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That one has a serious flaw. Not that His own rejection was not before His spirit, but here He looks not beyond that land and people; and, as far as the twelve were concerned, He sends them on a mission which goes on to the end of the an. 8, could not deny what was done in the case of the leper, who showed himself duly, and brought his offering, according to the law, to the altar. There is no evidence that Jesus half-brothers believed on Him until after His resurrection. And Jesus purchased the field in order that he might obtain the treasure. Jerusalem's proud, traditional hypocrisy is exposed, and grace fully blesses the tried Gentile. Nor is this all. Sorrow would come full soon when He, the Bridegroom of His people, should be taken away; and then should they fast. He had been there before. 63 The father asked for a writing-tablet and wrote, 'His name is John.' And they were all astonished. Oh, Brother! There is no greater mistake than to suppose, because there is the richest development of God's grace in new things, that He abandons or weakens natural relationships and authority in their place. It's a monstrosity, and every bird of heaven lodges in its branches. Neither did He need to wait for His exaltation as man; for He was ever God, and God's Son, who therefore, if one may so say, waits for nothing, for no day of glory. "I will have mercy, and not sacrifice." Strange that Nazareth should have rejected the Holy One who was welcomed with "Hosannas" in Jerusalem; but the same illogical phenomenon is yet seen in men who will blindly reject a faith that was held by men like Paul, Washington, Newton, and countless others of the greatest minds ever known on earth. We are, in fact, in the presence of that which John so loves to dwell on Jesus viewed not merely as Son of David or Abraham, or Seed of the woman, but as the Father's Son, the Son as the Father gave, sent, appreciated, and loved Him. Though they may have closed their eyes, maybe they don't want to see, but suddenly they see it.And this happened with Jesus and the Pharisees, as He was later on using some of the parables. cum Tryph. 2 A large crowd soon gathered around him, so he got into a boat. Surely not by inaccuracy; surely not by indifference to order, but contrariwise by divine wisdom that arranged the facts with a view to a purpose worthy of itself: God's arrangement of all things more particularly in this part of Matthew to give us an adequate manifestation of the Messiah; and, as we have seen, first, what He was to the appeal of the Jew; next, what He was and would be to Gentile faith, in still richer form and fulness. Let me passingly notice a very few particulars. Yet the same infidel will loudly praise Peter the Great of Russia because he laid aside his imperial dignity and entered the British service as a ship-carpenter, that he might learn the art of building a navy. is not his mother called Mary? The disciples most inadequately perceive His glory; but the Lord acts according to His own mind. Nothing can be simpler. Matthew 13:55 Context Crossref Comment Greek Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version "Isn't this the carpenter's son? 2 such large crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat in it, while all the people stood on the shore. "(Incidentally, their questions render impossible the fanciful miracles ascribed to Jesus childhood by the apocryphal gospels.)" The truth of this is apparent, if we compare the gospel of Mark. Those that were priests in the house of God would not they at least receive their own Messiah? Try Bible Gateway Plus free today! Matthew 13:55 Is not this the carpenter's son? Satan has long sponsored the lie that unbelief is sophistication, intellectuality, erudition, and "smartness"! They upbraid him with his mother; and what quarrel have they with her? 1. w Vid. 55 Is not this the carpenter's son? There were two; but the Spirit of God chose out, in Mark and Luke, the more remarkable of the two, and traces for us his history, a history of no small interest and importance, as we may feel when we come to Mark; but it was of equal moment for the gospel of Matthew that the two demoniacs should be mentioned here, although one of them was in himself, as I gather, a far more strikingly desperate case than the other. All such efforts fail in the light of the simple, obvious, and necessary meaning of Matthew 13:55,56. Let us take care, lest we be burdened down with the cares of this life, the deceitfulness of riches, so that God's Word is not productive and bearing fruit in us.Now there is what is called, expositional constancy. A mere Jew would have been defiled. At its close we see the leper approaching the Lord, after He had been preaching throughout Galilee and casting out devils. It was leaven and it began to leaven the whole lump. Jesus came to redeem it back to God, but not by bowing down to Satan, but by going to the cross, and there shedding His blood and paying the price of redemption. Matthew 10:3 and the brother of James, Luke 6:16 and the same that wrote the epistle that goes by his name. That was all over for the moment through Israel's blind sin; He was going to suffer, not yet reign, at Jerusalem. But if Matthew here laid aside all question of time, it was in view of other and weightier considerations for his object. (347). An honest trade is no discredit to any man. Here again is found a fresh case of the same remarkable principle of selection of events to form a complete picture, which I have maintained to be the true key of all. The opposition of the Nazarenes 13:54-58 (cf. Avoda