Matthew 13
The Parable of the Seeds
Today’s passage covers the first in a series of 8 parables that Jesus shared with his followers. A parable is an earthly story with a heavenly meaning, used to arouse the listener’s curiosity and gain their attention. In this passage Jesus uses such familiar figures as soil, seed, birds, thorns …
What the Kingdom of Heaven is Like
Jesus’s fifth and sixth parables are linked (vv. 44-46). In the fifth parable the kingdom of heaven is compared to a treasure hidden in a field & in the sixth parable it is compared to a pearl of great value. In both parables the one who found the treasure and the pearl went and sold all that they …
The Parable of the Wheat & the Weeds
Jesus told a second parable about a farmer sowing wheat in his field (vv. 24-30). Later in the chapter (vv. 36-43) Jesus explained the meaning of the parable to the disciples. The Kingdom of heaven is like a farmer (Jesus) who sows good seed (believers) in a field (the world). But in the …