Matthew 13:31-35 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Matthew 13:24-43

In these verses, we have, I. Another reason given why Christ preached by parables, Matt. 13:34, 35. All these things he spoke in parables, because the time was not yet come for the more clear and plain discoveries of the mysteries of the kingdom. Christ, to keep the people attending and expecting, preached in parables, and without a parable spake he not unto them; namely, at this time and in this sermon. Note, Christ tries all ways and methods to do good to the souls of men, and to make... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Matthew 13:1-58

Matthew 13:1-58 is a very important chapter in the pattern of the gospel. (i) It shows a definite turning-point in the ministry of Jesus. At the beginning of his ministry we find him teaching in the synagogues; but now we find him teaching on the seashore. The change is very significant. It was not that the door of the synagogue was as yet finally shut to him, but it was closing. Even yet in the synagogue he would find a welcome from the common people; but the official leaders of Jewish... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 13:31

Another parable put he forth unto them, saying ,.... As the former parable sets forth the condition of the Gospel church state until the end of the world; this expresses the small beginnings of it, and the large increase and growth of it, and its great usefulness to the saints, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field : by "the kingdom of heaven" is meant, as before, the Gospel dispensation, or the Gospel church state, and the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 13:32

Which indeed is the least of all seeds ,.... So mustard with the Jews F21 Misn. Kilaim, c. 3. sect. 2. , is called מין זרעים , "a kind of seeds"; and being very small, hence כחרדל , "as a grain of mustard", is often used, proverbially F23 T. Bab. Beracot, fol. 31. 1. Megilla, fol. 23. 2. Nidda, fol. 66. 1. , for the least thing, as it is by Christ, Matthew 17:20 . Not but there are seeds lesser than this; but the meaning is, that this is one of the least of all seeds;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 13:33

Another parable spake he unto them ,.... To the disciples and the multitude, and which was of the same kind, to the same purpose, and relating to the same subject as the former; the spread of the Gospel, and the increase of it in the world, The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven . The word "leaven" is every where else used in a bad sense; and either designs immorality, as malice and wickedness, or false doctrine, such as that of the Pharisees and Sadducees: but here it seems to be... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 13:34

All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude ,.... In the hearing of his disciples, whilst in the ship, the multitude being on the shore, in parables ; in the four foregoing ones, and without a parable spake he not unto them : not that he never had preached but in a parabolical way unto them, or that he never did afterwards use any other way of speaking; for it is certain, that both before and after, he delivered himself plainly, and without figures: but the meaning is, that in... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 13:35

That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet ,.... Not Isaiah, as some copies in the times of Jerom read, but Asaph, who is called Asaph the seer, 2 Chronicles 29:30 which is all one as a prophet; vision is one sort of prophecy F4 R. David Kimchi, Shorash. rad. חזה . ; and there was such a thing as prophesying with harps, psalteries and cymbals, as well as in other ways, and with which Asaph and his sons are said to prophesy, 1 Chronicles 25:1 so that he is very... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 13:31

The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed - This parable is a representation of the progress of the Gospel in the world; and of the growth of grace in the soul. That grace which leads the soul to the fullness of glory may begin, and often does, in a single good desire - a wish to escape hell, or a desire to enjoy God in heaven. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 13:32

Which indeed is the least of all seeds - That is, of all those seeds which produce plants, whose stems and branches, according to the saying of the botanists, are apt δενδριζειν , arborescere , to grow into a ligneous or woody substance. Becometh a tree - That is, it is not only the largest of plants which are produced from such small seeds, but partakes, in its substance, the close woody texture, especially in warm climates, where we are informed it grows to an almost incredible... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 13:33

The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven - On the nature and effects of leaven, see the note on Exodus 12:8 . As the property of leaven is to change, or assimulate to its own nature, the meal or dough with which it is mixed, so the property of the grace of Christ is to change the whole soul into its own likeness; and God intends that this principle should continue in the soul till all is leavened - till the whole bear the image of the heavenly, as it before bore the image of the earthly.... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Matthew 13:24-43

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Matthew 13:1-58

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 13:31

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 13:32

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 13:33

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 13:34

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 13:35

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 13:31

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 13:32

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 13:33

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