Matthew 13
Treated in 61 passages across the library.
The verses these writers stop at
- 13:30 Leave them to grow side by side until the harvest. When harvest time comes, I will give the reapers their orders: "Pull out the weeds first, and tie them into bundles for burning. But store the wheat in my barn."'" 9
- 13:44 The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure buried in a field. A man came across it and covered it up again. Then, full of joy, he went and sold everything he owned and bought that field. 8
- 13:20 The seed sown on the rocky ground is the person who hears the word and at once accepts it with joy. 6
- 13:22 The seed sown among the thorns is the person who hears the word, but the cares of the present age and the false promises of wealth smother it, so that it yields no crop. 5
- 13:43 In their Father's kingdom, then, the righteous will blaze out like the sun. Whoever has ears must listen. 5
- 13:25 But while people slept, an enemy of his came and scattered weeds all through the wheat, then went off. 4
- 13:26 When the wheat came up and began to form heads of grain, the weeds showed up as well. 4
- 13:38 The field is the world. The good seed stands for the people who belong to the kingdom, and the weeds for the people who belong to the evil one. 4
- 13:24 Then Jesus set another parable before them: "The kingdom of heaven is like the story of a man who sowed good seed in his field. 3
- 13:27 The landowner's servants came to him and said, 'Master, surely it was good seed you sowed in your field? So where have these weeds come from?' 3
- 13:28 'An enemy has done this,' he told them. 'Shall we go out, then, and gather them up?' the servants asked. 3
- 13:29 'No,' he replied, 'for in gathering the weeds you might pull up the wheat with them. 3
- 13:39 The enemy who sowed them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels. 3
- 13:41 The Son of Man will send his angels, who will collect from his kingdom everything that leads people into sin and everyone who breaks God's law. 3
- 13:13 So I speak to them in parables, because they look without seeing and listen without hearing or understanding. 2
- 13:21 But the word has no root in them, and they hold on only for a while. As soon as hardship or persecution comes on account of the word, they stumble and fall away. 2
- 13:23 But the seed sown on good soil is the person who hears the word and understands it. That person does bear fruit, yielding a hundred times what was sown, or sixty, or thirty." 2
- 13:31 He gave them another parable to think about: "Picture a mustard seed that someone took and sowed in his field. The kingdom of heaven is like that. 2
- 13:33 He told them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like yeast. A woman took it and worked it into about 40 pounds of flour, until all the dough had risen." 2
- 13:40 The weeds are collected and burned up in the fire, and the end of the age will be like that. 2
- 13:42 They will throw them into the burning furnace, and there people will weep and grind their teeth. 2
- 13:46 When he came upon a single pearl of very high price, he went and sold off all his possessions and bought it. 2
- 13:58 Because they would not believe, he did not do many mighty works there. 2
- 13:3 He told them many things in parables. "Listen!" he said. "A sower went out to sow. 1
- 13:5 Some landed on rocky patches where the soil was thin. They shot up at once, since the soil was not deep, 1
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Where it is preached
- The Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Faith ·
The Devil cites Matt. 13:19
…in the most emphatic and most unmistakable terms the existence of the Devil. Turn to Matt. 13:19, and you will read these words: "When any one heareth the word of God, and understandeth…
- Talks to the Farmer ·
The Ploughman cites Matthew 13:3
…perform. They are like the servant in the parable: “A sower went out to sow” (Matthew 13:3, ESV). Ministers of Christ must also follow this pattern of progress. We must move from…
- The Ten Commandments ·
4.1 Faith cites Matt 13: 5
…full stature on its birth-day is a monster. The seed that sprung up suddenly withered. Matt 13: 5, 6. (4) Faith is a refining grace, it consecrates and purifies. Moral virtue may wash the…
- Talks to the Farmer ·
The Principal Wheat cites Matthew 13:7
…As it is written, “And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it” (Matthew 13:7). Let us avoid sowing the best of our hearts in a distracted, worldly manner, or we shall…
- The Cheque Book of the Bank of Faith ·
The Month of June cites Matt. 13:12
…PROFESS "For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance" Matt. 13:12 When the Lord has given to a man much grace He will give him more. A little faith is a…
