But one might ask whether the Messiahs people should immediately separate the crop from the weeds; and this next parable answers the question negatively: there will be a delay in separation until the harvest. (Carson). The parable conceals truth from those who are either too lazy to think or too blinded by prejudice to see. Perhaps the slaves represent the disciples, or anyone who hears this parable and its interpretation. ii. That is why He allows the weeds to stay on till harvest time. It doesnt quite fit the logic of the parable, which seems to be talking about two groups of people and speaks of throwing all evildoers into the furnace of fire. I said, You are fired!The man said, Sir, my little girl died this morning.We must be careful not to judge people for we do not know what they are going through. General Epistles Jesus proposed another parable to the crowds. Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn, Thank you for registering. 4. But the devil, so cunning and so sly, sows the bad seed of enmity beside the good seed of unity. a. I will utter things kept secret from the foundation of the world.. The main idea is that the disciples who had just claimed to understand what Jesus taught are now responsible to bring forth their understanding to others, as if they were distributing from the storehouse of their wisdom and understanding. (Matthew 13:53-56) The people of Nazareth are surprised that one of their own could grow up to do such spectacular things. But be careful: evangelical patience is not indifference to evil; one must not confuse good and evil! It reveals truth to him who desires truth; it conceals truth from him who does not wish to see the truth. (Barclay), iii. But when the grain had sprouted and produced a crop, then the tares also appeared. Tribulation is a general term for suffering which comes from outside; persecution is deliberately inflicted, and usually implies a religious motive. i. "The Kingdom of Heaven," he said to them, "is like what happened when a man sowed good seed in his field. This parable powerfully teaches that it is Gods job to divide in judgment. On the day of the final harvest,the judge will be Jesus, He who has sown good grain in the world and who himself became the grain of wheat, who died and rose. First of all, he tells us that the field is the world. Satan began by scattering men committed to the lie in order to produce more like himself. These Sundays the liturgy proposes several Gospelparables, that is, short stories which Jesus used to announce the Kingdom of Heaven to the crowds. GOSPEL OF SATURDAY, 16TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIMEMt 13:24-30. The parable of the soils. In this sense they were examples of mercy given to the undeserving. Matthew 13: 24-30: Love is Demanding Matthew 10: 34-11:1: Harsh or Rash Judgment? The sacred writings should be his treasure, and he should properly understand them his knowledge consists in being well instructed in the things concerning the kingdom of heaven, and the art of conducting men thither. (Clarke), v. Ministers of the gospel should not be novices, 1 Timothy 3:6, raw and ignorant men; but men mighty in the Scriptures, well acquainted with the writings of the Old and New Testament, and the sense of them; men that have a stock of spiritual knowledge, able readily to speak a word to the weary, and to speak to men and womens particular cases and questions. (Poole). 25 While everyone was asleep his enemy came and sowed weeds all through the wheat, and then went off. Only then does he separate the good from the bad. This soil represents fertile ground for the word; but their soil is too fertile, because it also grows all sorts of other things that choke out the Word of God; namely, it is the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches that choke the word. Apparently, Jesus use of parables wasnt as easy as simple illustrations of spiritual truth. And His sisters, are they not all with us? Would you prayerfully consider a gift of support today? We are blessed by the knowledge that you want us to grow towards what you call us to be. We often think that spiritual people will be much more strange than normal. So did Jesus himself, at the utmost cost, buy the world to gain his church, which was the treasure which he desired. (Spurgeon). He always forgives us if we go to him. a. i. So when the plants came up and bore grain, then the weeds appeared as well (13:24-26). This seems to be a temptation for followers of Jesus in every age. The story takes place in a field where the owner sows grain, but during the night his enemy comes and sows weed, a term which in Hebrew derives from the same root as the name Satan and which alludes to the concept of division. Our website uses cookies to store user preferences. His brothers James, Joses, Simon, and Judas: Jesus plainly had many brothers and sisters; the Roman Catholic idea of the perpetual virginity of Mary is in contradiction to the plain meaning of the Bible. This enemy is astute: he sows evil in the middle of good, thus it is impossible for us men to distinctly separate them; but God, in the end, will be able to do so. Rolly Arjonillo. In Matthew, it is Jesus who sows the "word of the kin (g)dom" and it is the disciples, too, who will become sowers of the word. conservative Christian faith, which includes a firm belief in the inerrancy Blue Letter Bible is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. They bring with them their persona and perspectives, shaped by their life experiences. Tuesday of week 17 of Ordinary Time; Matthew 13:44-46. Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father (13:41-43). i. (Jansenius) --- His disciples came to shew him the buildings . A good, productive crop grows in the good ground. Mt 13:24-30, 36-43). Commentary on Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43. This was especially meaningful in light of the rising opposition to Jesus. pp. Mt 13:30). Thus the parables spoke to the crowds do not simply convey information, nor mask it, but challenge the hearers. (Carson). He has already produced commentaries on the gospels of John and Mark. Each one of us can be made into a weed when we cannot cope and live with the differences of opinion and perspectives that exist in our community. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking beautiful pearls, who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had and bought it.. The multitude went away (as most people do from sermons) never the wiser, understanding nothing of what they heard, nor caring to understand it. (Poole), b. a. Rather, it was a call for those who were spiritually sensitive to take special note. It is the very ordinariness of Jesus home background that causes the astonishment (cf. Just as in the previous parable, the wheat represents the people of God. What Jesus Did! iv. (Matthew 13:1-3a) Jesus teaches with parables. But this mustard seed plant grew unnaturally large, and it harbored birds, which, in the previous parables were emissaries of Satan (Matthew 13:4, 13:19). PRAYERS TO ST. MICHAEL, ST. GABRIEL, AND ST. RAPHAEL. c. Among the thorns: As seed falling among thorns grew, the stalks of grain were soon choked out (Matthew 13:7), so some respond to the word and grow for a while, but are choked and stopped in their spiritual growth by competition from unspiritual things. i. 3 And he told them many things in parables, saying: "Listen! Another parable He put forth to them, saying: The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field; but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went his way. Satan has a shoot of iniquity for every shoot of grace; and, when God revives his work, Satan revives his also. (Clarke), iii. Minor Prophets After you have been instructed by me, you have the knowledge, not only of the things you used to know, but of things you never knew before, and even the knowledge which you had before is illuminated by what I have told to you. (Barclay), iv. Another text to consider is 16:23, where Jesus tells Peter, Get behind me, Satan! Not all will respond, but there will be some who do, and the harvest will be rich. (France), iii. Kindly help more people in their Christian life by liking our page and inviting your family, friends and relatives to do so as well. 25 But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away. There are also those who pronounce judgment on people outside the church on people of other faiths, for instance declaring them to be destined for eternal damnation. The New Testament GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select an Ending Point 4 And as he sowed, some seed fell on the path, and birds came and ate it up. (Matthew 13:51-52) The disciples claim to understand Jesus parables. The field is the world: Significantly, this parable illustrates not necessarily that there will be false believers among true believers in the church (though that is also true to some extent); otherwise Jesus would have explained that the field is the church. Let us ask Our Lady, our Mother, to help us to grow in patience, in hope and in mercy with all brothers and sisters. i. As for being anti-Catholic, I think "Monk" Lewis ends up sounding surprisingly pious. Even more than describing the mixed progress of the gospel message, the parable of the sower compels the listener to ask, What kind of soil am I? For one thing, it is not so easy to tell the weeds from the wheat, and for another, their roots are intertwined below the ground. In the clearest of terms, Jesus tells his disciples what almost every element of the parable represents: The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man, the field is the world, and the good seed are the children of the kingdom; the weeds are the children of the evil one, and the enemy who sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels (13:37-39). a. Share to help others in their Catholic faith and life. And Luke gives us a few more words of Christ concerning it. John 3:16, Jesus faith love), The Whole Bible For this parable too, Jesus offers an allegorical interpretation to his disciples in private. iv. As long as Gods people are still in this world (the field), there will be unbelievers among them; but it should not be because Gods people receive unbelievers as if they were believers, ignoring either the belief or conduct of professed believers. d. Good ground: As seed falling on good ground brings a good crop of grain (Matthew 13:8), so some respond rightly to the word and bear fruit. Jesus does not, however, say whom the slaves represent. The Old Testament The same day Our Lord scarcely ever appears to take any rest: he is incessant in his labours, and instant in season and out of season; and in this he has left all his successors in the ministry an example, that they should follow his steps: for he who wishes to save souls will find few opportunities to rest. Then Jesus sent the multitude away and went into the house. After the fatigues of preaching and teaching, Jesus towards evening left the temple, as it is in the Greek, eporeueto apo tou ierou, and went towards Mount Olivet, where he was accustomed to spend his nights, as we learn from St. Luke, chap. And it is thanks to thispatient hopeof God that the same weed, which is the malicious heart with so many sins, in the end can become good grain. After 15 years, he dumps her and moves in with another woman. They presented Gods message so the spiritually sensitive could understand, but the hardened would merely hear a story without heaping up additional condemnation for rejecting Gods Word. Monday of week 17 of Ordinary Time; Matthew 13:35-43. Matthew 13 - The Kingdom Parables A. Our weed-like tendency is to judge others and choke those who are not like-minded to the point of making them quit from the community. When the householders slaves notice the weeds, their first response is to question the quality of the seed. But the master restrains his servants, saying that in gathering the weeds they would uproot the wheat along with them. i. Yet Matthews story holds out hope even for those who stumble yes, even for the one whom Jesus calls a stumbling block! 26 So when the plants came up and bore grain, then the weeds appeared also. Yet it seems congruent with other texts in Matthew about stumbling blocks. (1-3a) Jesus teaches with parables. A prophet is not without honor except in his own country, and in his own house: We often have wrong ideas about what it means to be spiritual. We can leave the weeding to the angels, and get on with the mission Jesus has given us proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God drawing near. (24) Another parable. It is curious that the evil one goes at night to sow weed, in the dark, in confusion; he goes where there is no light to sow weed. a. Johannine Writings By this he teaches us in the outward circumstances of worship not to covet that which is stately, but to make the best of the conveniences God in his . Matthew 13:24-30 (ESV): 24 He put another parable before them, saying, "The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field, 25 but while his men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat and went away. But he that received the seed into the good ground is he that hears the word, understands it, and bears fruit, and brings forth some hundred, some sixty, some thirty ( Matthew 13:18-23 ). Again, the kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and hid; and for joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.. Pentateuch Who among us has not wanted to take matters into our own hands and root out the evil in our midst? iv. 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