In Matthew 13, a chapter full of parables, Jesus tells the parable of the Sower of the seed. It is a story of a farmer, scattering seed which fell upon four different types of soil; but only one soil ...

Proper application of the rules or principles of biblical interpretation helps us to explain the Bible without reading our thoughts, innuendos or biases into the ...

Jesus’ eight parables in Matthew 13 dominated my thoughts and writings over the last year. Mostly short one- or two-sentence ...

Matthew 13 tells of Jesus speaking to the multitude in parables and how in private he would explain the meanings of those parables to his Apostles. One of them asked Jesus why he always spoke to the ...

The importance of the parables can hardly be overestimated. They comprise a substantial part of the recorded preaching of Jesus. The parables are generally regarded by scholars as among the sayings ...

Jesus explains why He teaches with parables.He gives the parables of the sower, the wheat and the tares, the grain of mustard seed, the leaven. Christ gives the parables of, the treasure hidden in the ...