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 the sea. The whole multitude was at the sea on the land. And He was teaching them many things in pa... [ Continue Reading ]
Matthew 13:2-4; MARK 1:40-45; & LUKE 5:12-16. MARK: _“And a leper comes to Him, calling upon Him, and kneeling down before Him, and saying to Him, If You may wish, You are able to cleanse me. And Jesus being moved with compassion, and reaching forth His hand, touched him, and says to him, I am willi... [ Continue Reading ]
STORM ON THE GALILEAN SEA Matthew 13:18-27; Mark 4:35-41; & Luke 8:22-25; Luke 9:57-62. Mark: _they will begin to say to the mountains_, _Fall on us_; _and to the hills_, _Cover us_.” These words of our Savior describe the horrific sufferings which came on those people forty years from that date, th... [ Continue Reading ]
THE GRAIN OF MUSTARD SEED Matthew 13:31-32, & Mark 4:30-32. _“And He said, To what must we liken the kingdom of God? or in what parable may we expound it? It is like a grain of mustard, which, when it may be sown upon the earth, is the smallest of seeds which are upon the earth, and when it may be s... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER 27 THE LEAVEN Matthew 13:33. _“He spake another parable to them: The kingdom of the heavens is like unto leaven, which a woman having taken, hid in three measures of meal, until all were leavened.”_ Leaven is _zume_, which has no meaning but fermentation, corruption....We have no right to... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER 30 JESUS AGAIN REJECTED AT NAZARETH Matthew 13:54-58, & Mark 6:1-6. “He went out from thence, and came into His own country [i.e., He went from Capernaum to Nazareth]; and His disciples follow Him; and it being the Sabbath, He began to teach in the synagogue; and many, hearing, were astonis... [ Continue Reading ]