Matthew 13

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Matthew 13 is the thirteenth chapter in the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament section of the Christian Bible. Verses 3 to 52 of this chapter form the third of the Five Discourses of Matthew, called the Parabolic Discourse, based on the parables of the Kingdom. [1]

Contents

Description

Matthew 13 presents seven parables, [2] and two explanations of his parables. At the end of the chapter, Jesus is rejected by the people of his hometown, Nazareth.

The chapter contains the following parables, in respective order:

  1. Parable of the Sower
  2. Parable of the Tares
  3. Parable of Drawing in the Net
  4. Parable of the Mustard Seed
  5. Parable of the Leaven
  6. Parable of the Hidden Treasure

The following explanations of the first two parables are included:

  1. Explanation of the Parable of the Sower
  2. Explanation of the Parable of the Tares

Protestant theologian Heinrich Meyer identifies two groups of parables: the four first parables (up to Matthew 13:34) "were spoken in presence of the multitude, and the other three again within the circle of the disciples". [3] German liberal Protestant theologian David Strauss thought this chapter was "overwhelming with parables". [4] At the beginning of the chapter, Jesus sits in a ship or a boat on the Sea of Galilee and addresses the crowd who stand on the shore or the beach. [5] The Textus Receptus has inserted the definite article (Greek : τὸ πλοῖον, to ploion), suggesting that there was a boat kept waiting for him, [6] but other texts do not include the definite article and the Pulpit Commentary therefore argues that it was "wrongly inserted". [7]

Text

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The parable of the tares

The original text was written in Koine Greek. This chapter is divided into 58 verses.

Textual witnesses

Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter are:

Old Testament references

New Testament references

Structure

This chapter can be grouped (with cross references, where there are parallels, to the other gospels):

See also

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References

  1. ↑ Preaching Matthew's Gospel by Richard A. Jensen (1998). ISBN   978-0-7880-1221-1. pp. 25 and 158.
  2. 1 2 Alford, H., Greek Testament Critical Exegetical Commentary - Alford on Matthew 13, accessed 25 February 2021
  3. ↑ Meyer, H. A. W., Meyer's NT Commentary on Matthew 13, published 1880, accessed 13 January 2017
  4. ↑ Meyer, H., Meyer's NT Commentary on Matthew 13, accessed 13 January 2017
  5. ↑ Matthew 13:2
  6. ↑ Bengel, J. A., Bengel's Gnomon on Matthew 13, accessed 13 January 2017
  7. ↑ Pulpit Commentary on Matthew 13, accessed 13 January 2017
  8. 1 2 Alexander, Loveday (2007). "62. Acts". In Barton, John; Muddiman, John (eds.). The Oxford Bible Commentary (first (paperback) ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 1061. ISBN   978-0199277186 . Retrieved February 6, 2019.
  9. ↑ Kirkpatrick, A. F. (1901). The Book of Psalms: with Introduction and Notes. The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges. Vol. Book IV and V: Psalms XC-CL. Cambridge: At the University Press. p. 839. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
  10. ↑ Allison, D. Jr., Matthew in Barton, J. and Muddiman, J. (2001), The Oxford Bible Commentary, p. 862
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