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Verse Matthew 13:23. _GOOD GROUND_] That which had _depth of mould_,
was _well_ _ploughed_, and _well weeded_.
_IS HE THAT HEARETH_] Who diligently attends the ministry of the
_word_.
_AND UNDERSTAN...
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See also Mark 4:13; Luke 8:11. “Hear ye, therefore, the parable of
the sower.” That is, hear the “explanation” or the “spiritual
meaning” of the narrative given before. Mark adds Mark 4:13, “Know
ye n...
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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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EXPLANATION OF THE PARABLE OF THE SOWER (Mark 4:13 *, Luke 8:11).
Little need be added to what is said on p. 686. The parable no doubt
reflects the experience of Jesus. Like the sower He, in His work...
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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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WHICH ALSO. who indeed.
AND BRINGETH FORTH. produceth also.
SOME. some indeed.
SOME. but other....
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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 PARABLE OF THE SOWER IS EXPLAINED
Mark 4:14-20; Luke 8:11-15...
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The word will be more fruitful in some hearts than in others. Even the
Apostles exemplified this. The triple division in their number seems
to point to differences of gifts and spiritual fruitfulness....
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Ver 18. "Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower. 19. When any one
heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh
the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in hi...
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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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ΣΥΝΙΕΊΣ _praes. act. part., см._ Matthew 13:13.
ΔΗ частица усиления: "воистину" (EGT).
ΚΑΡΠΟΦΟΡΕΊ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΚΑΡΠΟΦΟΡΈΩ
(G2592) ПРИНОСИТЬ ПЛОДЫ, ПРОИЗВОДИТЬ.
ΠΟΙΕΊ _praes. ind. act. от_...
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BUT HE THAT RECEIVED SEED INTO THE GOOD GROUND— St. Luke has
expressed this rather more fully, Luke 8:15. _But that on the good
ground are they, who, in an honest and good heart, having heard the
word...
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_HEAR YE THEREFORE THE PARABLE OF THE SOWER._
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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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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THE PARABLE OF THE SOWER INTERPRETED (Mark 4:13; Luke 8:11). The sower
is, of course, Christ, and Christian teachers generally, but is not a
prominent figure in the parable. The seed aptly stands for...
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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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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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HE THAT HEARETH THE WORD, AND UNDER-STANDETH IT. — The process is
not merely an intellectual one. He takes it in, discerns its meaning.
The phrases in the other Gospels express the same thing, “hear t...
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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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ἀκούων καὶ συνιείς. The specific feature of the
fourth and alone satisfactory type is not brought out either in Mt. or
in Mk. but only in Lk. by his happy phrase: ἐν καρδίᾳ
καλῇ καὶ ἀγαθῇ. The third t...
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_Interpretation of the Sower_ (Mark 4:14-20; Luke 8:11-15)....
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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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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
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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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23._But he that received the seed into a good soil. None are compared
by Christ to a good and fertile soil, _but those in whom the word of
God not only strikes its roots deep and solid, but overcomes...
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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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BUT HE THAT RECEIVED SEED INTO THE GOOD GROUND,.... The hearer
compared to good ground into which the seed fell, is he that heareth
the word and understandeth it; has a new and spiritual understanding...
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But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the
word, and understandeth _it_; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth
forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
Ver. 23...
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_He that received seed into the good ground_ Described in note on
verse eight, is _he that heareth the word and understandeth_, or,
_considereth_ it Herein he differs from the first class of hearers:...
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BEARETH FRUIT; he receives the truth into the heart, and acts under
its abiding influence. This represents the pious, the friends of God
and men. They are all useful, but some more so than others. The...
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The interpretation of the parable:...
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BUT HE THAT RECEIVED SEED INTO THE GOOD GROUND IS HE THAT HEARETH THE
WORD AND UNDERSTANDETH IT, WHICH ALSO BEARETH FRUIT, AND BRINGETH
FORTH, SOME AN HUNDREDFOLD, SOME SIXTY, SOME THIRTY.
He sets His...
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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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Mark saith much the same, MARK 4:20. Luke saith, LUKE 8:15, _But that
on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having
heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patienc...
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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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THE INTERPRETATION OF THE PARABLE OF THE SOWING OF THE SEED
(13:18-23).
As we look at this interpretation we will note how perfectly it fits
the words of the parable without being over-allegoristic. I...
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“And he who was sown on the good ground, this is he who hears the
word, and understands it; who truly bears fruit, and brings forth,
some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.”
In contrast with thes...
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Matthew 13:23. THE GOOD GROUND. This has been prepared. All is of
divine grace, yet the verse plainly teaches that the persons referred
to _actively_ and _willingly_ accept and understand the truth; t...
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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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VERILY BEARETH FRUIT
(δη καρποφορε). Who in reality (δη) does bear fruit (cf.
Matthew 7:16-20). The fruit reveals the character of the tree and the
value of the straw for wheat. Some grain must come...
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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 13:1 , MATTHEW 13:18
The Parable of the Sower.
Notice the various obstacles which successively meet the seed and mar
its fruitfulness.
I. The wayside. There is a condition of heart which cor...
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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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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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LISTEN, THEN, AND LEARN. Jesus tells them plainly the meaning of the
parable about the Sower. Christ (and the messianic community) is the
sower. Luke says the seed is the word of God (the Good News ab...
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_But other fell on good ground and brought forth fruit._
The fruit _thirty-fold _seems to represent the case of those who fear;
_sixty-fold _the ease of those who hope; the _hundredfold _those who
lo...
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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_
Matthew 13:19. WHICH RECEIVED SEED.—_That was sown (R_. V.). A
change in the figure quite common among Orientals. It should have
been: This is he in whose case the seed was sown by th...
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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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1 John 5:20; 1 Peter 2:1; 1 Peter 2:2; 1 Thessalonians 4:1; 2
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Understandeth [σ ο ν ι ε ι ς]. See on 11 25, prudent. The three
evangelists give three characteristics of the good hearer. Matthew, he
understandeth the word; Mark, he receiveth it; Luke, he keepeth i...
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THE PARABLES OF MATTHEW THIRTEEN
Matthew 13:1, _Matthew 13:18_
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
We have decided to present to you one phase of the parable of the
sower, the seed that fell by the wayside,
1. THE...
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Some a hundred fold, some sixty, some thirty — That is, in various
proportions; some abundantly more than others....