Verse Matthew 13:12. _WHOSOEVER HATH, TO HIM SHALL BE GIVEN_] This is an allusion to a common custom in all countries: he who possesses _much_ or is _rich_, to such a person, _presents_ are ordinarily...
Christ, in these verses, gives a “reason” why he used this manner of instruction. See also Mark 4:10; Luke 8:9. Matthew 13:11 THE MYSTERIES OF THE KINGDOM - The word “
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 *,...
,34,35 The disciples came and said to him: "Why do you speak to them in parables?" "To you, he answered them, "it has been given to know the secrets of the Kingdom, which only a disciple can understan...
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...
WHOSOEVER. Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Genus). whosoever hath, &c. Figure of speech _Paroemia._ Compare Matthew 25:29. HAVE MORE ABUNDANCE. be made to abound....
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...
Cp. ch. Matthew 25:29....
Cp. ch. Matthew 25:29....
THE REASON WHY JESUS TEACHES IN PARABLES Mark 4:10-12; Luke 8:10...
Ver 10. And the disciples came, and said unto him, "Why speakest thou unto them in parables?" 11. He answered and said unto them, "Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of...
_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...
ΔΟΘΉΣΕΤΑΙ _fut. ind. pass. от_ ΔΊΔΩΜΙ (G1325) давать, ΠΕΡΙΣΣΕΥΘΉΣΕΤΑΙ _fut. ind. pass. от_ ΠΕΡΙΣΣΕΎΩ (G4052) быть более чем достаточным, чрезмерно богатым и обильным. ΆΡΘΉΣΕΤΑΙ _fut. ind. pass. от_...
AND THE DISCIPLES CAME, &C.— See the note on Mark 4:10. The answer which our Lord here returns to his disciples is remarkable: "You, my disciples, says he, who are of a humble, docile, temper, and are...
III. JESUS-' METHODOLOGY BEHIND PARABOLIC INSTRUCTION A. THE PURPOSE FOR PARABLES TEXT: 13:10-17 (Parallels: Mark 4:10-12; Mark 4:21-25; Luke 8:9-10;...
For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath. FOR WHOSOEVER HATH (THAT IS, KEEPS; AS A THING...
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...
13:12 whoever (a-2) who (a-20) _ Hostis_ . as ch. 7.24. abundance; (b-17) As to the good thing given. It is abstract; the object is not to day what is given, but the _ manner_ of God's dealing. What i...
'You who are spiritually minded, who already “have” religious truth, shall learn more and more by My parables, until you become spiritually rich. But those who “have not,” and do not desire to have sp...
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...
THE REASON FOR SPEAKING IN PARABLES (Mark 4:10; Luke 8:9). Because Christ's prejudiced hearers (see prefatory remarks) will not receive plain teaching, such as the Sermon on the Mount, they shall be p...
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...
WHOSOEVER HATH, TO HIM SHALL BE GIVEN. — The words have the ring of a proverb applicable, in its literal meaning, to the conditions of worldly prosperity. There fortune smiles on the fortunate, and no...
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...
his moral apothegm is here given only in Matt. It contains a great truth, whether spoken or not on this occasion. For the construction, _vide_ at Matthew 10:14. περισσευθήσεται : again in Matthew 25:2...
_The disciples ask an explanation_. There is some difficulty in forming a clear idea of this interlude. Who asked? The Twelve only, or they and others with them, as Mark states (Matthew 4:10)? And whe...
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...
But he that hath not, from him shall be taken away even that which he hath. We read again, (Matthew xxv. 29.) That also which he thinketh he hath. One passage helps to expound another: so that each of...
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...
12._For whosoever hath, it shall be given to him. _Christ pursues the subject which I have just mentioned; for he reminds his disciples how kindly God acts towards them, that they may more highly priz...
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...
FOR WHOSOEVER HATH, TO HIM SHALL BE GIVEN,.... Whoever has the true grace of God implanted in him, has a saving knowledge of Christ, and a spiritual acquaintance with the doctrines of the Gospel, shal...
For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath. Ver. 12. _For whosoever hath, to him shall be give...
_The disciples_ Mark says, οι περι αυτον συν τοις δωδεκα, _those that were about him, with the twelve_, that is, not only the apostles, but such other well-disposed persons as generally attended on Ch...
HATH; hath some knowledge of these mysteries. SHALL BE GIVEN; more knowledge. It is a practical knowledge of which the Saviour speaks, implying love towards him, and a desire to understand the truths...
The reason for speaking in parables:...
FOR WHOSOEVER HATH, TO HIM. SHALL BE GIVEN, AND HE SHALL HAVE MORE ABUNDANCE; BUT WHOSOEVER HATH NOT, FROM HIM SHALL BE TAKEN AWAY EVEN THAT HE HATH....
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...
OLBGrk; Ver. 11,12. Mark saith, MARK 4:11, _Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables._ Luke saith no more t...
Tertullian Against Marcion Book II has deemed God's law to be foolishness, and has therefore neglected to observe it; and as a further consequence, by his not having faith, "even that which he seemet...
Matthew 13:12 For G1063 whoever G3748 has G2192 (G5719) him G846 given G1325 (G5701) and G2532 abundance...
“For whoever has, to him will be given, and he will have abundance, but whoever has not, from him will be taken away even what he has.” So those who have already received the truth, and have repented...
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...
JESUS EXPLAINS WHY HE SPEAKS IN PARABLES (13:10-13A). The disciples who had had the secrets of the Kingly Rule of Heaven revealed to them in the Sermon on the Mount and subsequently, could not underst...
Matthew 13:12. Mark and Luke put this verse after the exposition of the parable of the sower. FOR WHOSOEVER HATH. Applied more generally in chap. Matthew 25:29. A rule of God's dealings with men, hol...
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 13:10 The Parables of Christ. I. "Whosoever hath, to him shall be given," etc, Here a universal law is announced as the explanation of the gift to the disciples of understanding mysteries, an...
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 13:12 To Him that hath shall be given a law of the Christian Sabbath. Let us illustrate this doctrine by a reference: I. To nations. If there were any land in which the higher uses of the Sa...
Matthew 13:10. _And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in, parables? He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom o...
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...
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...
WILL BE GIVEN MORE. Those who have made some progress, will find still more. Jesus repeated this principle in the Parable of the Three Servants (Matthew 25:29). WILL HAVE TAKEN AWAY. Those who do not...
_Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven._ THE PREPARATION NECESSARY FOR UNDERSTANDING THE MYSTERIES OF THE GOSPEL I. To explain what it is that we ought to have...
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_ 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...
Isaiah 5:4; John 15:2; Luke 10:42; Luke 12:20; Luke 12:21;...
Whosoever hath — That is, improves what he hath, uses the grace given according to the design of the giver; to him shall be given — More and more, in proportion to that improvement. But whosoever hath...
Is God unfair in giving to those who have? PROBLEM: God is presented in the Bible as fair and evenhanded (Romans 2:11; Genesis 18:25). Jesus, as God incarnate, is set up as the perfect moral example ...
That is, whosoever improves the measures of grace received, shall obtain farther measures and degrees of it: BUT FROM HIM that doth not improve what he has already received, SHALL BE TAKEN AWAY THAT W...