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Matthew 13:36-43

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24Jesus told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.

25But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away.

26When the wheat sprouted and formed heads, then the weeds also appeared.

27“The owner’s servants came to him and said, ‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Where then did the weeds come from?’

28“‘An enemy did this,’ he replied. “The servants asked him, ‘Do you want us to go and pull them up?’

29“‘No,’ he answered, ‘because while you are pulling the weeds, you may uproot the wheat with them.

30Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat and bring it into my barn.’”

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36Then he left the crowd and went into the house. His disciples came to him and said, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.”

37He answered, “The one who sowed the good seed is the Son of Man.

38The field is the world, and the good seed stands for the people of the kingdom. The weeds are the people of the evil one,

39and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.

40“As the weeds are pulled up and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of the age.

41The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will weed out of his kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil.

42They will throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

43Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Whoever has ears, let them hear.

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1)       Are verses 24 to 30 included in VisionCasting-Matthew13.24-30?

o   Yes.

 

2)       Why are verses 24 to 30 included here?

o   They are included here to provide continuity of context.

 

3)       What are verses 24 to 30 for?

o   They are the parable of the weeds.

 

4)       What are verses 37 to 43 for?

o   They are Jesus’ explanation for the parable of the weeds.

 

5)       According to verse 36 what did the disciples ask Jesus to do for them when he left the crowd and went into the house?

o   They asked Jesus to explain the parable of the weeds in the field to them.

 

6)       According to what Jesus said in verse 37 who sowed the good seed?

o   The Son of Man sowed the good seed.

 

7)       According to what Jesus said in verse 38 what is the field?

o   The field is the world.

 

8)       According to what Jesus said in verse 38 what does the good seed stand for?

o   The good seed stands for the people of the kingdom.

 

9)       According to what Jesus said in verse 38 what are the weeds?

o   The weeds are the people of the evil one or the devil.

 

10)   According to what Jesus said in verse 39 who is the enemy who sows the weeds?

o   The enemy who sows the weeds is the devil.

 

11)   According to what Jesus said in verse 39 what is the harvest?

o   The harvest is the end of the age.

 

12)   According to what Jesus said in verse 39 who are the harvesters?

o   The harvesters are angels.

 

13)   According to what Jesus said in verses 40 to 42 what does the weeds being pulled up and burned in the fire stand for?

o   It stands for the Son of Man sending out his angels

§  To weed out of his kingdom.

Ø  Everything that causes sin. 

Ø  And all who do evil.

§  And to throw them into the blazing furnace.

§  Where

§  There will be

Ø  Weeping. 

Ø  And gnashing of teeth.

 

14)   What does the blazing furnace stand for?

o   It stands for hell.

 

15)   According to what Jesus said in verse 43 what will the righteous be like?

o   The righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father.

 

16)   According to what Jesus said in verse 43 what was his admonition for the disciples?

o   Whoever has ears.

o   Let them hear.

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Matthew 13:36-43

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