Matthew 13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 13:25

But while men slept ,.... Good men, ministers, and churches; whose case this sometimes is to be asleep in a spiritual sense: and which sleepiness lies in a non-exercise of grace; in a sluggishness to and in duty; in a contentment in external exercises of religion; in lukewarmness about the cause of Christ; in an unconcernedness about sins of omission and commission; and in a willingness to continue in such a state; and which arises from a body of sin and death; from worldly cares; weariness... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 13:26

But when the blade was sprung up ,.... That is, the blade of the wheat; which designs the taking up, a profession of religion on principles of grace, called a profession of faith; and when right, it springs up from, and proceeds upon a work begun in the heart: and such a profession ought to be made by all that are partakers of the grace of God; and ought to be made both verbally, by a confession of the mouth, and a declaration of the work of God upon the heart, and by deeds, by submitting to... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 13:27

So the servants of the householder came ,.... Christ is the "householder"; the house of which he is master is the church, called the household of God, the household of faith, the family in heaven, and in earth; in which house he bears and sustains many relations, as those of a son, a priest, a master, or governor. By "the servants" that came to him, are meant, not civil magistrates, who have nothing to do in the affairs of churches; nor the angels, though these are ministering servants to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 13:28

He said unto them, an enemy has done this ,.... This is the answer of the householder to the question of his servants. In the Greek text it is, "an enemy man"; and is so rendered in the several versions; meaning, not that the enemy was a man; for he was the devil, as in Matthew 13:39 but it is an Hebraism; such as in Esther 7:6 , איש צר ואויב , "the man adversary and enemy" is this wicked Haman; and signifies a certain enemy, and one indeed that is an implacable enemy to man. ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 13:29

But he said, nay ,.... The answer is in the negative; and which, if spoken to angels, is to be understood, that they should not inflict punishments, or pour out, their vials, as yet, on formal professors, lest the righteous should share in them; and if to magistrates, the sense of it is, that they should not persecute with the sword, or put men to death for heretical opinions; but if to ministers of the word, which sense I choose, the meaning is, that not everyone suspected to be a tare, or... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 13:30

Let both grow together until the harvest ,.... By "the harvest", is meant "the end of the world", Matthew 13:39 either of the Jewish world, the dissolution of their church and state, which was near; or of a man's life, which is the end of the world to him; or rather of this present world, the system of the universe, of the material world, as to its present form and use, and of the inhabitants of it, and of time in it. Now the end of the world is compared to harvest, because the time of it... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 13:31

Another parable put he forth unto them, saying ,.... As the former parable sets forth the condition of the Gospel church state until the end of the world; this expresses the small beginnings of it, and the large increase and growth of it, and its great usefulness to the saints, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field : by "the kingdom of heaven" is meant, as before, the Gospel dispensation, or the Gospel church state, and the... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 13:32

Which indeed is the least of all seeds ,.... So mustard with the Jews F21 Misn. Kilaim, c. 3. sect. 2. , is called מין זרעים , "a kind of seeds"; and being very small, hence כחרדל , "as a grain of mustard", is often used, proverbially F23 T. Bab. Beracot, fol. 31. 1. Megilla, fol. 23. 2. Nidda, fol. 66. 1. , for the least thing, as it is by Christ, Matthew 17:20 . Not but there are seeds lesser than this; but the meaning is, that this is one of the least of all seeds;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 13:33

Another parable spake he unto them ,.... To the disciples and the multitude, and which was of the same kind, to the same purpose, and relating to the same subject as the former; the spread of the Gospel, and the increase of it in the world, The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven . The word "leaven" is every where else used in a bad sense; and either designs immorality, as malice and wickedness, or false doctrine, such as that of the Pharisees and Sadducees: but here it seems to be... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 13:34

All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude ,.... In the hearing of his disciples, whilst in the ship, the multitude being on the shore, in parables ; in the four foregoing ones, and without a parable spake he not unto them : not that he never had preached but in a parabolical way unto them, or that he never did afterwards use any other way of speaking; for it is certain, that both before and after, he delivered himself plainly, and without figures: but the meaning is, that in... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 13:25

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 13:26

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 13:27

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 13:28

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 13:29

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 13:30

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 13:31

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 13:32

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 13:33

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 13:34

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