Chapter summary

Matthew 13 — Parables of the Kingdom

Matthew gathers Jesus' great kingdom parables — the sower, the weeds, the mustard seed, the leaven, hidden treasure, the pearl, the net — into a single discourse.

The sower goes out to sow — and the seed falls on four soils, picturing four responses to the word of the kingdom.

Wheat and weeds grow together until the harvest; the kingdom is also like a mustard seed, leaven hidden in flour — small things with disproportionate effect.

The kingdom is treasure hidden in a field, a merchant's pearl of great price — worth selling everything to possess.

A net thrown into the sea gathers fish of every kind, sorted at the end — and the householder brings out of his treasure things new and old.

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Matthew 13:3 “And He told them many things in parables, saying, “A farmer went out to sow his seed.” Matthew 13:44 “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and in his joy he went and sold all he had and bought that field.” Matthew 13:52 “Then He told them, “For this reason, every scribe who has been discipled in the kingdom of heaven is like a homeowner who brings out of his storeroom new treasures as well as old.””

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