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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 13:14

14. Esaias. (Isaiah 6:9-10.) Is fulfilled It was a genetic description of character fulfilled equally truly by the Jew of the days of Isaiah, and the Jew of the days of Jesus. By the faculty of hearing ye shall hear the parable, but shall not understand its truth. Shall see the narrative of the parable, but shall not perceive its hidden doctrine. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 13:15

15. For this people’s heart is waxed gross The reason is now given why those withholdings of truth are inflicted. The minds of the people had grown too gross to receive it. For instance, had the parable of the mustard seed been explained to the Pharisees as indicating that the Gospel would yet fill the earth, it would only have excited their additional hostility, and hastened their purpose of accusing him as intending to subvert the existing government. As their purpose had become too... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 13:16

16. Blessed are your eyes You have loved the teacher and accepted the truth. They see Your blessed eyes see not only the outside shell of truth, but the inner kernel. They hear Not only the literal narrative of the parable, but its secret meaning. And that hidden meaning is the very substance of divine wisdom. It reveals the truths of the Messiah’s kingdom of grace on earth and of glory in heaven. It opens the truths of the Old Testament to the mind, and explains the mysteries dimly... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 13:17

17. Many prophets and righteous men The times of the Messiah, his character and kingdom, were all a matter of most profound interest to the Old Testament saints. All these were now being revealed to the humble and obedient apostles of our Lord. the men of old saw them only by faith in types, shadows, and dim intimations; the Jews rejected, but the simple disciples received them in blessed faith. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 13:18

18. Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower It was important for the disciples and for us, that the first and some others of the parables should be explained, in order to furnish the key, not only to them but to other parables. The parable of the sower divides the hearers of the Gospel into four classes. 1. The mere unintelligent hearer, who hears but receives not. 2. The shallow hearer, whose emotions are superficially touched, but whose heart is still hard. 3. The hearer whose heart... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 13:19

19. Heareth… and understandeth it not So the Jewish outsider heard the parable, but it was a mere tale to him. He penetrated not the interior meaning and power. And it is wonderful how little the careless hearer of the Gospel in a Christian land, who attends church, as a form, from Sabbath to Sabbath, really understands the Gospel. When he afterwards becomes convicted of sin, the simplest truths have to be repeated and explained, which he has heard with his ear a hundred times. The truth... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 13:20

20. Stony places Rocky surfaces covered with thin soil. There is many a soul with a surface soft and yielding, but a nature truly hard at bottom. In such the shallow emotions are quickly stirred, but their deeper nature remains untouched. The Jews were full of a joyous excitement at John’s first preaching the Messiah. But it was a superficial arousement; the heart was not truly converted. When the Messiah’s true nature was disclosed, they soon showed that the subsoil was unchanged rock.... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 13:21

21. Not root… dureth for a while His religion is without root, and so is only the surface-stirring of natural emotions. When the momentary cause or occasion disappears, he loses both the feeling and the appearance. So the convert who, in a revival, acts upon mere outside excitement, is among the first to be missing when the special movement is past. Tribulation or persecution If a superficial professor does not drop off from mere cessation of excitement, a little trouble, a little... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 13:22

22. Among thorns This is a sad case. The seed is good, the soil is good, the growth is genuine, internally everything is right. But while all is going well within, there are difficulties without, which in time prove fatal. What are those enemies to salvation without? They are the care of this world and the deceitfulness of riches. Adversities and prosperities may both be enemies to our soul. Some become soured by trouble, and their time is so engrossed, that they have no heart, no room... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 13:23

23. Received… heareth… understandeth… beareth fruit Here is the believer, the fruit bearer, the perseverer. Good ground But is the ground of any human heart good antecedent to regeneration? Some say not; and on this ground some creeds affirm that regeneration must even precede justifying or saving faith. But certainly no man is regenerated, that is, born again, unless he is first forgiven. To be born again is to be made a child of God; and to be a child of God is impossible until... read more

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 13:14

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 13:15

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 13:16

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 13:17

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 13:18

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 13:19

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 13:20

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 13:21

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 13:22

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 13:23

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