Week 4: Intro to the parables + Parables of the kingdom

Objective:  

 Learn the parables and their meanings 

 How can we apply what we learned in our lives 

 Resources: 

 Fr Tadros Y Malaty Commentary on Matthew 

 Fr Tadros Y Malaty Commentary on Luke 

 Catena Bible Commentary (Matthew) 

 Catena Bible Commentary (Luke) 

 HEMY's Bible study on Matthew 

 HEMY's Bible study on Luke 

 Reading: 

 Matthew 13 

 Key verse(s): 

 "He who has ears to hear, let him hear!" Matthew 13:9 

 Comments: 

 A parable is a story in which a special meaning or a spiritual lesson is embedded 

 A way to deliver the message in a simple way 

 Parables are found only in the synoptic Gospels 

 They are often stories based on the agricultural life that was familiar to His audience 

 Some unfamiliar concepts, such as the kingdom of God, were compared to something from everyday life that could easily be understood 

 It is the lesson of a parable that is important to us. 

 "It is an earthly story with a heavenly meaning" 

 

 

 

 Parable 

 Matthew 

 Mark 

 Luke 

 The Sower 

 13:3-23 

 4:2–20 

 8:4-15 

 The Hidden Treasure 

 13:44 

 

 

 The Pearl of Great Price 

 13:45, 46 

 

 

 The Growing Seed 

 

 4:26–29 

 

 The Mustard Seed 

 13:31, 32 

 4:30-32 

 13:18, 19 

 The Leaven 

 13:33 

 

 13:20, 21 

 The Hidden Treasure 

 13:44 

 

 

 The Tares* 

 13:24–30 

 

 

 The Dragnet* 

 13:47-50 

 

   

 

 

 Like the seed (Mk 4:26) Fruits based soil. Like the leaven, & mustard seed (Mt 13:31; Mk 4:30) Starts small, invisible but grows by God's grace Like hidden treasure, & Pearl of great price (Mt 13:44) valuable, worth the sacrifice, joy for the finder! Like wheat & tares, net (Mt 13:24) Opposition to the Kingdom Co-existence of good and evil until judgment (harvest, net cast). 

 

 

 "Hear" occurs 19 times in Mt 13, 7 times in the parable. "Seed" – Word of God: (1) has life, (2) must be planted, (3) nurtured, (4) bears fruit. "Soil #1"– Hard, on rocky path, stolen by bird (Satan) "Soil #2" – shallow root, withers under persecution (flesh). "Soil #3" – Crowded, choked by thorns of the world (riches). "Soil #4" – Good. fruitful. Hears, receives, believes, & obeys. Which soil are you? Which soil do you want to be? 

 

 

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