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| [[File:matthew2.jpg|center|thumb|px250|[[Matthew]] was inspired to explain the [[kingdom of God]] to the Jews and the Parthians do that they might [[repent]] of the ways of error<Ref name="Errorbn">{{Errorbn}}</Ref> which the systems of [[social welfare]] of the [[cities of blood]] and seek [[the way]] of His [[righteousness]].]]
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| What the '''[[Kingdom of Heaven]]''' is like is explained in '''[[parables]]'''.
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| [[Parables|Parable]] of the sower of good seed who throws the seeds which may flourish or not.
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| Why [[Parables]]?
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| What are the [[Mysteries]] of the [[kingdom of heaven]] including the [[Mysteries of the Universe‏‎]], like what is the "[[Mark of the Beast]]"?<Br>What is [[Mystery Babylon]]? <Br>The word "[[mysteries]]" in the New Testament is consistently translated from ''musterion''.<Ref name="musterion">{{3466}}</Ref>
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| '''V15''' <span style="color:red">'''people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed...'''</span> [[Matthew 15]]:'''V11''', What cometh from the heart defileth?<Ref name="koinoo">{{2840}}</Ref> like  [[Matthew 15]]:'''V17-V19''' but also V8 with <span style="color:red">'''their mouth, and ... lips; but their heart<Ref name="kardia">{{2588}}</Ref> is far...'''</span> away from the God of heaven.
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| '''V18'''  begins with the "You therefore hear". The Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers
states that "The “ye” is emphatic. The interpretation which is withheld from others is given to you." 
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| [19] <span style="color:red">'''... heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth<Ref name="suniemi">{{4920}}</Ref> '''</span>
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|  [20] <span style="color:red">'''But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon<Ref name="euthus">{{2117}}</Ref> with joy receiveth it;'''</span>
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| [21] <span style="color:red">''' because of the word, by and by he is offended.<Ref name="skandalizo">{{4624}}</Ref>'''</span>
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| [22] <span style="color:red">'''... the [[care]]<Ref name="merimna">{{3308}}</Ref> of this world <[[165|age]]>, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.'''</span>
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| [23] <span style="color:red">'''..received seed into the good ground ... heareth<Ref name="akouo">{{191}}</Ref> the word, and understandeth<Ref name="suniemi">{{4920}}</Ref> it; which also beareth fruit...'''</span>
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| [25] <span style="color:red">'''But while men slept, his enemy came...'''</span> "How long wilt thou sleep, O [[sluggard]]<Ref name="sluggard">{{06102}}</Ref> ? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? 10 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: 11 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man." [[Proverbs 6]]:9
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| [28] <span style="color:red">'''Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?'''</span>
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| [30] <span style="color:red">'''Let both grow together until the harvest...'''</span>
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| <span style="color:red">'''The [[kingdom of heaven]] is like to a grain of mustard seed.'''</span>
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| [33] <span style="color:red">'''The [[kingdom of heaven]] is like unto [[leaven]], which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was [[leaven]]ed.'''</span> But the leaven though hidden must grow inside. 
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| [35] "...spoken by the prophet" [[Psalms 78]]:2  I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
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| [37, 43]<span style="color:red">'''He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man... The field is the [[world]]... tares are the children of the wicked<Ref name="poneros">{{4190}}</Ref>'''</span>
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| How do you know which you are? Tare or barley?
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| [44, 46]To Get the pearl of the kingdom  <span style="color:red">'''... sold all that he had, and bought it.'''</span>
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| [47, 48] <span style="color:red">'''[[kingdom of heaven]] is like unto a net... gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away.'''</span>
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| [49] <span style="color:red">'''...the angels shall ... sever the wicked from among the just,'''</span>
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| [50] <span style="color:red">'''... there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.'''</span>
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| [51] Jesus saith unto them, <span style="color:red">'''Have ye understood all these things? They say unto him, Yea, Lord.
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|  [53] And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed thence.
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| [54] In his own country,<Ref name="patris">{{3968}}</Ref> ... they were offended<Ref name="skandalizo">{{4624}}</Ref> in him. But Jesus said unto them, <span style="color:red">'''A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country<Ref name="patris">{{3968}}</Ref>, and in his own house.<Ref name="oikia">{{3614}}</Ref>'''</span>
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| [58] And '''he did not many mighty works there''' because of their unbelief.
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== The Parable of the Sower ==

[1] The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side.

[2] And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore.

[3] And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, <span style="color:red">'''Behold, a sower went forth to sow;'''</span>

[4] <span style="color:red">'''And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:'''</span>

[5] <span style="color:red">''' fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:'''</span>

[6] <span style="color:red">'''And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.'''</span>

[7] <span style="color:red">'''And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:'''</span>

[8] <span style="color:red">'''other fell into good ground, and brought forth [[fruit]], some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.'''</span>

[9] <span style="color:red">'''Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.'''</span>

== The Kingdom of Heaven is like ==

[10] And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in [[parables]]?