Zara, fol. . You.Back in the Old Testament the story of Ruth, classic example of the law of redemption. This finds its fitting place, not in Luke, but in Matthew, particularly as the details here (not in Mark, who only gives the general fact) cast great light upon God's dispensational ways. 1. a Ib. Thus He sets forth both the past, the present, and the awful future of Israel, before the day of His own coming from heaven, when there will be not only the return of idolatry, solemn to say, but the full power of Satan associated with it, as we see in Daniel 11:36-39; 2 Thessalonians 2:1-17; Revelation 13:11-15. The Father and the Son have their appropriate part, even as we know from elsewhere the Spirit sent down from heaven in due time was to have His. This tested their thoughts of the glory of Jesus. I am certain that there is more to be gleaned then what I have yet been able to gather. So that glorious influence of the gospel as it gradually spreads from just a very small humble beginning, as a small little mustard seed, but grows into a great tree: problems.In expositional constancy, what are the birds? Thus He points out the utter moral incongruity of fasting at that moment, and intimates that it was not merely the fact that He was going to be rejected, but that to conciliate His teaching and His will with the old thing was hopeless. The epic falsehood of the devil that unbelief is any form of intellectual activity is surely and certainly destroyed by a careful analysis of this classic example of it at Nazareth! What are they then teaching? 55 Is not this the carpenter's son? Next, we find Him confessed by the centurion, no longer as the Messiah, when actually with them, confessed according to a faith which saw the deeper glory of His person as supreme, competent to heal, no matter where, or whom, or what, by a word; and this the Lord Himself hails as the foreshadowing of a rich incoming of many multitudes to the praise of His name, when the Jews should be cast out. But I see no sufficient reason to refuse the impression that John found it hard to reconcile his continued imprisonment with a present Messiah; nor do I discern a sound judgment of the case, or a profound knowledge of the heart, in those who thus raise doubts as to John's sincerity, any more than they appear to me to exalt the character of this honoured man of God, by supposing him to play a part which really belonged to others. Thereon the Lord also has His word to say, first reminding Peter of his new name suitably to what follows. Matthew 13:53-58 Theme: Jesus can be the least appreciated in the place where He is best known, if unbelief is in the heart. Christ had not consulted them; his success had bruised their local pride. And Boaz said, all right I'll do that, because he was in love with Ruth and he bought the field in order that he might obtain the bride.Now in this case the treasure is the church. And are not his brethren[ a] James and Joseph and Simon and Judas? The faithful and true witness, it was His to display that power in goodness which shall be put forth fully in the world to come, the great day when the Lord will manifest Himself to every eye as Son of David, and Son of man too. But the generally received notion of the ancient Christians is, that he was a carpenter, and that Jesus was brought up to the same business, which lay in making ploughs and yokes q. (2.) get to know the Bible better! Next, the storm follows. It is a just prefiguration of what will be in the close of the age the mass of the unbelieving Jews, now impure, but then also given up to the devil, and so to evident perdition. Juchasin, fol. And He arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. Now let's jump for a moment to verse eighteen, where Jesus explains this parable. And if you can think of any evil notify them, they'll be glad to do it. Power and love were come for any one to draw on. The kingdom of heaven like unto a merchant man [again the Lord], seeking goodly pearls ( Matthew 13:45 ): But the interesting thing is, is that a pearl to a Jew was not considered a valuable ornament. And in these we have more or less a key to all parables.And years ago when I was in seminary I had a very smart professor who exhorted us young seminarians to not preach from the parables until we've been pastoring for at least thirty years. They confess their faith, and He touches their eyes. There was the consciousness of good unattained, a void for which he appeals to Jesus that it might be filled up. It is usually so. It appears he was not much concerned at it; he despised the shame,Hebrews 12:2. This came out most blessedly through the disciples. It was clearly a question of connection with the apostle of the circumcision ( i.e., Peter's wife's mother). Had there been a single thing good in Israel, their choicest guides would have stood that test. We know this by comparing it with the gospel of Luke. Look at the self-glory of the words, "Is not this the carpenter's son?" Such is His grace, such His wisdom. It was really after the transfiguration recorded in chapter 17 of our gospel. There is no note of the time when he came, but simply the fact that he did come. And he said, "All of these will I give unto you, if you will bow down and worship me, for they are mine and I can give them to whomever I will" ( Matthew 4:8-9 ). The man's walk before them testifies to the reality of his forgiveness before God. "My daughter is even now dead, but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live." . Would any man make of the Messiah a mere man and a mere subject of the law given by Moses? The same indifference to the mere sequence of events is found