MATTHEW

Chapter 13

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STUDY:

  • What are the four types of seed planted?  What was the outcome of them?  Which seed do you think you are?
  • Why does Jesus teach in parables? List them in this chapter.
  • Why didn't Jesus do mighty works in his hometown?

DIG DEEPER:

  • What does verse 12 mean? 
  • What is the passage reference in Isaiah that was fulfilled in verse 14-15?
  • Read the other references for the parables in this chapter (see Interesting Notes).  What else do you learn by reading the other accounts of them?
  • The Parable of the Weeds describes weeds growing in fields intended for good crop.  In verse 29, it says not to uproot the weeds, "lest in gathering the weeds your root up the wheat along with them."  What do you think this means?


APPLICATION:

  • What parable in this chapter did you find most interesting? Which one spoke to you more profoundly?
  • There are four parables concerning the kingdom of heaven.  Which of these examples do you like the best and why do you identify with it?
  • Read verse 58 again.  Do you think this verse can pertain to your life?  Why or why not?
  • What were you challenged by in this chapter?

Read my thoughts on this chapter:

HIGHLIGHTED VERSE:

"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."  {Verse 12}

    QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?

INTERESTING NOTES:

  • The place where Jesus taught in this chapter is by the Sea of Galilee.  This was a popular place for teachers to teach because using the natural sound carriers of the horse-shoe shaped cove, it carried a voice over 300 feet from the boat to the shoreline.
  • My study note for verse 44 says, "Treasure was often hidden in fields since formal banks did not exist."