Matthew 13:34-52

Jesus Speaks To His Disciples In Parables So That Their Eyes May Be Opened (13:34-52).

This next part-section is also in the form of a chiasmus.

Analysis.

a Jesus speaks in parables not only for the sake of the crowds, but also for the sake of His disciples, so that their eyes may be opened to the lessons of the past (Matthew 13:34).

b The explanation of the parable of the wheat and the darnel which leads up to the end of the age and the destiny of the unrighteous and the righteous (Matthew 13:36).

c The parable of the hidden treasure which costs everything (Matthew 13:44).

c The parable of the pearl which costs everything (Matthew 13:45).

b The parable of the dragnet which leads up to the end of the age and the destiny of the righteous, and especially the unrighteous (Matthew 13:47)

a The bringing out by the Scribe of the Kingly Rule of Heaven of things new and old (Matthew 13:51).

It will be noted that in ‘a' the disciples are to learn both the new (the meaning of parables) and the old (the Scriptures which reveal things from of old), while in the parable the Teacher of the Kingly Rule of Heaven will bring forth things new and old. In ‘b' and parallel we have two parables which have the same lesson concerning judgment on unbelievers, although their final emphasis is different. In ‘c' and parallel we have two parables which evaluate the worth of the Kingly Rule of Heaven, the one as a result of a poor man's ‘lucky' find, and the other as a result of the rich man's careful search.