Another rendering is a word we should all be familiar with—the sovereignty of God. And it came to pass that when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed thence. For indeed the Kingdom of God is among[as it is better translated] you.". (Matthew 13:1-2). The end of the world, mentioned here, is noted in more detail under Matthew 28:18-20, which see. THE DRAW NET presents the final end of God's purpose when the precious shall be separated from the vile, and each class shall inherit the destiny it deserves. Therefore, to make "the world" in Christ's explanation to mean the unregenerated portion of humanity would mean that Christ here forbade his disciples to exterminate unregenerates, a temptation which it is very unlikely any disciples ever had. a wedding? Neither men nor angels knew it until Christ revealed it to the Twelve. The titles of these three sections give an idea of what Jesus emphasizes in Matthew 13. It is not on earth right now as a government, in the form of a nation or a kingdom, but the Kingdom of God exists. Some fierce upholders of purity in the church have applied the prohibition against tare pulling to the purging of those without, namely in "the world" and have proceeded to arrogate to themselves the business of gathering the tares into bundles and burning them - even doing so literally in the case of thousands of heretics burned at the stake! What a paradox it is that Jesus' rejection by his own community is also an eloquent testimony to the greatness of his deeds. The merchantman is held up for our approval and emulation because: (1) he did not waste his time admiring the pearl, or wishing he had it; (2) he did not propose to obtain it at a reduced price; (3) he did not delay or postpone his decision; (4) he did not reject it as too expensive - none of these things, he simply sold all he had and bought it! 1. An overview of Matthew 13 is essential, because we need to understand the whole context to see what Jesus was trying to get across to us. Thus, it may be said that this parable puts a terminator on church discipline in that there is a point beyond which it cannot go. Matthew 13 - The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side. Explanation and Commentary of Matthew 11:12 This enigmatic statement is at first hard to comprehend, but in context, it seems likely that Christ is saying that in the short time between John’s ministry and the present moment when Jesus spoke this, there has been a rush of people coming into the Kingdom violently. It occurred in the wretched and miserable village of Nazareth; and the protagonists of this dark drama of rejection were not intellectuals, nor educated and cultured men, but were prejudiced gossips, vulgar, and ignorant buffoons, but still entitled to one marvelous distinction: THEY WERE THE SPIRITUAL ANCESTORS OF ALL THE UNBELIEVERS WHO EVER LIVED! [4] Richard C. Trench, Notes on the Parables (Westwood, New Jersey: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1953), p. 112. - Psalms 78:2. The Parable of the Net That Was Cast into the Sea: This is another of the parables Jesus explained, and again, not one analogy but many are noted: The enclosed fish of "every kind" are members of the church. The use of the boat, anchored in a quiet place offshore, and with the placid water providing a perfect sounding board for his words, made it possible for Jesus to be distinctly heard by a vast throng of people. A biblical mystery is a teaching that is impossible to understand until the meaning is revealed, then it becomes plain. He departed from there" (verse 53). Note the following analogies in this parable: The large plant shows its ultimate glory and success. (Luke adds "cares," Luke 8:14.) Yes, indeed. To know. What ridiculous snobbery of an inflated ego is implicit in such words as those! 1 That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the lake. The good ground is the faithful hearer who bears fruit. The wonder of how the kingdom began in an obscure province by the birth of a child to humble and obscure parents in a stable, and how the kingdom grew to encompass people of every kindred and nation is aptly illustrated by this parable. He did so at once, then and there, with no delay.SIZE>. Matthew 13:11. That town had justly earned an unsavory reputation. They seem not to reveal as much about the church's eternal characteristics as about its day-to-day efforts resulting from Christ's work in coming into the world. God's church, or kingdom, is the appointed way of gathering from the great seas of human population the number of the redeemed. His reasons for this methods will be noted more fully under Matthew 13:10, below. Look at the self-glory of the words, "Is not this the carpenter's son?" Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till it was all leavened. It is possible that the "world-wide church" is intended or meant by this, a view supported by the fact that Christ said, "The kingdom of heaven is like" this, and also from the statement in Matthew 13:41 that the angels shall gather "out of his kingdom," indicating that purging tares out of the kingdom is actually the thing under consideration. The good ground was the productive part of the field which rewarded the sower's efforts. Colossians 1:13 says that we have already been translated into the Kingdom of the Son of His love. Matthew 11:11, ESV: "Truly, I say to you, among those born of women there has arisen no one greater than John the Baptist. By analogy, Christians who have been properly cultivated by home training and education, who are protected from spiritual enemies by wise choice of friends and companions, who begin to serve the Lord early in life, and who are blessed with favorable opportunities for teaching and influence of others, may well reap a more bountiful harvest than others who had not such advantages.[2]. These parables, this one and the two immediately following, were spoken in the house, not to the multitudes by the seashore. Matthew shows that what God told his people in the *Old Testament came true in the life of Jesus. 