Pharisees criticize Jesus for allowing his disciples to pluck grain on the Sabbath (12:1-8). The parable of the weeds, a parable unique to Matthew among the four canonical gospels, (Matthew 13:24-30; Gospel of Thomas 57), shows us that he believed the present time is a time of grace in which God allows weeds and wheat to grow together and it is God’s to judge which is which. Matthew 13:47-50. Matthew 13:24-30. 3. "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a dragnet that was cast into the sea and gathered some of every kind, which, when it was full, they drew to shore; and they sat down and gathered the good into vessels, but threw the bad away. Hymns for Matthew 13 from Hymnary.org, an authoritative index of hymns and hymnals. The comparison in Mt 13:24 does not mean that the kingdom of heaven may be likened simply to the person in … Matthew 13:24-30: Jesus told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. Commentary on Matthew 13:24-30, (Read Matthew 13:24-30,) 36-43 This parable represents the present and future state of the gospel church; Christ's care of it, the devil's enmity against it, the mixture there is in it of good and bad in this world, and the separation between them in the other world. The subject of both these parables--which teach the same truth, with a slight diversity of aspect--is: THE MIXED CHARACTER OF THE KINGDOM IN ITS PRESENT STATE, AND THE FINAL ABSOLUTE SEPARATION OF THE TWO CLASSES. So it will be at the end of the age. When Jesus heals a man with withered hand, they “conspired against him, how to destroy him” (12:14). The Good and Bad Fish. Remarks on Matthew 13:24-30; Matthew 13:36-43; Matthew 13:47-50 - SECOND AND SEVENTH PARABLES, THE WHEAT AND THE TARES, AND THE GOOD AND BAD FISH (1) These two parables teach clearly the vanity of expecting a perfectly pure Church in the present state, or before Christ comes. Second and Seventh Parables or First Pair: The Wheat and the Tares, and The Good and Bad Fish. The subject of both these parables - which teach the same truth, with a slight diversity of aspect - is: ... Like the parable of the tares (Matthew 13:24-30), ... (47) The kingdom of heaven is like unto a net.—The net in this case is not the hand-net of Matthew 4:18, but the sagenè, or great drag-net, which drew in a larger haul of fishes. THE CONTEXT: Chapter 12 seethes with conflict. Matthew 13:24-30, Matthew 13:36-43, Matthew 13:47-50. But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away. EXEGESIS: MATTHEW 12-13. (Mat 13:47-50) The parable of the dragnet. Matthew 13:24–30; Matthew 13:36–43; Matthew 13:47–50. THE WHEAT AND THE TARES, and THE GOOD AND BAD FISH ( Matthew 13:24-30 Matthew 13:36-43 Matthew 13:47-50). The Parable of the Weeds. Matthew 13:47-50. 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