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Matthew 13

Matthew 13 is the thirteenth chapter in the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament section of the Christian Bible. Verses 3 to 52 of this chapter form the third of the Five Discourses of Matthew, called the Parabolic Discourse, based on the parables of the Kingdom.

Contents

Description

Matthew 13 presents seven parables and two explanations of his parables. At the end of the chapter, Jesus is rejected by the people of his hometown, Nazareth.

The chapter contains the following parables, in respective order:

  1. Parable of the Sower
  2. Parable of the Tares
  3. Parable of the Mustard Seed
  4. Parable of the Leaven
  5. Parable of the Hidden Treasure
  6. Parable of the Pearl
  7. Parable of Drawing in the Net

The following explanations of the first two parables are included:

  1. Explanation of the Parable of the Sower
  2. Explanation of the Parable of the Tares

The four first parables (on to Matthew 13:34) "were spoken in presence of the multitude, and the other three again within the circle of the disciples". German liberal Protestant theologian David Strauss thought this chapter was "overwhelming with parables". At the beginning of the chapter, Jesus sits in a ship or a boat on the Sea of Galilee and addresses the crowd who stand on the shore or the beach. The Textus Receptus has inserted the definite article, (Greek: τὸ πλοῖον, to ploion), suggesting that there was a boat kept waiting for him, but other texts do not include the definite article and the Pulpit Commentary therefore argues that it was "wrongly inserted".

Text

  • Originally written in Koine Greek and Hebrew/Aramaic
  • Some ancient manuscripts containing this chapter are:
  • Papyrus 103 (~200; extant: verses 55-56)
  • Codex Vaticanus (~325-350)
  • Codex Sinaiticus (~330-360)
  • Codex Bezae (~400)
  • Codex Washingtonianus (~400)
  • Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus (~450)
  • Codex Purpureus Rossanensis (6th century)
  • Codex Petropolitanus Purpureus (6th century; extant: verses 5-32, 42-58)
  • Codex Sinopensis (6th century; extant: verses 7-47, 54-58)
  • This chapter is divided into 58 verses.

    • Structure

    This chapter can be grouped (with cross references to other parts of the Bible):

  • Matthew 13:1-23 = Parable of the Sower (Mark 4:1-20}; Luke 8:4-15)
  • Matthew 13:24-30 = Parable of the Tares (Mark 4:26-29)
  • Matthew 13:31-32 = Parable of the Mustard Seed (Mark 4:30-32; Luke 13:19-21)
  • Matthew 13:33-35 = Parable of the Leaven (Luke 13:20-21)
  • Matthew 13:36-43 = Parable of the Sower explained
  • Matthew 13:44 = Parable of the Hidden Treasure
  • Matthew 13:45-46 = Parable of the Pearl
  • Matthew 13:47-52 = Parable of Drawing in the Net
  • Matthew 13:53-58 = Jesus is rejected in Nazareth (Mark 6:1-6; Luke 4:16-30)

    • References

    Matthew 13 Wikipedia
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