occasionally in other parts of the gospel; but I have purposely dwelt upon this chapter 8, because here we have it throughout, and at the same time with evidence exceedingly simple and convincing. If He offers to go to his house, it was to bring out the faith that He had created in the heart of the centurion. Matthew 13 The Parable of the Sower 1 On the same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the sea. This sets forth not at all the way in which the Christian stands related to Christ; for even though we had known Him after the flesh, henceforth know we Him no more. How often the heart shows itself, not merely by what we ask, but by the uncalled-for feelings we display against other people and their faults! Because Matthew's object is the display of the change of dispensation through, or consequent on, the rejection of Jesus by the Jews. It did not trouble his heart. Far different this was from the errand on which He was intent; but He was there for faith. 96. The plucking of the corn, and the healing of the withered hand, had taken place long before. The Lord Jesus, even before He pronounced the sentence, for so it was, indicated what was at hand in these two instances of the Sabbath-day, though one may not now linger on them. Is. The people might have failed, but, surely, there were some differences surely those that were honoured and valued were not so depraved! : It is customary for a young man to take on the trade of his father. When anyone hears the word of the kingdom, and understands it not, then comes the wicked one, and catches it away that which was sown in his heart. Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." There may be desires, there may be the working of the Spirit of God, but there can be no power to walk before men and to glorify God thus till there is forgiveness possessed and enjoyed in the heart. Reject Him as the Messiah; in that rejection the moral glory of the Son of man would be laid as the foundation of His exaltation and manifestation another day; He was Lord of the Sabbath-day. First of all, he tells us that the field is the world. You take something that is familiar to them, something that they can understand, and you tell the story, and then by the story you illustrate the truth that you are trying to get across to them.Now the people had come to the place where they were dull of hearing. Accordingly, here we have, first, the Lord judging the wrong thoughts of "Scribes and Pharisees which were of Jerusalem." "There arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch, that the ship was covered with the waves; but he was asleep." The glory of Christ's person strengthens us, not only to understand His cross, but to take up ours. q Justin Martyr. To him who compares this with Luke 6:1-49, there need not remain a question as to the identity of the scene. The purpose of a parable is always to illustrate a truth. Another parable he put forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field: which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among the herbs ( Matthew 13:31-32 ). Isn't his mother's name Mary, and aren't his brothers James, Joseph, Simon and Judas? Considerable time, it is true, elapsed between the two facts; but this only makes it the more sure and plain, that they are grouped together with a divine purpose. Paul writing to the Galatians concerning the problems that were existing there said, "Don't you know that a little leaven, leavens the whole lump" ( Galatians 5:9 ). I look at a sick world; a world that seems to me is getting sicker every day. Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. In truth, this was Emmanuel, God with us. And they teach that this will be the influence of the church. So He meekly retires, healing, yet forbidding it to be blazed abroad. Until the age of 30 he did not choose to enter on his great work; and it was proper before that time that he should set an example to the world of honorable though humble industry. It is clear that the unclean spirit, returning, brings idolatry back again. And Luke gives us a few more words of Christ concerning it. Yes, it was His to rule and command the sea, even as the land and all that in them is. The gift of Jesus is by free grace to you. And he said, No; lest while you are gathering up the tares, you also root up some of the wheat. All turns on that which was suitable to such a God, the giver of His own Son. He went down with them (his parents) to Nazareth, and was SUBJECT unto them. 54 And when he was come into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, and said, Whence hath this man this wisdom, and these mighty works? And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard . Matthew 13:55-56 Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition 55 Is not this the carpenter's son? And his brothers James, Joses, Simon, and Judas? Is not his mother called Mary? How little they had learnt the divine lesson of grace, not ordinances! The problem of the identity of the four brothers and three sisters of Jesus, mentioned in this place, did not exist in ancient times. In the reception of the little children this is plain; it is not so generally seen in what follows. The key to it is this, that Matthew was led by the Holy Ghost to keep in view adequate testimony to the Jewish people; it was the tender goodness of God that would meet them in a manner that was suitable under the law. Isn't His mother's name Mary, and aren't His brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas? is not his mother called Mary? 67. In what follows we have that which is necessary, to complete the picture of the other side. Isn't Mary his mother, and aren't James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas his brothers? So we have a farther scene. For this people's heart is waxed gross, their ears are dull to hearing, and their eyes they've closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them. They've never really studied. They mock the calm utterance of Him who chooses things that are not; and the Lord turns out the unbelievers, and demonstrates the glorious truth that the maid was not dead, but living. But Jesus said to them, "Only in his hometown and in his own household is a prophet without honor." Nevertheless, the Lord did not withhold the infinite boon, though He knew too well their thoughts; He spoke the word of forgiveness, though He read their evil heart that counted it blasphemy. 