Matthew 13:19

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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 his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.

The word

And understandeth

The wicked

This

Matthew 13:4

General references

Bible References

The word

Then he made a tour through the whole of Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the Reign, and healing all the sickness and disease of the people.

This is what the parable means. The seed is the word of God.

He sent them out to preach the Reign of God and to cure the sick.

heal those in the town who are ill, and tell them, 'The Reign of God is nearly on you.'

I know to-day that not one of you will ever see my face again ??not one of you among whom I moved as I preached the Reign.

So they fixed a day and came to him at his quarters in large numbers. From morning to evening he explained the Reign of God to them from personal testimony, and tried to convince them about Jesus from the law of Moses and the prophets.

The Reign of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, it means righteousness, peace, and joy in the holy Spirit;

I disown those practices which very shame conceals from view; I do not go about it craftily; I do not falsify the word of God; I state the truth openly and so commend myself to every man's conscience before God.

less than the least of all saints as I am, this grace was vouchsafed me, that I should bring the Gentiles the gospel of the fathomless wealth of Christ

And understandeth

And this is the sentence of condemnation, that the Light has entered the world and yet men have preferred darkness to light. It is because their actions have been evil;

Why do you not understand my speech? Because you are unable to listen to what I am saying.

"Truth!" said Pilate, "what is truth!" With these words he went outside to the Jews again and told them, "I cannot find anything wrong about him.

But on hearing of a 'resurrection of dead men,' some sneered, while others said, "We will hear you again on that subject."

But as these are merely questions of words and persons and your own Law, you can attend to them for yourselves. I decline to adjudicate upon matters like that."

but when he argued about morality, self-mastery, and the future judgment, Felix grew uneasy. "You may go for the present," he said; "when I can find a moment, I will send for you"

The questions at issue referred to their own religion and to a certain Jesus who had died. Paul said he was alive.

They retired to discuss the affair, and agreed that "this man has done nothing to deserve death or imprisonment."

Yes, as they disdained to acknowledge God any longer, God has given them up to a reprobate instinct, for the perpetration of what is improper,

but anger and wrath to those who are wilful, who disobey the Truth and obey wickedness ??9 anguish and calamity for every human soul that perpetrates evil, for the Jew first and for the Greek as well,

so that all may be doomed who refuse faith in the Truth but delight in evil.

We must therefore pay closer attention to what we have heard, in case we drift away.

We know that the Son of God has come, and has given us insight to know Him who is the Real God; and we are in Him who is real, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the real God, this is life eternal.

The wicked

the field is the world; the good seed means the sons of the Realm; the weeds are the sons of the evil one;

As for those 'on the road,' when the seed is sown there ??as soon as they hear it, Satan at once comes and carries off the word sown within them.

Those 'on the road' are people who hear; but then the devil comes and carries off the word from their heart, that they may not believe and be saved.

fathers, I am writing to you, because you know him who is from the very beginning: young men, I am writing to you, because you have conquered the evil One. Children, I have written to you, because you know the Father:

we are not to be like Cain, who belonged to the evil One and slew his brother. And why did he slay him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's just.

We know that anyone who is born of God does not sin; He who was born of God preserves him, and the evil One never catches him.

This

and as he sowed some seeds fell on the road and the birds came and ate them up.

General references

The rain came down, the floods rose, the winds blew and beat upon that house, and down it fell ??with a mighty crash."

Five of them were stupid and five were sensible.

and as he sowed it chanced that some seed fell on the road, and the birds came and ate it up;

He sent them out to preach the Reign of God and to cure the sick.