[11] He answered and said unto them, <span style="color:red">'''Because it is given unto you to know the [[mysteries]]<Ref name="musterion">{{3466}}</Ref> of the [[kingdom of heaven]], but to them it is not given.'''</span>

[12] <span style="color:red">'''For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.'''</span>

=== The Purpose of the Parables ===

[13] <span style="color:red">'''Therefore speak I to them in [[parables]]: because they seeing see<Ref name="hearsee">{{hearsee}}</Ref> not; and hearing they hear<Ref name="hearsee">{{hearsee}}</Ref> not, neither do they understand.'''</span><Ref name="Blindlead'">{{Blindlead}}</Ref>

[14] <span style="color:red">'''And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:<Ref name="oida">{{1492}}</Ref>'''</span>

[15] <span style="color:red">'''For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see<Ref name="oida">{{1492}}</Ref> with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.'''</span>

[16] <span style="color:red">'''But blessed<Ref name="makarios">{{3107}}</Ref> are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.'''</span>

[17] <span style="color:red">'''For verily I say unto you, That many [[prophets]] and [[righteous]] men have desired to see<Ref name="oida">{{1492}}</Ref> those things which ye see, and have not seen<Ref name="oida">{{1492}}</Ref> them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.'''</span>

=== The Parable of the Sower Explained ===

[18] <span style="color:red">'''Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.'''</span>

[19] <span style="color:red">'''When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth<Ref name="suniemi">{{4920}}</Ref> it not, then cometh the wicked<Ref name="poneros">{{4190}}</Ref> ''one'', and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.'''</span>

[20] <span style="color:red">'''But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon<Ref name="euthus">{{2117}}</Ref> with joy receiveth it;'''</span>

[21] <span style="color:red">'''Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.<Ref name="skandalizo">{{4624}}</Ref>'''</span>

[22] <span style="color:red">'''He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the [[care]]<Ref name="merimna">{{3308}}</Ref> of this world <[[165|age]]>, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.'''</span>

[23] <span style="color:red">'''But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.'''</span>

=== The Parable of the Weeds ===

[24] Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, <span style="color:red">'''The [[kingdom of heaven]] is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field<Ref name="kingdomlike">{{kingdomlike}}</Ref>:'''</span>

[25] <span style="color:red">'''But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.'''</span>

[26] <span style="color:red">'''But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.'''</span>

[27] <span style="color:red">'''So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?'''</span>

[28] <span style="color:red">'''He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?'''</span>

[29] <span style="color:red">'''But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.'''</span>

[30] <span style="color:red">'''Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.'''</span>

=== The Mustard Seed and Heaven ===

[31] Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, <span style="color:red">'''The [[kingdom of heaven]] is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field<Ref name="kingdomlike">{{kingdomlike}}</Ref>:'''</span>

[32] <span style="color:red">'''Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.'''</span>

=== The good Leaven ===

[33] Another parable spake he unto them; <span style="color:red">'''The [[kingdom of heaven]] is like unto [[leaven]]<Ref name="kingdomlike">{{kingdomlike}}</Ref>, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was [[leaven]]ed.'''</span>

=== Prophecy and Parables ===

[34] All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:

[35] That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in [[parables]]; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the [[world]].

=== The tares explained ===

[36] Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.

[37] He answered and said unto them, <span style="color:red">'''He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;'''</span>

[38] <span style="color:red">'''The field is the [[world]]; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;'''</span>

[39] <span style="color:red">'''The enemy that sowed them is the devil<Ref name="Possesed">{{Possesed}}</Ref>; the harvest is the end of the world([[165|aion]]); and the reapers are the angels.<Ref name="aggelos">{{32}}</Ref> '''</span>

[40] <span style="color:red">'''As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.([[165|aion]])'''</span>

[41] <span style="color:red">'''The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do [[iniquity]];'''</span>

[42] <span style="color:red">'''And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.'''<Ref name="gnash">{{gnash}}</Ref></span>

[43] <span style="color:red">'''Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.'''</span>

=== The Parable of the Hidden Treasure ===

[44] <span style="color:red">'''Again, the [[kingdom of heaven]] is like unto treasure hid in a field<Ref name="kingdomlike">{{kingdomlike}}</Ref>; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.'''</span>

=== The Parable of the Pearl of Great Value ===

[45] <span style="color:red">'''Again, the [[kingdom of heaven]] is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls<Ref name="kingdomlike">{{kingdomlike}}</Ref>:'''</span>

[46] <span style="color:red">'''Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.'''</span>

=== The Parable of the Net ===

[47] <span style="color:red">'''Again, the [[kingdom of heaven]] is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind<Ref name="kingdomlike">{{kingdomlike}}</Ref>:'''</span>

[48] <span style="color:red">'''Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away.'''</span>

[49] <span style="color:red">'''So shall it be at the end of the world([[165|aion]]): the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just,'''</span>

[50] <span style="color:red">'''And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.'''</span>

=== New and Old Treasures ===

[51] Jesus saith unto them, <span style="color:red">'''Have ye understood all these things? They say unto him, Yea, Lord.

[52] Then said he unto them, <span style="color:red">'''Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the [[kingdom of heaven]] is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.'''</span><Ref name="kingdomlike">{{kingdomlike}}</Ref>

== Jesus Rejected ==

[53] And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed thence.

[54] And when he was come into his own country,<Ref name="patris">{{3968}}</Ref> he taught them in their [[synagogue]], insomuch that they were astonished, and said, Whence hath this man this [[wisdom]], and these mighty works?

[55] Is not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?

[56] And his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence then hath this man all these things?

[57] And they were offended<Ref name="skandalizo">{{4624}}</Ref> in him. But Jesus said unto them, <span style="color:red">'''A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country<Ref name="patris">{{3968}}</Ref>, and in his own house.<Ref name="oikia">{{3614}}</Ref>'''</span>

[58] And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief.

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