4 As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. It is as though Christ had said by means of these two short parables, "Nevertheless, my kingdom shall not fail but shall attain marvelous success!". The third section can be titled "The Ministry's Duty to the Church.". The truth was built into the passage by the Holy Spirit and is incapable of destruction. And great multitudes were gathered together to Him, so that He got into a boat and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore. Christ had not consulted them; his success had bruised their local pride. Greeks used the term to describe something that was crystal clear to insiders, but unintelligible to outsiders. K.J.V. II, p. 234. Therefore, Jesus was the *Messiah that they were waiting for. Where have we heard that before? In both cases, it is clear that angels, not men, shall effect the separation. What was it? [8] J. R. Dummelow, One Volume Commentary (New York: Macmillan Company, 1937), p. 675. Unity and harmony do indeed appear in the group taken as a whole. So beware! As to how evil persons get into the kingdom, it is stated in Matthew 13:25, above, that an enemy, the devil, planted them there. Here Christ began a new type of teaching, using PARABLES, partly for concealment, partly for illustration. See under Matthew 13:17. (4) It was illogical. The birds of the heaven in its branches suggest an identification of evil and extraneous operations closely connected with the kingdom, yet not a part of it. Another parable set he before them saying. What is older, or newer, than conversion? This entire parable sets forth the divinity and glory of Christ. 18 “Hear then the parable of the sower. . And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables? These can only be Satanic things, bad, negative things inspired by the Devil. Second Pair: The Mustard Seed (verse 31) represents the dynamic growth of the church from small beginnings even while adversaries confront it. Those who fancy that the rejection of Christ is the result of comparing all religions, let them note that at Nazareth there was no study, no comparison, no investigation, precious little information, and a dreadful suspicion of intellectual mediocrity, if not indeed downright stupidity. People may or may not receive his word; but the seeds still fall, and the harvest is still produced, regardless of human failure, indifference, or opposition. It was something that God took the initiative and gave them, even as He has given us the same thing. For verily I say unto you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see the things which ye see, and saw them not; and to hear the things which ye hear, and heard them not. The first parable, The Sower, and the eighth, The Householder, are key, the first introducing and anticipating all of the parables, and the last concluding and reflecting back on the whole, stating the church's purpose and duty under the authority of Jesus Christ. Matthew 13:11. When Jesus finished the first seven parables, He asked His disciples, "Have you understood all these things?" More bitter controversies have been waged over this portion of the Scriptures than over any other, with the exception, perhaps, of "this is my body"! Christ did not speak in parables to make the meaning clear to just any reader! Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Encyclopedias / Dictionaries. What happened at the foundation of the world? And the enemy that sowed them is the devil: and the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels. The mustard tree stands for the visible church in all ages.SIZE>. It was present then in the person of Jesus Christ and working. The thorns that choke out the words and cause unfruitfulness in hearers of the word of God are the cares, riches, and pleasures of life. In other words, a parable does not stand alone. And he said unto them, An enemy hath done this. Thus, their very rejection of Christ is a witness to his power and glory. The harvest is the end of the world, when the Lord will send his angels and gather "out of his kingdom" all things that cause stumbling (Matthew 13:41). Learn more Start my trial Back . ‘To you’ is emphatic. And others fell upon the thorns; and the thorns grew up and choked them: and others fell upon the good ground, and yielded fruit; some a hundred fold, some sixty, some thirty. Once found, it should be obtained, regardless of cost. In the treasure is a likeness of the kingdom; but in the other, it is the merchantman searching for the pearl. 11 He replied, “Because the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them. The Explanation of the Parable of the Sower. We will treat this one with … His method stands in sharp contrast to the involved and lengthy style of some Bible commentators. From the above, it further appears that Christ expected many analogies, not merely one, to be deduced from a parable. Neither view, it appears to this writer, is correct. The bad fish are like the tares, sons of the evil one. Thus, the Israelites were commanded to purge out the old leaven during Passover; and the disciples were warned by the Saviour against the leaven of the Pharisees. They could easily have ascertained the truth by a little investigation; but no, it was far easier to deny the news filtering down to that wretched little village than to check up on it and find it true. And he that was sown among the thorns, this is he that heareth the word; and the care of the world and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful. These examples show that Jesus taught His disciples that the Kingdom of God or the Kingdom of Heaven exists now, but it is in a different form from what it will be when Jesus returns and sets up His government. Richard T. Ritenbaugh And there were gathered unto him great multitudes, so that he entered into a boat, and sat; and all the multitude stood on the beach. Certain keys unlock parables, and if we do not have the keys, we will miss the meaning, and the interpretation will be wrong, off track. 