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Verse Matthew 13:15. _HEART IS WAXED GROSS_] επαχυνθη, is
_become_ _fat _- inattentive stupid, insensible. _They hear heavily
with their_ _ears_-are half asleep while the salvation of God is
preached...
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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 “
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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...
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PARABLE OF THE SOWER (Mark 4:1 *, Luke 8:4).
MATTHEW 13:10. THE USE OF PARABLES (Mark 4:10 *,...
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,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...
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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...
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WAXED GROSS. grown fat.
SEE. Greek. _blepo._ App-133.
BE CONVERTED. be turned to [the Lord]....
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_this people's heart is waxed gross_ The heart was regarded as the
seat of intelligence. _Gross_, literally, FAT, so STOLID, DULL, like
_pinguis_in Latin....
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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...
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THE REASON WHY JESUS TEACHES IN PARABLES
Mark 4:10-12; Luke 8:10...
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ἸΆΣΟΜΑΙ, for ἰάσωμαι. The latter reading is due to the
influence of grammatical uniformity, or an _itacism_, confusion of
vowels that have a similar sound.
15. ἘΠΑΧΎΝΘΗ Ἡ ΚΑΡΔΊΑ. The heart, regarded...
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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...
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_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...
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DISCOURSE: 1360
THE USE AND INTENT OF PARABLES
Matthew 13:13. Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they
seeing, see not; and hearing, they hear not, neither do they
understand. And in them i...
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AND IN THEM IS FULFILLED, &C.— See the note on Isaiah 6:9. The
prophet's meaning is, that the Jews should certainly hear the
doctrines of the gospel, without understanding them, and see the
miracles w...
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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;...
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For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of
hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should
see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should und...
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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...
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13:15 lest (f-26) See Note, ch. 5.25; Mark 4:12 ....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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LEST AT ANY TIME THEY SHOULD SEE. — The words point to the
obstinate, wilful ignorance which refuses to look on the truth, lest
the look should lead to conviction, and conviction to conversion —
the i...
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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...
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he prophetic citation, given as such by Matthew only, may be due to
him, though put into the mouth of Jesus. It is conceivable, however,
that Jesus might use Isaiah's words in Isaiah's spirit, _i.e._,...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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And should be converted. In this the prophet shews the atrocity of the
Jewish wickedness, and the malice of their hearts, but that he may
attach them to God, their Father, he immediately subjoins, les...
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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...
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"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...
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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...
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Matthew 13:15._Lest I should heal them _In the word _healing,
_Matthew, as well as the Prophet, includes deliverance from every
evil; for a people afflicted by the hand of God is metaphorically
compar...
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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...
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FOR THIS PEOPLE'S HEART IS WAXED GROSS, c,] Or fat, become stupid and
sottish, and without understanding and so incapable of taking in the
true sense and meaning of what they saw with their eyes, and...
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For this people's heart is waxed gross, and _their_ ears are dull of
hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should
see with _their_ eyes, and hear with _their_ ears, and shoul...
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_Therefore speak I to them in parables, because they seeing, see not_
In pursuance of this general rule, I do not give more knowledge to
this people, because they use not that which they have already:...
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The reason for speaking in parables:...
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FOR THIS PEOPLE'S HEART IS WAXED GROSS, AND THEIR EARS ARE DULL OF
HEARING, AND THEIR EYES. THEY HAVE CLOSED, LEST AT ANY TIME THEY
SHOULD SEE WITH THEIR EYES, AND HEAR WITH THEIR EARS, AND SHOULD
UND...
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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...
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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...
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Ver. 14,15. These words of the prophet are not less than five times
found in the New Testament (besides by Matthew in these verses)
applied to the Jews. They are taken out of Isaiah, ISAIAH 6:9,10: An...
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Matthew 13:15 For G1063 hearts G2588 this G5127 people G2992 dull
G3975 (G5681) G2532 ears G3775 hard...
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“For this people's heart is grown gross, and their ears are dull of
hearing, and their eyes they have closed, lest it happen that they
should perceive with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and
un...
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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...
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Matthew 13:15. FOR THIS PEOPLE'S HEART. A more exact quotation, but
changed into a prediction.
WAXED GROSS, become fat, carnal, losing its spiritual life.
THEIR EYES THEY HAVE CLOSED; a persistent...
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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....
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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
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IS WAXED GROSS
(επαχυνθη). Aorist passive tense. From παχυς, thick, fat,
stout. Made callous or dull -- even fatty degeneration of the
heart.DULL OF HEARING
(τοις ωσιν βαρεως ηκουσαν). Another ao...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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14-15.
SO THE PROPHECY OF ISAIAH COMES TRUE. Isaiah 6:9-10. Isaiah sees the
spiritual apathy of the people which describes conditions in Christ's
time. Those whom God cannot convince, he confuses (se...
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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....
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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
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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,...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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2 Thessalonians 2:10; 2 Thessalonians 2:11; 2 Timothy 2:25; 2 Timothy
2:26;...
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Is waxed gross [ε π α χ υ ν θ η]. Lit., was made fat. Wyc.,
enfatted.
Are dull of hearing [τ ο ι ς ω σ ι ν β α ρ ε ω ς η κ
ο υ σ α ν]. Lit., They heard heavily with their ears.
They have closed [ε κ...