Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Matthew 13:23
Some a hundred fold, some sixty, some thirty — That is, in various proportions; some abundantly more than others.
Some a hundred fold, some sixty, some thirty — That is, in various proportions; some abundantly more than others.
Verse Matthew 13:23. _GOOD GROUND_] That which had _depth of mould_, was _well_ _ploughed_, and _well weeded_. _IS HE THAT HEARETH_] Who diligently attends the ministry of the _word_. _AND UNDERSTAN...
See also Mark 4:13; Luke 8:11. “Hear ye, therefore, the parable of the sower.” That is, hear the “explanation” or the “spiritual meaning” of the narrative given before. Mark adds Mark 4:13, “Know ye n...
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...
EXPLANATION OF THE PARABLE OF THE SOWER (Mark 4:13 *, Luke 8:11). Little need be added to what is said on p. 686. The parable no doubt reflects the experience of Jesus. Like the sower He, in His work...
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...
WHICH ALSO. who indeed. AND BRINGETH FORTH. produceth also. SOME. some indeed. SOME. but other....
The Parable of the Tares. Confined to St Matthew 25. _while men slept_ i. e. during the night. The expression is not introduced into the Lord's explanation of the parable. _sowed tares_ Travellers m...
THE PARABLE OF THE SOWER IS EXPLAINED Mark 4:14-20; Luke 8:11-15...
The word will be more fruitful in some hearts than in others. Even the Apostles exemplified this. The triple division in their number seems to point to differences of gifts and spiritual fruitfulness....
Ver 18. "Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower. 19. When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in hi...
_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...
ΣΥΝΙΕΊΣ _praes. act. part., см._ Matthew 13:13. ΔΗ частица усиления: "воистину" (EGT). ΚΑΡΠΟΦΟΡΕΊ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΚΑΡΠΟΦΟΡΈΩ (G2592) ПРИНОСИТЬ ПЛОДЫ, ПРОИЗВОДИТЬ. ΠΟΙΕΊ _praes. ind. act. от_...
BUT HE THAT RECEIVED SEED INTO THE GOOD GROUND— St. Luke has expressed this rather more fully, Luke 8:15. _But that on the good ground are they, who, in an honest and good heart, having heard the word...
_HEAR YE THEREFORE THE PARABLE OF THE SOWER._ No JFB commentary on these verses....
14 Compare Isa_6:9-10, Septuagint. See Joh_12:37-40; Act_28:25-27; Rom_11:7-10; 2Co_3:14-16. 16-17 Compare Luk_10:23-24. See Mat_16:17. 18-23 Compare Mar_4:14-20; Luk_8:11-15. 19 Lack of understandi...
THE PARABLE OF THE SOWER INTERPRETED (Mark 4:13; Luke 8:11). The sower is, of course, Christ, and Christian teachers generally, but is not a prominent figure in the parable. The seed aptly stands for...
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...
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 THAT HEARETH THE WORD, AND UNDER-STANDETH IT. — The process is not merely an intellectual one. He takes it in, discerns its meaning. The phrases in the other Gospels express the same thing, “hear t...
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...
ἀκούων καὶ συνιείς. The specific feature of the fourth and alone satisfactory type is not brought out either in Mt. or in Mk. but only in Lk. by his happy phrase: ἐν καρδίᾳ καλῇ καὶ ἀγαθῇ. The third t...
_Interpretation of the Sower_ (Mark 4:14-20; Luke 8:11-15)....
TEACHING FOR THE TEACHABLE Matthew 13:10-23 Jesus defended His use of parables. He said that He carefully avoided stating the truths of the Kingdom too plainly, so as not to increase the condemnation...
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...
STORM ON THE GALILEAN SEA Matthew 13:18-27; Mark 4:35-41; & Luke 8:22-25; Luke 9:57-62. Mark: they will begin to say
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...
"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...
23._But he that received the seed into a good soil. None are compared by Christ to a good and fertile soil, _but those in whom the word of God not only strikes its roots deep and solid, but overcomes...
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...
BUT HE THAT RECEIVED SEED INTO THE GOOD GROUND,.... The hearer compared to good ground into which the seed fell, is he that heareth the word and understandeth it; has a new and spiritual understanding...
But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth _it_; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. Ver. 23...
_He that received seed into the good ground_ Described in note on verse eight, is _he that heareth the word and understandeth_, or, _considereth_ it Herein he differs from the first class of hearers:...
BEARETH FRUIT; he receives the truth into the heart, and acts under its abiding influence. This represents the pious, the friends of God and men. They are all useful, but some more so than others. The...
The interpretation of the parable:...
BUT HE THAT RECEIVED SEED INTO THE GOOD GROUND IS HE THAT HEARETH THE WORD AND UNDERSTANDETH IT, WHICH ALSO BEARETH FRUIT, AND BRINGETH FORTH, SOME AN HUNDREDFOLD, SOME SIXTY, SOME THIRTY. He sets His...
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...
Mark saith much the same, MARK 4:20. Luke saith, LUKE 8:15, _But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patienc...
Matthew 13:23 But G1161 seed G4687 (G5651) on G1909 good G2570 ground G1093 is G2076 (G5748) he...
“And he who was sown on the good ground, this is he who hears the word, and understands it; who truly bears fruit, and brings forth, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.” In contrast with thes...
THE INTERPRETATION OF THE PARABLE OF THE SOWING OF THE SEED (13:18-23). As we look at this interpretation we will note how perfectly it fits the words of the parable without being over-allegoristic. I...
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...
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
Matthew 13:23. THE GOOD GROUND. This has been prepared. All is of divine grace, yet the verse plainly teaches that the persons referred to _actively_ and _willingly_ accept and understand the truth; t...
VERILY BEARETH FRUIT (δη καρποφορε). Who in reality (δη) does bear fruit (cf. Matthew 7:16-20). The fruit reveals the character of the tree and the value of the straw for wheat. Some grain must come...
Matthew 13:1 , MATTHEW 13:18 The Parable of the Sower. Notice the various obstacles which successively meet the seed and mar its fruitfulness. I. The wayside. There is a condition of heart which cor...
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...
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...
LISTEN, THEN, AND LEARN. Jesus tells them plainly the meaning of the parable about the Sower. Christ (and the messianic community) is the sower. Luke says the seed is the word of God (the Good News ab...
_But other fell on good ground and brought forth fruit._ The fruit _thirty-fold _seems to represent the case of those who fear; _sixty-fold _the ease of those who hope; the _hundredfold _those who lo...
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 EXPLAINS THE PARABLE OF THE FOUR SOILS MATTHEW 13:10-23; MARK 4:10-20; LUKE 8:9-15; MATTHEW 13:10 And the disciples came, and
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_ Matthew 13:19. WHICH RECEIVED SEED.—_That was sown (R_. V.). A change in the figure quite common among Orientals. It should have been: This is he in whose case the seed was sown by th...
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...
1 John 5:20; 1 Peter 2:1; 1 Peter 2:2; 1 Thessalonians 4:1; 2
Understandeth [σ ο ν ι ε ι ς]. See on 11 25, prudent. The three evangelists give three characteristics of the good hearer. Matthew, he understandeth the word; Mark, he receiveth it; Luke, he keepeth i...
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...