Matthew 13:24

Matthew 13:24. Set he before them. With the double purpose already spoken of; the word being often used in reference to food.

The kingdom of heaven. The subject in all seven parables. Christ's reign in the new economy of salvation.

Is likened, or ‘made like.' Not ‘is like,' as in the succeeding parables. The speedy establishment of the kingdom is implied; hence this parable is referred to the first stage of Christianity.

Good seed, i.e., of a good kind and good of its kind.

His field. The ‘world' (Matthew 13:38) is ‘ His' though ‘the devil' works in it.