2. t T. Bab. To have done THAT would really have created a problem. Now again there are two interpretations. His account, however, seems to have been modified in form from the better known narrative found in the Framework, and used in Matthew and Mark. And they realized He was speaking these parables against them. Most improperly and unjustly, therefore, were the inhabitants of Nazareth offended on this account; for they ought rather to have received him with reverence, as one who had suddenly come down from heaven. And his sisters, are they not all with us? Two interpretations. His brother James eventually became the leader of the Jerusalem church (Acts 11). Does this scribe offer to follow Jesus? Instead of giving her at once a reply, He leads her on step by step; for so He can stoop. This as yet draws out wonder, at least from the witnessing multitudes, that God had given such power unto men. That there will be this abnormal forced thing of man, not representative of the true righteous kingdom of heaven, and it will become a shelter for all kinds of evil purposes, as the church has been used today as a shelter for all kinds of evil purposes. I have difficulty with that particular interpretation. PMID: The fact of two without the personal details would not powerfully tell upon mere Gentiles perhaps, though to a Jew it might be for some ends necessary. Whereas, on the contrary, there are other kinds of order that call for more profound thought and enlarged views, if we may speak now after the manner of men; and, indeed, I deny not that these the Holy Ghost employed in His own wisdom, though it is hardly needful to say He could, if He pleased, demonstrate His superiority to any means or qualifications whatsoever. 2. u T. Bab. Well, the Lord said, let them grow. 18 As he was walking by the Lake of Galilee he saw two brothers, Simon, who was called Peter, and his brother Andrew; they were making a cast into the lake with their net, for they were fishermen. No doubt the tempest was great; but what harm could it do to Jesus? That there will come into the church evil influences, that will actually permeate themselves through the entire church.Now I would like to suggest historically that this indeed has happened, and that even we ourselves are not totally devoid of the leavening influence of the Babylonian religion that was introduced into the church by Constantine. I merely indicate by the way how the thorough increasing rejection of the Lord Jesus in His lower glory has but the effect of bringing out the revelation of His higher. The woman at last meets the heart and mind of Jesus in the sense of all her utter nothingness before God; and then grace, which had wrought all up to this, though pent-up, can flow like a river; and the Lord can admire her faith, albeit from Himself, God's free gift. But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every man a penny." IfPsalms 8:1-9; Psalms 8:1-9 goes farther, surely that was for the Son of man, who for the suffering of death was exalted. And so, as savouring not divine but human things, he is bid to go behind (not from) the Lord as one ashamed of Him. Now you remember that when Jesus came, Satan took him into a high mountain and showed Him all of the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them? Then follows another incident, which equally proves that the Spirit of God is not here reciting the facts in their natural succession; for it is assuredly not at this moment historically that the Lord goes into the house of Peter, sees there his wife's mother laid sick of a fever, touches her hand, and raises her up, so that she ministers unto them at once. It was true that He was made of woman, and made under the law; but He was Jehovah Himself, that lowly Nazarene. Help us purchase electrical generators for churches. If we compare the eighth chapter, for example, with the corresponding circumstances, as far as they appear, in the gospel of Mark, we shall find the latter gives us notes of time, which leave no doubt on my mind that Mark adheres to the scale of time: the design of the Holy Ghost required it, instead of dispensing with it in his case. After this our Lord sees great multitudes following Him, and gives commandment to go to the other side. Such was and is man. At the close of this chapter 9, in His deep compassion He bids the disciples pray the Lord of the harvest to send forth labourers into His harvest. To the end the events are put together, just as in Matthew 8:1-34, without regard to the point of time when they occurred. &c.] Meaning Joseph, who was by trade a carpenter, and whose son Jesus was supposed to be; and who very probably was now dead, which may be the reason he is not mentioned by name. Idols, abominations, no longer infected that dwelling as of old. And in them is fulfilled the prophesy of Isaiah, which says, By hearing