- The Ten Commandments ·
2.4 The Fourth Commandment cites Matt 13: 13
…heart does not do, is not done.’ Therefore Christ says of some, ‘Hearing, they hear not.’ Matt 13: 13. How could that be? Because, though the word sounded in their ear, yet they minded not…
- Reality and Religion ·
Meditation cites Matt. xiii. 13
…spiritual realities do not seem to exist. Seeing they see not, hearing they hear not (Matt. xiii. 13). 7. One day I saw a flower and began to think about its fragrance and its beauty. As I…
- Unspoken Sermons ·
The Last Farthing cites Matthew xiii. 14
…the Lord himself said about his parables. It will be better to take the reading of St. Matthew xiii. 14, 15, as it is plainer, and the quotation from Isaiah (vi. 9, 10) is given in full—after…
- A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life ·
That not only a life of vanity, or sensuality, but even the most regular kind of life, that is not governed by great devotion, sufficiently shows its miseries, its wants and emptiness, to the eyes of all the world. This represented in various characters cites Matt. xiii. 16
…in these words: "Blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear." [Matt. xiii. 16] They teach us two things; first, that the dulness and heaviness of men's minds, with…
- The Key Teachings of John Bunyan ·
The Burden and the Book cites MATTHEW 13:20–21
…and anon with joy receiveth it; yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while. MATTHEW 13:20–21 FOR REFLECTION AND ACTION 1. Have you ever felt the burden of your sin before God — not…
- The Key Teachings of Richard Baxter ·
A Call to the Unconverted cites Matthew 13:20–21
…than the good soil; yet hath he not root in himself, and when trouble comes it withers (Matthew 13:20–21). Time is the most reliable evidence, and trouble is the test, because a religion adopted…
- A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections ·
VII. Persons having religious affections of many kinds, accompanying one another, is not sufficient to determine whether they have any gracious affections or no cites Matt. 13:20
…of his leprosy, 2 Kings 5:15, &c. So of spiritual joy, as in the stony ground hearers, Matt. 13:20, and particularly many of John the Baptist's hearers, John 5:35. So of zeal, as in Jehu…
- Holiness ·
Sanctification cites Matt. xiii. 20
…feel is skin deep also. Like the stony-ground hearers, they “receive the Word with joy” (Matt. xiii. 20); but after a little they fall away, go back to the world, and are harder and worse than…
- A Body of Divinity ·
Perseverance cites Matt 13:20
…some joy in the thoughts of it, yet fall away; as in the parable of the stony ground. Matt 13:20. All this is spoken of the hypocrite; but it does not therefore prove that the true…
- Old Paths ·
Perseverance cites Matt. xiii. 20
…do. The “stony-ground” hearers received the word with joy, but it had no root in them. (Matt. xiii. 20.) The history of all revivals proves that there may often be a great quantity of…
- Holiness ·
The Cost cites Matt. xiii. 21
…“Temptation or persecution arises because of the Word, and they are offended.” (Matt. xiii. 21.) Little by little their zeal melts away, and their love becomes cold. By and by their…
- A Body of Divinity ·
Faith cites Matt 13:21
…for a time, and then vanishes. ‘Yet has he no root in himself, but dureth for a while.’ Matt 13:21. A temporary faith is like Jonah’s gourd, which came up in a night and withered. Chap…
- Faithful With Little ·
The Danger of Riches cites Matthew 13:22
…the present age and the false promises of wealth smother it, so that it yields no crop” (Matthew 13:22). Notice “false promises.” Wealth promises what it can’t deliver. Riches make us proud.…
- The Ten Commandments ·
2.1 The First Commandment cites Matt 13: 22
…They are deceitful riches, and it is foolish to trust to that which will deceive us. Matt 13: 22. They have no solid consistency, they are like landscapes or golden dreams, which leave…
- Practical Religion ·
The World cites Matt. xiii. 22
…Christ says:— "The cares of this world choke the Word, and it becometh unfruitful." (Matt. xiii. 22.) "Ye are of this world: I am not of this world." (John viii. 23.) "The Spirit of truth…
- Practical Religion ·
Riches and Poverty cites Matt. xiii. 22
…the "deceitfulness of riches" as one reason why the seed of the Word bears no fruit? (Matt. xiii. 22.) Is it for nothing that He says, "Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of…
- The Ten Commandments ·
2.10 The Tenth Commandment cites Matt 13: 22
…the thorns, which Christ expounded to be the care of this life, choked the good seed. Matt 13: 22. Many sermons lie dead and buried in earthly hearts. We preach to men to get their hearts…
- The Pilgrim's Progress ·
The Fifth Stage cites Matt. 13:23
