven. (31-35) The parables of the hidden treasure, the pearl of great price, the...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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 which we speak of...

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