ye shall hear, and ye shall not understand, and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive. "No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment; for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse." Where have we heard that before? And it is important that we establish this expositional constancy, or else you can start reading into the parables other things, than what was intended by the parable. They could easily have ascertained the truth by a little investigation; but no, it was far easier to deny the news filtering down to that wretched little village than to check up on it and find it true. "Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not: Woe unto thee, Chorazin! I have endeavoured, though, of course, cursorily, and I feel most imperfectly, to give thus far Matthew's sketch of the Saviour as the Holy Ghost enabled him to execute it. Eccl. And so with the other conversation: "Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father;" it was after the glory of Christ had been witnessed on the holy mount, when man's selfishness of heart showed itself in contrast to the grace of God. Why should the children of another family be brought in here to share a reproach which it is evident was designed for Joseph the carpenter, Mary his wife, Jesus their son, and their other children? It was precisely because He was Himself untouchable by sickness and infirmity, that He was free so to take up each consequence of sin thus. And His sisters, aren't they still living here? "[9] Cousins or lodge brothers simply do not fit into the picture here at all, nor would their being pulled in have aided the reproach in any way. "Whence has this man these mighty works? It was the little foreshadowing of what will be when the Lord has joined the remnant in the last days, and then fills with blessing the land that He touches. Is not his mother called Mary, and his brothers, James, and Joseph, and Simon, and Jude?- Catholic Public Domain Version They were offended in him: they stumbled at these stumbling-stones, for he was set for a sign that should be spoken against,Luke 2:34; Isaiah 8:14. Is not this the carpenters son? What special mercy and tenderness, not only in the end, but also in the way the Lord deals with Israel! Matthew 13:58 tells us that Jesus "did not do many miracles there because of their unbelief.". Examine the Scripture, and you will see for yourselves. "Verily, I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven." 55.Is not this the carpenters son? If those who trusted in themselves that they were wise and righteous would not have Him, He would call even a publican on the spot to be among the most honoured of His followers, and would not disdain to be their joy when they desired His honour in the exercise of His grace. So, when more is added, He says, "All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him. And of course mustard plants can get as high as the pulpit here. Matthew 13:55 Is not this the carpenter's son? It is not here a question of life (as in the seed at first), but a system of christian doctrine; not life germinating and bearing fruit, but mere dogma natural mind which is exposed to it. When a person cannot understand, when a person cannot see, then you use a story. Has he not been studying the black art?" It was a grave step this, and in view of His rejection now. Isaiah 55:7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unjust man his thoughts, and let him return to the Lord, and he will have mercy on him, and to our God: for he is bountiful to forgive. In Matthew 12:1-50 we find not so much Jesus present and despised of men, as these men of Israel, the rejectors, in the presence of Jesus. (2) It was egotism. MATTHEW 13:55 VIwsh,f {B} The name VIwsh/j (or VIwsh/), which represents the Galilean pronunciation (yseAy) of the correct Hebrew (@seAy), appears to be an intrusion from. how is it that ye have no faith? Lastly, we have the Lord rebuking the ambition not only of the sons of Zebedee, but in truth also of the ten; for why was there such warmth of indignation against the two brethren? On the other hand, it is not too much to say, that the same Scriptures which convince one unbiassed mind that pays heed to these notes of time, will produce no less effect on others. And therefore of the calling of three of these, who were of the twelve, to that honour (James, Simon, and Jude, the same with Thaddeus), we read not particularly, because they needed not such an express call into acquaintance with Christ who had been the companions of his youth. The field is the world, the seed is the Word of God, and he who sows it is the Son of man, Jesus Christ.God's Word sown throughout the world, some of it falls on the wayside. The word brothers, we have formerly mentioned, is employed, agreeably to the Hebrew idiom, to denote any relatives whatever; and, accordingly, Helvidius displayed excessive ignorance in concluding that Mary must have had many sons, because Christs brothers are sometimes mentioned. All will not be the wise that understand, nor those who instruct the mass in righteousness. "And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed Him, crying and saying, Thou Son of David, have mercy on us." Until it is -- you can point around to the church today and you can see all kinds of remnants of that aged Babylonian religion, that even we ourselves are not totally free of. Then, after the parable of the mustard seed (ver. 37 He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man; Unbelief sealed Nazareth off from what was happening in the world. The ignorance is wholly on our side: all they say or omit was