Matthew 13:1-23
Hosea 10:12
Sow for yourselves righteousness; reap steadfast love;
break up your fallow ground, for it is the time to seek the Lord,
that he may come and rain righteousness upon you.
Matthew 13: 1-23: The Sower and the Soil
ParDes
Ancient Jewish hermeneutical method to uncover the multiple layers of scripture.
Peshat:
The Literal Facts, Surface level
What does the text physically say?
John 10: “I am the Good Shepard”
Remez: The Symbolic Meaning.
Hints or connections
What is this pointing or hinting to? Or How does this point to the Old Testament?
Ezekiel 34 “I myself will search for my sheep and look after them”
Derash: The Practical Application:
How does this change my daily life? What am I supposed to do?
Solely follow the direction of the True Shepard
Sod: The Divine Mystery
Deep cosmic, paradoxical mystery of salvation and the mystery of God.
Reveals God’s heart.
Only revealed by God!
Matthew 12:1 -3: That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea. 2 And great crowds gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat down. And the whole crowd stood on the beach.
Matthew 3: 3-9: And he told them many things in parables, saying: “A sower went out to sow. 4 And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them. 5 Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, since they had no depth of soil, 6 but when the sun rose they were scorched. And since they had no root, they withered away. 7 Other seeds fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them. 8 Other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. 9 He who has ears, let him hear.”
Parabolic discourse (Matthew 13)
Sower and the Soils,
Wheat and the Tares
Mustard Seed and Leaven
Hidden Treasure and Pearl of Great Price
The Net
The Scribe
This ________ to what is it likened?
Four Question Framework:
1.What is the context?
2.Who are the characters?
3.What are they saying?
4.What is the twist or crisis point?
Alternative Framework: FOR NOTES!
1. Fit within scripture
2. Crisis Decision
3. Core lesson
4. Historical and Cultural Context
Scratch Plow
The Path
The Rocky Ground/ Stony ground
Thorny soil
Good soil
Mark 13
And he said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables?
Matthew 13: 10
Then the disciples came and said to him, “Why do you speak to them in parables?” 11 And he answered them, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given. 12 For to the one who has, more will be given, and he will have an abundance, but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away
James 1:5
If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.
Proverbs 2:2-6: 2
making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding; yes, if you call out for insight and raise your voice for understanding, 4 if you seek it like silver and search for it as for hidden treasures, then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God. 6 For the Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.
Matthew 13: 13
This is why I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand. 14 Indeed, in their case the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says:
You will indeed hear but never understand, and you will indeed see but never perceive.”
15 For this people’s heart has grown dull, and with their ears they can barely hear, and their eyes they have closed, lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and turn, and I would heal them.’
Psalm 119:70
Their heart is unfeeling like fat, but I delight in your law.
Matthew 13:16-17
But blessed are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they hear. 17 For truly, I say to you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.
Ephesians 2:8
"For it is by grace you have been saved through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God."
Matthew 16:17
And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.
Matthew 13:18-21
“Hear then the parable of the sower: 19 When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown along the path. 20 As for what was sown on rocky ground, this is the one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy, 21 yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while, and when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately he falls away.
Matthew 13:22-23
As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it proves unfruitful. 23 As for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty.”
2 Corinthians 4:3-4
And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. 4.In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
Matthew 6:30
But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? 31 Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
Titus 3:4-6
But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, 5 he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, 6 whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior,
Hosea 10:12
Sow for yourselves righteousness; reap steadfast love;
break up your fallow ground, for it is the time to seek the Lord,
that he may come and rain righteousness upon you.-