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This is the penultimate parable in Matthew 13, coming just before the Parable of the Dragnet. It immediately follows the Parable of the Hidden Treasure , which has a similar theme. It does not appear in the other synoptic gospels , [ 2 ] but a version of this parable does appear in the non-canonical Gospel of Thomas , Saying 76. [ 3 ]
The Parable of the Sower (sometimes called the Parable of the Soils) is a parable of Jesus found in Matthew 13:1–23, Mark 4:1–20, Luke 8:4–15 and the extra-canonical Gospel of Thomas. [ 1 ] Jesus tells of a farmer who sows seed indiscriminately.
This narrative is told in Matthew 13:1-3, [1] Mark 4:1, and Luke 5:1-3. [2] Owing to the vast crowds that followed him from the surrounding towns and villages to listen to his doctrine, Jesus retired to the sea coast. There he entered a boat, that he used as a pulpit, and addressed the crowd on the shore.
While Mark 4:33–34 [23] and Matthew 13:34–35 [24] may suggest that Jesus would only speak to the "crowds" in parables, while in private explaining everything to his disciples, some modern scholars do not support the private explanations argument and surmise that Jesus used parables as a teaching method. [25]
He then separates Luke into three parts by 9:51 and 18:14. [2] Each of the discourses has shorter parallel passages in the Gospel of Mark and the Gospel of Luke. The first discourse relates to Luke 6:20-49. The second discourse relates to Mark 6:7-13 as well as Luke 9:1-6 and Luke 10:1-12. The corresponding unit for the third discourse is Mark ...
The parable of drawing in the net, also known as the parable of the dragnet, is a Christian parable that appears in the Gospel of Matthew, chapter 13, verses 47–52. [1] The parable refers to the Last Judgment. [2] This parable is the seventh and last in Matthew 13, which began with the parable of the Sower. [3]
Matthew 13 presents seven parables, [4] and two explanations of his parables. Overall, the verses in this chapter can be divided into groups (with cross references to parallel sections in the other gospels): 1-3: introduce Jesus preaching in a boat; 3-9: Parable of the Sower (Mark 4:1–20; Luke 8:4–15) 10-17: Reason for Parables
Within the discourse on ostentation, Matthew presents an example of correct prayer. Luke places this in a different context. The Lord's Prayer (6:9–13) contains parallels to 1 Chronicles 29:10–18. [23] [24] [25] The first part of Matthew 7 (Matthew 7:1–6) [26] deals with judging. Jesus condemns those who judge others without first sorting ...