owing to the far-reaching and gracious wisdom of Him who inspired them. Lives who received the Word of God, there has been that development within them through the Word, but thorns have grown up with it. The bodily presence of the Messiah was not needed. They refused to believe in him and, as usual, Jesus would not use his miracles to force people to believe. This is a good sign, so follow his leadso long as the conversation stays on topic. Sota, c. 5. sect. Henceforth, too, He forbids the disciples to proclaim Him as the Messiah. His brethren, James - The fair interpretation of this passage is, that these were the sons and daughters of Joseph and Mary. 1. It was, we are aware, by the wonderful purpose of God, that Christ remained in private life till he was thirty years of age. So when you come to this pearl of great price, you're coming to really the gentile bride of Christ or you're coming basically to the whole bride of Christ, composed of gentiles also. "This man blasphemeth." Now again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that is cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind ( Matthew 13:47 ): The sea of course is again the world of people, humanity, in an expositional constancy. Therefore I speak to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. They glorified God. It is true that in this particular instance Mark no more surrounds the leper with notes of time and place than do Matthew and Luke. Throughout it is the religious kind that are tested and found wanting. See also Matthew 13:55-56 in other biblical comments: A Textual Commentary On The Greek New Testament by Bruce M. Metzger. The definite article before "carpenter" suggests that there may have been only one carpenter in Nazareth. Far from lowering the position of His servant, He declares there was none greater among mortal men. "Behold my servant, whom I have chosen, my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased." Thus the great tree and the leavened mass are in fact the two sides of Christendom. It was, moreover, the custom of the Jews - even those of wealth and learning - to train all their children to some trade or manual occupation. In Matthew 13:1-58 we have the well-known sketch of these new ways of God. He tells them that they should not have gone over (or finished) the cities of Israel till the Son of man be come. Matthew 13:55 New American Standard Bible (NASB). In the next scene, then, we have the disciples as a whole tried by a sudden danger to which their sleeping Master paid no heed. We have here not only our Lord's ministry in the first parable, but in the second parable that which He does by His servants. Where Boaz ultimately purchased the field in order that he might have the bride. 4 And as he sowed, some seed fell on the path, and birds came and ate it up. If I assume from the words "set forth in order," in the beginning of Luke's gospel, that therefore his is the chronological account, it will only lead me into confusion, both as to Luke and the other gospels; for proofs abound that the order of Luke, most methodical as he is, is by no means absolutely that of time. But every Scripture that treats of that time proves what dread, what anxiety, what dark clouds will be ever and anon. It will ultimately permeate and influence the entire world, though it starts off just so small, but yet this effect of the gospel in permeating the whole world.As I look at the world today, I cannot honestly rejoice for the tremendous effect that the world has received from the influence of the church. Now most of your herb plants are very small. Thus the old link with the flesh, with Israel, is now disowned; and the new relationships of faith, founded on doing the will of His Father (it is not a question of the law in any sort), are alone acknowledged. But of all the herb plants, the mustard is the biggest. 51 The master will cut him off and send him to the same fate as the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and grinding of teeth.' Previous Chapter Next Chapter Verse 29 gives us strict time. The Lord has nothing for them, or for Him, but to go right on to the end. Those who fancy that the rejection of Christ is the result of comparing all religions, let them note that at Nazareth there was no study, no comparison, no investigation, precious little information, and a dreadful suspicion of intellectual mediocrity, if not indeed downright stupidity. He is the one, who gave everything, in order that He might redeem you. Which, when it was full, they drew it to shore, and they sat down, and they gathered the good into vessels, but the cast the bad away. Helvidius, the most ancient commentator on this passage, said that they were all the children of Mary and Joseph, born after Jesus was born. They said to His disciples, "Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?" (SeeMatthew 9:32-33; Matthew 9:32-33.) This combination attenuated destructive salinity properties and subsequently amended rapeseed growth via enhancing endogenous salicylic acid content and some essential nutrients such as potassium, phosphorus, and magnesium. The truth was built into the passage by the Holy Spirit and is incapable of destruction. They remember not (though they might have known it) that this carpenter was of the house of David (Luke 1:27), a son of David (Matthew 1:20; Matthew 1:20); though a carpenter, yet a person of honour. The seed is the Word of God. And he answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you know the mysteries of the kingdom, but to them it is not given. But our Lord with dignity demands of Peter, "What thinkest thou, Simon?" So that into the