Introduction
Christ tells parables about the Kingdom of Heaven.
Questions
1. In the parable of the farmer, what type of person does the seed sown on good ground represent?
v 23 What was sown on the good ground, this is he who hears the word, and understands it, who most certainly bears fruit, and produces, some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.”
2. In these parables, who does Jesus say will separate the wicked from the righteous?
v 49 ... The angels will come and separate the wicked from amongst the righteous,
3. What two things does Jesus say the Kingdom of Heaven is as precious as?
v 44 ... like treasure hidden in the field, ...
and v 46 ... pearl of great price, ...
Summary Points
- v 1 to 9 Jesus gives a parable about a farmer whose seed lands on different types of ground
- v 10 to 15 Parables hide the message of the Kingdom of Heaven from those who don’t really want to hear it, fulfilling a prophecy in Isaiah
- v 16 and 17 The disciples are blessed becauuse they do see
- v 18 to 23 The parable of the farmer illustrates different reactions from people who hear the word of the Kingdom
- v 24 to 30 In this parable weeds and good seed develop together until harvest time
- v 31 to 33 The Kingdom of Heaven is like:
- a small seed that becomes a big tree
- yeast which spreads through all the quantity of meal
- v 34 and 35 Jesus speaking in parables was predicted by the prophets
- v 36 to 43 The parable of the weeds shows that the children of the Kingdom grow alongside the children of the evil one. At the end of the age, they are separated
- v 44 to 50 More illustrations of what the Kingdom of Heaven is like:
- treasure, which a man sells all he has to buy
- an expensive pearl, which a merchant sells all he has to buy
- a dragnet which gathers all kinds of fish. The angels separate these into good and bad and the bad are destroyed
- v 51 and 52 Disciples understanding these things will be able to pass them on
- v 53 to 58 Jesus' teaching is not believed by those in his home area who have seen him grow up