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Matthew 13 — Sermon Preparation
Seven parables of the kingdom unfold — the sower, weeds, mustard seed, leaven, hidden treasure, pearl, and dragnet. Below is a research summary for Matthew 13, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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Matthew 13 in the Greek
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Greek | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | KJV renderings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| σπείρω | speírō | G4687 | 14 | sow, receive seed |
| παραβολή | parabolḗ | G3850 | 12 | comparison, figure, parable, proverb |
| ζιζάνιον | zizánion | G2215 | 8 | tares |
| βασιλεία | basileía | G932 | 12 | kingdom, reign |
| συλλέγω | syllégō | G4816 | 6 | gather |
| ἀγρός | agrós | G68 | 7 | country, farm, piece of ground, land |
| καλός | kalós | G2570 | 8 | better, fair, good, honest |
How preachers through history handled this text
64 public-domain excerpts on Matthew 13, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Jesus entered into a boat that he might be the less pressed, and be the better heard by the people. By this he teaches us in the outward circumstances of worship not to covet that which is stately, but to make the best of the conveniences God in his providence allots to us. Christ taught in parables. Thereby the things of God were made more plain and easy to those willing to be taught, and at the same time more difficult and obscure to those who were willingly ignorant. The parable of the sower is plain. The seed sown is the word of God. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Matthew 13:1–23 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Nazareth— Matt 13:54
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