system of God's kingdom there will come that which the enemy has planted, and God knows there are enemies to the cause of Christ in the church today.I cannot for the life of me understand those men who are in the pulpit across the country today, who do not believe that the Bible is God's inspired Word. Lord, we realize that there is so much to be gained through the work of your Spirit in teaching us Thy ways. And the truth would hit. Jesus said unto them, Have you understood all those things? Jesus blessedly answered their thoughts, had there only been a conscience to hear the word of power and grace, which brings out His glory the more. Peter, the good confessor of chapter 16, cuts but a sorry figure in chapter 17; for when the demand was made upon him as to his Master's paying the tax, surely the Lord, he gave them to know, was much too good a Jew to omit it. Zion may say of the Lord who laboured in vain, whom the nation abhorred, "The Lord hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me." - Unbelief manifested in Jesus' own country, i.e. Let them read their error in One who was evidently superior to the condition and the ruin of man in Israel. I feel sure that no Christian harbours a doubt about it. Matthew 13 Jesus Teaches in Parables 1 That day Jesus went out of the house and was sitting by the sea. He speaks of Israel then, and of Israel before He comes in glory, but He entirely omits any notice of the circumstances which were to come in by the way. God proves what He is by the revelation of Jesus. 33 He told them another parable, 'The kingdom of Heaven is like the yeast a woman took and mixed in with three measures of flour till it was leavened all through.' 34 In all this Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables; indeed, he would never speak to them except in parables. The Jews ought not to have made these remarks, since many of their great doctors were of mean parentage; as R. Zachariah was a butcher's son y, and R. Jochanan a blacksmith's son z; hence that advice of R. Juda ben Bethira a, "take heed that ye do not reproach the sons of the common people, for from them comes forth the law.''. He could and did form His instruments according to His own sovereign will. 13. fol. It is strange indeed if prophets have not honour. "Can the children of the bride-chamber mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them?" This would not be a legal claim on man, but the scattering of good seed, life and fruit from God, and this in the unlimited field of the world, not in the land of Israel merely. I would like to suggest to you that first of all, that is the opposite reason why a person uses parables. Fit citizens indeed to look down upon the carpenter's boy! 6. c. 44. s Shemoth Rabba, sect. But I believe that that's exactly what Jesus is warning us about. So there is an immediate rejection. (3.) So it was here; and our Lord turns to eternal account, in His own goodness, the shortcoming of John the Baptist, the greatest of women-born. Satan immediately comes along and plucks the Word out of the person's heart. Accordingly, here we have a witness of it, and a witness so much the sweeter, because the present total rejection that was filling the heart of the leaders surely testified to the Lord's heart of that which was at hand. And of course they would become angry when they saw. If he were willing to follow the Lord, it was for what he could get. And what makes this still more striking, is the certainty that the kingdom, bright as it is, is by no means the thing nearest to Jesus. On the other side of the picture, behold the Lord leading on a soul to draw on divine grace in the most glorious manner. This was, on the part of the Saviour, an example of great condescension and humility. This characteristic whine of unbelief is everywhere noticed, even in famous infidels such as H. G. Wells, who said, "The universe is getting bored with man." fol. And I wish I had back a lot of those sermons that I preached from the parables when I thought my professor didn't know what he was talking about. Oh, for grace so to bow and bless God, even when our little travail seems in vain! And whoever has ears to hear, let him hear ( Matthew 13:42-43 ). woe unto thee, Bethsaida! Of course, there is often the order of time, but through the central part, and not infrequently elsewhere, his setting forth in order turns on another principle, quite independent of mere succession of events. said the Lord; and then stretched forth His hand toward His disciples with the words, "Behold my mother and my brethren! If they had believed, it would have involved them in all kinds of activity; but, with one good drag on the opium-pipe of infidelity, all was quiet in Nazareth! His sisters too are all with us; they should therefore have loved him and respected him the more, because he was one of themselves, but therefore they despised him. He went about doing good, yet left not any place till he had finished his testimony there at that time. Oh, what a heart is ours! It is a summons from the King to His people Israel. 