…assure ourselves, that at the day of doom men shall be judged according to their fruits. Matt. 13:23. It will not be said then, Did you believe? but, Were you doers, or talkers only? and…
- Holiness ·
Assurance cites Matt. xiii. 23
…a hundred. The will of the Lord is our sanctification, and it ought to be our will too. (Matt. xiii. 23; 1 Thess. iv. 3.) One thing, at all events, we may depend upon—there is an inseparable…
- The Ten Commandments ·
4.3 The Word cites Matt 13: 25
…question; it is the devil’s seedtime. ‘While men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares.’ Matt 13: 25 O shake off drowsiness, as Paul shook off the viper! Be serious and attentive in hearing…
- A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections ·
XII. Nothing can be certainly concluded concerning the nature of religious affections, that any are the subjects of, from this, that the outward manifestations of them, and the relation persons give of them, are very affecting and pleasing to the truly godly, and such as greatly gain their charity, cites Matt. 13:26
…have known nothing of true religion. In the parable of the wheat and tares, it is said, Matt. 13:26, “When the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.”…
- The Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Faith ·
Is There a Literal Hell? cites Matt. 13:30
…and the fire is not quenched." Here again some may say the fire is figurative. Turn to Matt. 13:30, 41, 42, we read these words: "Let both grow together until the harvest; and in the time…
- Practical Religion ·
Going to the Table cites Matt. xiii. 30
…of the Wheat and Tares, and mark how both were to "grow together till the harvest." (Matt. xiii. 30.) Perfect Churches, perfect congregations, perfect bodies of communicants, are all…
- Talks to the Farmer (For Teens) ·
Wheat in the Barn cites Matthew 13:30
“Gather the wheat into my barn.” — Matthew 13:30 This is the last chapter, and it’s the one that looks all the way to the end — the…
- Talks to the Farmer ·
Wheat in the Barn cites Matthew 13:30
“Gather the wheat into my barn.”—Matthew 13:30 “Gather the wheat into my barn.” Then the purpose of the Son of Man will be accomplished.…
- The Key Teachings of Augustine of Hippo ·
Two Loves, Two Cities cites MATTHEW 13:30
…the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn. MATTHEW 13:30 The separation will come. The Enchiridion describes it plainly: after the resurrection…
- The Key Teachings of John Calvin ·
The Mother of Believers cites MATTHEW 13:30
…it is where God has promised to meet us. Let both grow together until the harvest. MATTHEW 13:30 The marks of the church How can we recognise a true church? Calvin gives a short answer…
- The Inner Chamber ·
The Seed Is the Word cites Matthew 13:31
…blessing. Not only the word, but “The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed” Matthew 13:31. And all the grace of it comes in no other way than as a hidden seed in the heart of the…
- A Body of Divinity ·
The Resurrection cites Matt 13:33
…then shall shine as sparkling diamonds. Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun.’ Matt 13:33. (2.) The bodies of the saints shall rise out of their graves with triumph; but the…
- A Body of Divinity ·
The Mercy of God cites Matt 13:38
…virtue will come out.’ He did not many mighty works there, because of their unbelief, Matt 13:38. Why dost thou not believe in God’s mercy? Do thy sins discourage thee? God’s mercy can…
- Knots Untied ·
The Real Presence cites Matt. xiii. 38
…such things as “The field is the world,—the good seed are the children of the kingdom.” (Matt. xiii. 38.)—St. Paul, in writing on the sacrament, confirms this interpretation by expressly…
- A Body of Divinity ·
The Unity of God cites Matt 13:39
…and going so many different ways! It is Satan that has sown these tares of division. Matt 13:39. He first divided men from God, and then one man from another. (2.) One in affection.…
- Practical Religion ·
Heirs of God cites Matt. xiii. 41
…great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together His elect from the four winds." (Matt. xiii. 41; xxiv. 31.) Praised be God! We shall see all the saints of whom we have read in the…
- The Pilgrim's Progress ·
The First Stage cites Matt. 13:43
…that will make us shine like the sun in the firmament of heaven. 2 Tim. 4:8; Rev. 22:5; Matt. 13:43. Pliable: This is very pleasant; and what else? Christian: There shall be no more crying…
- The Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Faith ·
The Resurrection of the Body of Jesus and of Our Bodies cites Matt. 13:43
…shining, dazzling, bright like the sun. This is seen in many passages. For example, Matt. 13:43, "Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father." This…
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