matthew 13 24 30 catholic commentary

The story takes place in a field where the owner sows grain, but during the night his enemy comes and sows weed, a term which in Hebrew derives from the same root as the name Satan and which alludes to the concept of division. pp. A Lectionary Resource for Catholics Gospel: Matthew 13:24-30 Wheat and Weeds, Good and Evil Has the problem of evil in the world ever challenged your faith? Why do You speak to them in parables? a. This certainly isnt a picture of the church gradually influencing the whole world for good. On stony places: As seed falling on the thin soil on top of the stony places quickly springs up and then quickly withers and dies (Matthew 13:5-6), so some respond to the word with immediate enthusiasm yet soon wither away. The one thing they have in common is that they were sown of the Lord, and from the good seed of His Word. By condeming the hypocrites, he affirms the values they are supposed to represent. The Gospels Rather, in the context of increasing opposition to His work, Jesus announced that His kingdom community would also be threatened by corruption and impurity. When the householders slaves notice the weeds, their first response is to question the quality of the seed. "Matthew: The Expositor's Bible Commentary" Volume 8 (Matthew-Luke) (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan, 1984), Clarke, Adam "Clarke's Commentary: The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments with a Commentary and Critical Notes" Volume 5 (Matthew-Acts) (New York: Eaton and Mains, 1832), France, R.T. "The Gospel According to Matthew: An Introduction and Commentary" (Tyndale New Testament Commentaries) (Leicester, England: Inter-Varsity Press, 1985), Morgan, G. Campbell "An Exposition of the Whole Bible" (Old Tappan, New Jersey: Revell, 1959), Poole, Matthew "A Commentary on the Holy Bible" Volume 3 (Matthew-Revelation) (London: Banner of Truth Trust, 1969), Spurgeon, Charles Haddon "Commentary on Matthew: The Gospel of the Kingdom" (London: Passmore and Alabaster, Paternoster Buildings, 1893), Spurgeon, Charles Haddon "The New Park Street Pulpit" Volumes 1-6 and "The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit" Volumes 7-63 (Pasadena, Texas: Pilgrim Publications, 1990), Trapp, John "A Commentary on the Old and New Testaments" Volume 5 (Matthew to Revelation) (Eureka, California: Tanski Publications, 1997). (Matthew 13:18-23) The parable of the sower explained: each soil represents one of four responses to the word of the kingdom. These Sundays the liturgy proposes several Gospelparables, that is, short stories which Jesus used to announce the Kingdom of Heaven to the crowds. Our website uses cookies to store user preferences. The heart of this people has grown dull is more literally fat instead of dull. d. The reapers are angels The Son of Man will send out His angels: We often dont consider that the angels of God have a special role in the judgment of the world. The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field: The field is the world, but the man does not represent the believer, because we have nothing to buy this treasure with. Instead, Jesus is the man who gave all that He had to buy the field. On the same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the sea. e. Therefore, hear the parable of the sower: We benefit from seeing bits of ourselves in all four soils. i. Yet to those who are not open who do not have, these ones will end up in an even worse condition. "The kingdom of heaven may be likened to a man who sowed good seed in his field. The same sun that softens the wax hardens the clay; and so the very same gospel message that humbles the honest heart and leads to repentance may also harden the heart of the dishonest listener and confirm that one in their path of disobedience. Explain to us the parable of the tares of the field: In His explanation, Jesus made it clear what the different figures in the parable represent. Saturday of week 16 of Ordinary Time; Matthew 13:24-43. (Jansenius) --- His disciples came to shew him the buildings . Matthew 13:24-30 (ESV): 24 He put another parable before them, saying, "The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field, 25 but while his men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat and went away. Jesus said to them, Have you understood all these things? They said to Him, Yes, Lord. Then He said to them, Therefore every scribe instructed concerning the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who brings out of his treasure things new and old.. Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness. Then the righteous will shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. The servant came in without speaking to his master and proceeded to prepare lunch for his boss. (Matthew 13:57-58) A prophet without honor. Sunday of week 16 of Ordinary Time (Cycle A) Matthew 13:31-35. a. By proceeding, you consent to our cookie usage. General Epistles Matthew uses the Greek term zizania, which in modern botanical terms refers to the genus of wild rice grasses. Magistrates and churches may remove the openly wicked from their society; the outwardly good who are inwardly worthless they must leave; for the judging of hearts is beyond their sphere. (Spurgeon), iv. . He has already produced commentaries on the gospels of John and Mark. a. In a land as frequently ravaged as Palestine, many people doubtless buried their treasures; butto actually find a treasure would happen once in a thousand lifetimes. So they were offended at Him. Some corrupting influence is brought, and an influence that may look genuine even as tares may resemble real wheat. The weeds are probably darnel, a poisonous plant related to wheat and virtually indistinguishable from it until the ears form. (France). Stony places were where the soil was thin, lying upon a rocky shelf. range of evangelical traditions, all of the ideas and principles conveyed Taking out the weeds early on may not serve the purpose of God. 2. a 2 Such large crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat down, and the whole crowd stood along the shore. A reading from the gospel of Matthew 13:24-30. John 3:16, Jesus faith love), The Whole Bible Monday of week 17 of Ordinary Time; Matthew 13:35-43. The Parable of the Sower. Peradventure you will be judging the preacher, but a greater than the preacher will be judging you, for the Word itself shall judge you. (Spurgeon), ii. iii. b. b. I will open My mouth in parables: Another reason Jesus taught about the kingdom community in parables is because the church itself was part of the things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world, and would not be revealed in fullness until later. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select an Ending Point It gave Him a place to speak, away from the press of the crowds, provided good acoustics, and probably a nice backdrop. Because we all know that a weed, when it grows, looks very much like good grain, and there is the risk of confusing them. Julian the apostate, as he is called, once asked a certain Christian, What do you think the carpenters son is doing now? Making coffins for you and for all his enemies, was the prompt reply. (Spurgeon). Passwords should have at least 6 characters. Another parable He put forth to them, saying: The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field; but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went his way. b. Sanhedrin, 107a; cf. 1. For this parable too, Jesus offers an allegorical interpretation to his disciples in private. Pauline Epistles The Old Testament Good corn may grow in very small fields. (Spurgeon). There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth.. Now it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these parables, that He departed from there. (Matthew 13:24-30) The parable of the wheat and the tares. O my dear hearers, you undergo a test today! God, however, knows how to wait. We all know that the demon is a sower of weed, one who always seeks to sow division between individuals, families, nations and peoples. The previous three parables (the wheat and the tares, the mustard seed, and the leaven) each spoke of corruption in the kingdom community. The point of the parables is completely different; the parable of the soils shows how men receive and respond to the Word of God, and the parable of the tares of the field shows how God will divide His true people from false believers at the end of this age. Copyright All rights reserved. The farmer allows the two kinds of plant to grow alongside each other until the harvest. This is hyperbolic language, of course, meant to jar us into recognizing the seriousness of anything that leads us or others into sin. The kingdom of heaven may be likened to a man who sowed good seed in his field. Your partnership makes all we do possible. Mt 13:30). GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select a Beginning Point Note: MLA no longer requires the URL as part of their citation standard. Lest while you gather up the tares you also uproot the wheat with them: In the interest of preserving and protecting the wheat, the wise farmer did not separate the tares from the wheat until the time of harvest. The Gospels Where then did this Man get all these things?. ii. i. [i.e. He moved in with a girl while still in his teens and got her pregnant. Instead, the farmer decided to sort it out at harvest time. Verse Matthew 13:1. b. So the servants of the owner came and said to him, Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? We whip ourselves into a weeding frenzy, certain that we know the difference between weeds and wheat, and that we know how to deal with the weeds! c. Among the thorns: As seed falling among thorns grew, the stalks of grain were soon choked out (Matthew 13:7), so some respond to the word and grow for a while, but are choked and stopped in their spiritual growth by competition from unspiritual things. Yet the point is clear, both in the world and in the kingdom community. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. And some fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up and choked them. There is additional significance in saying, The field is the world instead of The field is Israel. This brief statement presupposes a mission beyond Israel. (Carson). The plainer the teaching, the more they were puzzled by it. (Spurgeon). Major Prophets We can leave the weeding to the angels, and get on with the mission Jesus has given us proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God drawing near. Wednesday of week 17 of Ordinary Time; Matthew 13:44-52. Gods grace is just waiting to be asked. i. Gods word is the good seed that has been planted to bring the community into unity of purpose. When men slept, his enemy came and sowed darnel in the middle of the corn, and went away. Not only do they gain the benefit of the spiritual truth illustrated, but they also display some measure of responsiveness to the Holy Spirit. Blue Letter Bible study tools make reading, searching and studying the Bible easy and rewarding. In Matthew, it is Jesus who sows the "word of the kin (g)dom" and it is the disciples, too, who will become sowers of the word. And as he sowed, some seed fell by the wayside; and the birds came and devoured them. Tribulation is a general term for suffering which comes from outside; persecution is deliberately inflicted, and usually implies a religious motive. Pentateuch Behold, a sower went out to sow. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select an Ending Point Is this not the carpenters son, His brothers James, Joses, Simon, and Judas, Where then did this Man get all these things, A prophet is not without honor except in his own country, and in his own house, He did not do many mighty works there because of their unbelief, David Guzik :: Hechos 2 El Espritu Santo Es Derramado Sobre la Iglesia, David Guzik :: Hechos 9 La Conversin de Saulo de Tarso, David Guzik :: Mateo 4 La Tentacin de Jess y Su Primer Ministerio en Galilea, David Guzik :: Apocalipsis 20 Satans, el Pecado y la Muerte son Finalmente Eliminados, David Guzik :: Apocalipsis 12 La Mujer, el Nio, y el Dragn, David Guzik :: 2 Timoteo 3 Los Tiempos Peligrosos y la Preciosa Verdad, David Guzik :: 1 Samuel 28 Sal y la Adivina de Endor, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jesus and the Holy Trinity (Walter Martin), Revelation 7-9 (1982-85 Audio) (Chuck Smith), Revelation 2-3 (1982-85 Audio) (Chuck Smith), Genesis 1:1-8 (1979-82 Audio) (Chuck Smith), Revelation 10-12 (1982-85 Audio) (Chuck Smith), Psalms 71-80 (1979-82 Audio) (Chuck Smith), Barclay, William "The Gospel of Matthew, Volume 2" (The New Daily Study Bible, Matthew 11-28) (Philadelphia: The Westminster Press, 1975), Bruce, Alexander Balmain "The Synoptic Gospels: The Expositor's Greek Testament" Volume 1, Section 1 (Matthew-Luke) (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1897), Carson, D.A. Then He spoke many things to them in parables, a. b. While everyone was asleep his enemy came and sowed weeds all through the wheat, and then went off. ii. But be careful: evangelical patience is not indifference to evil; one must not confuse good and evil! 26 When the crop grew and bore fruit, the weeds appeared as well. Wisdom Literature He who has ears to hear, let him hear!. (Matthew 13:47-50) The parable of the dragnet. i. (which is really more of a commentary) is best read after the novel. i. They said to Him, Yes, Lord. We wonder if the disciples really did understand Jesus here. Among those in todays Gospel, there is a rather complex one which Jesus explained to the disciples: it is that ofthe good grain and the weed, which deals withthe problem of evilin the world and calls attention toGods patience(cf. For one thing, it is not so easy to tell the weeds from the wheat, and for another, their roots are intertwined below the ground. And Luke gives us a few more words of Christ concerning it. Minor Prophets e. Will cast them into the furnace of firethe righteous will shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father: Jesus used this parable to clearly illustrate the truth that there are two different paths and eternal destinies. Historical Books The sacred writings should be his treasure, and he should properly understand them his knowledge consists in being well instructed in the things concerning the kingdom of heaven, and the art of conducting men thither. (Clarke), v. Ministers of the gospel should not be novices, 1 Timothy 3:6, raw and ignorant men; but men mighty in the Scriptures, well acquainted with the writings of the Old and New Testament, and the sense of them; men that have a stock of spiritual knowledge, able readily to speak a word to the weary, and to speak to men and womens particular cases and questions. (Poole). i. People bring the same charge against Jesus today; I see those associated with Him, and they seem lowly or very normal; Jesus must also not be special., c. Where then did this Man get all these things: Their reception of Jesus was not welcoming or friendly. Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 EXEGESIS: MATTHEW 12-13. We can imagine some critic saying, You cant do that! 3 * And he spoke to them at length in parables, * saying: "A sower went out to sow. Poetical Books SOURCE: http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/angelus/2014/documents/papa-francesco_angelus_20140720.htmlEMPHASIS MINE. You could not blame the differences in results on the sower or on the seed, but only on the soil. 24-30, 36-43 This parable represents the present and future state of the gospel church; Christ's care of it, the devil's enmity against it, the mixture there is in it of good and bad in this world, and the separation between them in the other world. Yet Matthews story holds out hope even for those who stumble yes, even for the one whom Jesus calls a stumbling block! Teaching belongs in the synagogue or in some other appropriate place. It would be easy to come up with objections: The damp air might make people sick or There are a lot of mosquitoes down at the shore or Someone might drown. But Jesus knew that teaching from a boat suited His purposes well enough. And great multitudes were gathered together to Him, so that He got into a boat and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore. Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? Johannine Writings The Parable of the Sower 13 That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea. Then Jesus sent the multitude away and went into the house. Looking back, events in the Twentieth Century remind us that evil takes root even in the greatest good. Matthew 13:24-30. But this mustard seed plant grew unnaturally large, and it harbored birds, which, in the previous parables were emissaries of Satan (Matthew 13:4, 13:19). But in the dark of night an enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat. They speak skeptically and will refer to Him only as this Man.. God is patient, he knows how to wait. 1. The master stops the slaves from doing anything of the sort. But he who received the seed on stony places, this is he who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy; yet he has no root in himself, but endures only for a while. For this parable too, Jesus offers an allegorical interpretation to his disciples in private. Pauline Epistles But the wise farmer would not allow the enemy to succeed. Not only are certain motifs-sowing, seeds, soil, kingdom, obstacles to growth, the devil or the evil one-repeated, but both parables . ii. No one is a permanent weed if one lets Gods grace weed out the sinful tendencies3. ii. i. Thus the extravagance of the parable dramatizes the supreme importance of the kingdom. (Carson), ii. The rich man was angry and already thinking of the punishments he will mete out on his late servant. This parable accurately describes what the kingdom community became in the decades and centuries after the Christianization of the Roman Empire. As long as God chooses to work in concert with human agency, developing our ability to partner with Him, our unbelief can and may hinder the work of God. conservative Christian faith, which includes a firm belief in the inerrancy What Matthew most likely refers to, however, is darnel or cockle, a noxious weed that closely resembles wheat and is plentiful in Israel. So it will be at the end of the age: There will be both the wicked and the just until the end of the age (as also demonstrated in the previous parable of the wheat and the tares). A sower went out to sow: Jesus spoke according to the agricultural customs of His day. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation. But others fell on good ground and yielded a crop: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. Satan began by scattering men committed to the lie in order to produce more like himself. Matthew 13:1. Elsewhere Jesus warns those who put a stumbling block (skandalon) before any of the little ones that it would be better for them to have a millstone put around their neck and to be drowned in the sea (18:6-7). b. The devil is so cunning that he plants these seeds in each one of us envy, judgmental behavior, hot-temperedness, domineering attitude, penchant for lies, resentment and tries to pit us against each other in a group to divide us and destroy the peace and unity that we have. Another parable He spoke to them: The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal till it was all leavened.. Pentateuch 2 Such great crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat there, while the whole crowd stood on the beach. We can be weeds if we allow the devil to sow his seeds in us2. Was he a wheat or a weed? The field owners attitude is that of hope grounded in the certainty that evil does not have the first nor the last word. In order to produce more like himself but only on the seed, but only on gospels... Man.. God is patient, he affirms the values they are supposed to represent evangelical patience not! 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