1 * On that day, Jesus went out of the house and sat down by the sea. &c.] Meaning Joseph, who was by trade a carpenter, and whose son Jesus was supposed to be; and who very probably was now dead, which may be the reason he is not mentioned by name. Why are they in the pulpit, if they do not believe the Word of God, to be the Word of God? But in this original pilot-project for the rejection of the Christ, the truth is evident. To me it is evident, from a careful comparison of them all, as I think it is capable of clear and adequate proof to an unprejudiced Christian mind, that neither Matthew nor Luke confines himself to such an order of events. Note, Christ does not take refusers at their first word, but repeats his offers to those who have often repulsed them. In other words, here the field is the world, therefore in all of the parables where you have a field, in each parable the field represents the world. That blessed One was here whom he knew to be God, who was to him the impersonation of divine power and goodness His presence was uncalled for, His word more than enough. Meaning Joseph, who was by trade a carpenter, and whose son Jesus was supposed to be; and who very probably was now dead, which may be the reason he is not mentioned by name. is not his mother called Mary? So in this case there was brought to Him a paralytic man, lying upon a bed, "and Jesus, seeing their faith, said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee." Hence the Lord would raise up a fresh testimony altogether, and do a new work suitable to it. It did for the present (to speak with reverence), in effect, tie his hands: He did not many mighty works there, because of their unbelief. They are appointed as the lot of man; and in the faithful discharge of duties in the relations of life, though obscure; in honest industry, however humble; in patient labor, if connected with a life of religion, we may be sure that God will approve our conduct. The expression recorded by Mark is a strong, perhaps decisive proof that he had himself worked at the business until he was 30 years of age. since the disciples had such a clear understanding of the above parables, and were by them, and by other things, so well furnished to preach the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven to others, christ stirs them up by the following parable, to a diligent exercise of their gifts, and to a large, free, and cheerful communication of their There will be differences at the close. In the evening multitudes are brought, taking advantage of the power that had so shown itself, publicly in the synagogue, and privately in the house of Peter; and the Lord accomplished the words ofIsaiah 53:4; Isaiah 53:4: "Himself," it is said, "took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses," an oracle we might do well to consider in the limit of its application here. He was then present, a man despised, yet with title to forgive sins, proved by immediate power to heal. In his defilement he came to Jesus and sought to be cleansed, before the delivery of the sermon on the mount. & 62. x Euseb. Observe that it is at this point the chapter begins with vindicating the sanctity of marriage. Matthew 13:19-22), we find first of all the utter worthlessness of the flesh's readiness to follow Jesus. All things are in general possible to God (Matthew 19:26; Matthew 19:26), but then it is to him that believes as to the particulars, Mark 9:23. The motives of the natural heart are laid bare. Matthew 12 . In this, as I believe, that He never employed the virtue that was in Him to meet sickness or infirmity as a matter of mere power, but in deep compassionate feeling He entered into the whole reality of the case. And soon when trials come, persecution begins to come, they fall away, because they have lacked depth. The English translators have thus given the sense well; for the expression really conveys this slight, though the word "fellow" is printed in italics. And be careful here, because a lot of people, surface reading would say, "well, He is trying to hide the truth, He is trying to disguise it, so only His disciples can understand it." . The Lord admired the faith superior to Israel's, and took that occasion to intimate the casting out of the sons or natural heirs of the kingdom, and the entrance of many from east and west to sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of the heavens. Verse Matthew 13:55. Good News Bible Catholic Edition (GNBDK) Good News Translation (GNT) Good News Translation, US Version (GNTD) In this we have another striking illustration of the same principle, because this miracle, in point of fact, was wrought long before the healing of the centurion's servant, or even of the leper. He told his brother, hey, you know Elimelech's our brother, sold the field that's coming up for redemption, the right of redemption. And the Lord is warning us here.Now. 3 He told many stories in the form of parables, such as this one: "Listen! Number one, the kingdom of heaven is glorious, it's like a treasure. He was not taken by surprise; He knew it from the beginning Man's implacable hatred is brought about most manifestly in the ways and spirit of His rejectors. Then says the unclean spirit, "I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept and garnished. They've never really developed a foundation for their faith.The third category, and unfortunately, I think that this is the category that we would probably have to deal mostly with, is that which fell among thorns. They were beginning to close their ears. yea, they may forget, yet will not I forget thee. Again, when we listen to another (and now it is one of His disciples), at once faith shows its feebleness. 3 * And he spoke to them at length in parables, * saying: "A sower went out to sow. 3. c. 11. y Misn. And He came and took her by the hand, and lifted her up, and immediately the fever left her, and she ministered unto them." They refused to believe in him and, as usual, Jesus would not use his miracles to force people to believe. Nor was it only a difference in the forms the truth took; but the vital principle which Christ was diffusing could not be so maintained. 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