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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 13:31-33

The Twin Parables of the Mustard Seed and the Leaven (13:31-33). These two parables have very different emphases. The emphasis in the first case is on the size to which it grew from small beginnings, from a tiny seed to a great tree with birds in its branches, from a tiny band of disciples to a world wide presence including both Jew and Gentile (Matthew 8:11; Matthew 10:18; Matthew 12:18; Matthew 12:21). The emphasis in the second case is on the leavening process whereby a little leaven... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 13:33

‘He spoke another parable to them; “The kingly rule of heaven is like a situation where a woman took leaven, and hid it in three measures of meal, until it was all leavened.” ’ In this parable the hidden but powerful process is in mind by which the Kingly Rule of Heaven will be established. Leaven was a piece of old dough which had fermented. Once this was put in new dough it affected the whole, making it more suitable for baking. Leaven can be used as a picture of corruption, and therefore of... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 13:34

‘All these things spoke Jesus in parables to the crowds, and without a parable he spoke nothing to them.’ So Jesus continued to preach to the crowds in parables. They were parables that clearly presented the truth to those who saw, and yet kept it shielded from those who did not see because their hearts were otherwise directed. Each saw what his heart was attuned to seeing. This need not mean that He only used parables, but simply that parables were an important part of His teaching. read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 13:34-35

Why Jesus Speaks In Parables (13:34-35). Here we learn of a second reason why Jesus speaks in parables. It is a way of unfolding indescribable spiritual secrets in such a way that those not ready to receive them are not aware of them, while those whose hearts are opened are enlightened. Analysis. a All these things spoke Jesus in parables to the crowds (Matthew 13:34 a). b And without a parable He spoke nothing to them (Matthew 13:34 b). c That it might be fulfilled which was spoken... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 13:34-52

Jesus Speaks To His Disciples In Parables So That Their Eyes May Be Opened (13:34-52). This next part-section is also in the form of a chiasmus. Analysis. a Jesus speaks in parables not only for the sake of the crowds, but also for the sake of His disciples, so that their eyes may be opened to the lessons of the past (Matthew 13:34-35). b The explanation of the parable of the wheat and the darnel which leads up to the end of the age and the destiny of the unrighteous and the righteous... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 13:35

‘That it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, “I will open my mouth in parables, I will utter things hidden from of old (or ‘the foundation of the world’).” But to those whose hearts were opened the parables revealed wonderful truth. They revealed the things that had been hidden from of old, and made clear how they would come about thus fulfilling what the Psalmist had said. Matthew now quotes Psalms 78:2 as ‘through the prophet’. The Psalms were also seen as... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 13:36

‘Then he left the crowds, and went into the house, and his disciples came to him, saying, “Explain to us the parable of the tares (darnel) of the field.” ’ The session of preaching to the crowds being over Jesus retired into the house (compare Matthew 13:1), and His disciples then came to Him and asked Him the meaning of the parable of the darnel sowed among the wheat. We do not necessarily have to assume that this was immediately after He had finished preaching. They might well have given Him... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 13:36-43

The Explanation of the Parable of the Wheat and Darnel (13:36-43). The parables that have now been given have gradually built up a picture of the advance of the Kingly Rule of Heaven. Firstly the seed has been sown, having different effects depending on the hearers. Secondly the Enemy has sown pseudo-wheat so as to hinder the advance of the Kingly Rule, only for the Father finally to triumph. Thirdly the Kingly Rule will grow from the tiniest of seeds to a substantial bush in which birds nest... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 13:36-43

Matthew 13:24-Amos : , Matthew 13:36-John : . The Wheat and the Tares.— Mt. only. The parable is a substitute for rather than an adaptation of Mark 4:26-Joel : *. We need not deny its genuineness on the plea that the standpoint is that of the Church with its mixed elements. “ The field is the world,” not the Church. As in the parable of the seed growing secretly, the non-interference of man is illustrated. Only the great Assize can determine between good and bad. The genuineness of the... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Matthew 13:24-33

Here are three parables by the evangelist put together before he cometh to the explication which our Saviour giveth of the first; all of them concerning the gospel church, and the dispensation of the gospel. In the one he instructs us what we are to expect as to the mixture of persons in it while it is in this world. In the other two concerning the increase and propagation of it. The first himself expounds, Matthew 13:37-43. This parable is only found in Matthew. The other two are found,... read more

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 13:31-33

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 13:33

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 13:34

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 13:34-35

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 13:34-52

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 13:35

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 13:36

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 13:36-43

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 13:36-43

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Matthew 13:24-33

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