Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:
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Gill's Exposition
But when the blade was sprung up,.... That is, the blade of the wheat; which designs the taking up, a profession of religion on principles of grace, called a profession of faith; and when right, it…
The kingdom of heaven is likened ... - That is, the “gospel resembles.” The kingdom of heaven (see the notes at Mat 3:2) means here the effect of the gospel by its being preached. The meaning of this…
In these verses, we have, I. Another reason given why Christ preached by parables, Mat 13:34, Mat 13:35. All these things he spoke in parables, because the time was not yet come for the more clear and…
The Parable of the Tares. Confined to St Matthew
25. while men slept i. e. during the night. The expression is not introduced into the Lord's explanation of the parable.
sowed tares Travellers mention…
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