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Themes in Matthew 13
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Themes in Matthew 13

Matthew 13:1

The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea-side.

Matthew 13:2

and there was so great a croud of people got about him, that he was oblig'd to go into a bark, where he sat, while the people all stood on the shore.

Matthew 13:3

Then he talk'd to them much in parables, and said, a sower went out to sow.

Matthew 13:4

and in sowing, part of the grain fell in the high-way, and the fowls light and peck'd them up:

Matthew 13:5

another part fell upon stony places, where it had not much earth: and it soon sprung up, because the soil was shallow:

Matthew 13:6

so that as the sun arose it was scorched, and for want of root, withered away.

Matthew 13:7

another part fell among thorns: and the thorns grew up and choked it.

Matthew 13:8

but another part falling upon good soil, became fruitful, some grains yielding an hundred, some sixty, and some thirty.

Matthew 13:9

he that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

Matthew 13:10

And the disciples came, and said to him, why do you speak to them in parables?

Matthew 13:11

to whom he answered, because you are allowed to know the mysteries of the gospel-dispensation, but to them it is not allowed.

Matthew 13:12

for to him that uses what he has, shall be given, and he shall have abundantly: but from him that uses it not, shall be taken away, even what he hath.

Matthew 13:13

therefore speak I to them in parables: because they over-look what they see: and are inattentive to what they hear, neither will they comprehend.

Matthew 13:14

and in them is fulfilled that prophecy of Esaias, "by hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand: and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive.

Matthew 13:15

for the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them."

Matthew 13:16

but happy are you that your eyes have sight; and that your ears have their hearing.

Matthew 13:17

for I declare unto you, that many prophets and just men have desired to see what ye see, and have not seen it: and to hear what ye hear, and have not heard it.

Matthew 13:18

Hear then the meaning of this parable of the sower.

Matthew 13:19

when any one heareth the doctrine of the gospel, and considers it not, then comes the wicked one, and catches away what was sown in his heart: he is the person meant by the high-way, where some of the seed was sown: but the stony ground,

Matthew 13:20

where other seed fell, denotes the man that heareth the word, and at first receives it with pleasure:

Matthew 13:21

but having no root in him he has only an occasional faith: for as soon as any oppression or persecution arises upon account of the gospel, he presently relapses.

Matthew 13:22

he that is meant by the thorny ground, where other seed fell, is one that heareth the word: which by cares of this life, and the deceitful love of riches, is soon stifled, and becomes unfruitful:

Matthew 13:23

but the ground that received the grain, represents those, who hear the word, and consider it, who all become fruitful, some in one degree, and some in another.

Matthew 13:24

Another parable he propos'd to them in these words. the state of the gospel in this world may be compar'd to a man who sowed good grain in his field:

Matthew 13:25

but while the people slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.

Matthew 13:26

but when the blade was sprung up, and bore grain, the tares appeared too.

Matthew 13:27

so the servants of the yeoman came and said, Sir, did not you sow your field with good grain: how comes it then to have tares?

Matthew 13:28

'tis some enemy, said he, has done this. the servants replied, shall we go then and pull them up?

Matthew 13:29

no, said he, lest in pulling up the tares, you should root

Matthew 13:30

up the wheat with them. let both grow together till the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will thus direct the reapers, first of all gather the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: then lodge the wheat in my barn.

Matthew 13:31

He propos'd another parable to them, which was this; the gospel-state is like a grain of mustard-seed which a man took to sow in his field.

Matthew 13:32

'tis one indeed of the smallest grains: but when it is grown, it is the largest of the pulse kind, and becomes a tree: so that the birds of the air come and lodge in its branches.

Matthew 13:33

Another of his parables was this; the gospel-state is like unto leaven, which a woman took and mixt with three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.

Matthew 13:34

All these things spake Jesus to the multitude in parables, and did not discourse to them without some parable.

Matthew 13:35

so that this saying of the prophet was fulfilled, "I will talk in parables, I will utter what has been kept secret from the foundation of the world."

Matthew 13:36

Then Jesus leaving the multitude, went into the house: and his disciples coming to him, said, explain to us the parable of the tares of the field.

Matthew 13:37

he answered them, he that soweth the good seed, is the son of man:

Matthew 13:38

the field is the world: the good seed are the children of the kingdom: but the tares are the children of the wicked one:

Matthew 13:39

the enemy that sowed them is the devil: the harvest is the conclusion of the age: and the reapers are the angels.

Matthew 13:40

as then the tares are gathered and burnt in the fire; so shall it be at the conclusion of the age.

Matthew 13:41

the son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all that make others offend, and those who do iniquity;

Matthew 13:42

and shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

Matthew 13:43

then shall the just shine out like the sun, in the kingdom of their father. he that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

Matthew 13:44

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hid in a field: a man finds this treasure and buries it again, then goes in great joy, sells all that he hath, and purchases that field.

Matthew 13:45

Again, the heavenly kingdom is like a merchant-man, who is in quest of curious pearls:

Matthew 13:46

and meeting with one of great value, presently sells all that he has to make the purchase.

Matthew 13:47

Again, the gospel-kingdom is like a net that is cast into the sea, and draws all sorts of fish:

Matthew 13:48

when it is full, they drag it to shore, then sit down, and pick out the good to lay by, but throw the bad away.

Matthew 13:49

so it shall be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and after they have separated the wicked from the just,

Matthew 13:50

they shall cast the wicked into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

Matthew 13:51

Then Jesus said to them, have ye understood all this?

Matthew 13:52

they reply'd, yes, Lord. then said he to them, thus every teacher who is instructed in the doctrine of the gospel, is like the master of a family, who taketh out of his treasure things new and old.

Matthew 13:53

When Jesus had finished these parables, he departed thence.

Matthew 13:54

and when he was come into his native country, he taught them in their synagogue, in such a manner that they cry'd out with astonishment, how came this man by all this wisdom, and extraordinary power?

Matthew 13:55

is not this the carpenter's son? is not Mary his mother? and James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas, are they not his brothers?

Matthew 13:56

and his sisters, don't they live just by us? how came he then by all this?

Matthew 13:57

and they were scandaliz'd at him. but Jesus said to them, a prophet is not without honour, except in his own country and in his own family.

Matthew 13:58

and he did not many miracles there, because of their incredulity.
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