Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 13:34-35
Matthew 13:34-35. All these things spake Jesus in parables Mark has it, With many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to bear it. That is, he preached the doctrines of the gospel in these and many other parables of a like nature, according as his hearers were able to receive them. And without a parable spake he not unto them That is, not at this time; at other times he did. That it might be fulfilled That is, whereby was fulfilled; that which was spoken by... read more
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 13:33
Matthew 13:33. Another parable spake he unto them With a view still further to illustrate the progress of the gospel in the world, and of true religion in the soul. The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman hid That is, covered up; in three measures of meal Which seems to have been the quantity that they usually baked at once; till the whole was leavened For although the leaven seemed lost for a while in the mass of dough, it secretly wrought through it by a speedy... read more