1 of 1. - Isaiah 6:9,10; Acts 28:26,27. And he said unto them, Therefore every scribe who hath been made a disciple to the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, who bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old. 12 Whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance. Portrayals of nature scenes provided Him with analogies with which to express spiritual truth. THE SOWER stresses the obstacles to be overcome by the word, which succeeds anyway. The last seven parables, recorded in this chapter, constitute a remarkably comprehensive and detailed presentation of the guidelines of faith; and there is a strong temptation to find in these seven parables some mystical or secret meaning. The first consists of the first four parables: the Parable of the Sower, the Parable of the Wheat and the Tares, the Parable of the Mustard Seed, and the Parable of the Leaven. Those who desired and expected some worldly conqueror who would break the back of Roman tyranny and restore secular power to the Jews were repelled by the innocent and innocuous descriptions of such prosaic and commonplace things as those which formed the basis of the parables. They were marvelous devices for the separation of his hearers and polarizing them with reference to the approaching kingdom. 3. Matthew 13:1-23 The Parable of the Sower; Matthew 13:24-43 The Parable of the Weeds; Matthew 13:44-52 The Pearl of Great Price; Matthew 13:53-58 A Prophet Without Honor; REFORMATION STUDY BIBLE. On that day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the seaside. It is created by the overcoming of a difficulty. Parables of Matthew 13 (Part One): Introduction, Parables of Matthew 13 (Part 1): The Mustard Seed, The Covenants, Grace, and Law (Part Eleven). Victorinus said, "Things new and old - the new, the evangelical words of the apostles; the old, the precepts of the law and the prophets. So shall it be in the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the righteous, and shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth. The mustard seed may be viewed as the word of God, or Christ himself, who is the Word (John 1:1). "[7] Dummelow identified the old and the new as "the old truths which God had long made known to the Jews, as well as the new truth declared by Christ."[8]. It does seem bold and startling that Christ, in this parable, would reverse the usual meaning of leaven and make it something good, holy, and desirable; but another example of the same reversal is seen in the fact that Christ is "a lion" (Revelation 5:5), and so is the devil (1 Peter 5:8)! Other parts of the Bible tell us that it takes the Holy Spirit to give us "ears to hear" (see I Corinthians 2:6-14). The good fish are the truly spiritual children of their Father. Matthew 13:11 Parallel Verses [⇓ See commentary ⇓] Matthew 13:11, NIV: "He replied, 'Because the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them." None of the commentaries, as far as determined, make anything of the birds lodging in the branches, other than an illustration of the kingdom's ultimate magnitude; however, in the parable of the sower, Christ used the birds to represent the devil, and upon that it would seem wise to seek a meaning here. He introduces important *Old Testament words in a special way 12 times. This view would make the leaven to be the word of God which the church preaches, or the influence emanating from it. The words "turn again" near the end of the prophecy above are also translated "be converted" in the King James Version. Our land is the Kingdom of God. Christ turned to teaching in parables after opposition developed against his divine mission; and this verse shows that Christ designed the parables, at least in part, to conceal his teachings from those who were not sincerely seeking to know and do his will. 10 And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables? The Leaven (verse 33) represents the progress of the church against and despite the contagious outspread of sin. When we yield to God, and when we are accepted by Him as His sons and daughters, as it were, we become citizens of the Kingdom of God. Fit citizens indeed to look down upon the carpenter's boy! And unto them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall in no wise understand; And seeing ye shall see, and shall in no wise perceive: For this people's heart is waxed gross, And their ears are dull of hearing, And their eyes they have closed; Lest haply they should perceive with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their heart, And should turn again, And I should heal them. According to Romans 11, the meaning is veiled from most of mankind until the day God offers them salvation. The efforts of men to do this, however, are far from convincing. But out of His mercy and His desire to see us share life with Him in the Kingdom of God, He gave it, the ability to comprehend the mystery. "Fear him who hath power to cast both soul and body into hell" (Luke 12:5). This is a study guide commentary which means that you are responsible for your own interpretation of the Bible. As therefore the tares are gathered up and burned with fire; so shall it be in the end of the world. Jesus also spoke of common civic duties and social events. "Coffman Commentaries on the Old and New Testament". By the end of chapter 12, Jesus appears to be at odds even … Continue reading "Commentary on Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23" The treasure hidden in the field teaches the supreme regard men should have for the kingdom of heaven; and that, whatever incident or opportunity leads to the knowledge of it, the finder should exercise every human effort to obtain it, even to selling all that he has, if necessary, to come into possession of it.

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