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Introduction
Matthew 13:1–2 (NASB95)
That day Jesus went out of the house and was sitting by the sea.
And large crowds gathered to Him, so He got into a boat and sat down, and the whole crowd was standing on the beach.
Even Though this is the Beginning of a New Chapter…
The First Sentence Makes it Obvious that We’re Missing Something
“That Day”
What Day?
“Jesus Went Out of the House”
What House?
We are Jumping Right into the Middle of a Context
Chapter 13 is Directly Connected to Chapters 11 & 12
So, in Order to Understand Chapter 13…
We Need to Remember What Chapters 11 & 12 Were About
Chapters 11 & 12 are Really Easy to Summarize
They are All About Jesus Being Rejected
First, John the Baptizer was Doubting Him
The Cities Where Most of Jesus’ Ministry Took Place Rejected Him
The Religious Leaders (Scribes & Pharisees) Rejected Him
Even to the Point of Blaspheming the Holy Spirit
And His Own Family had, Up to this Point, Rejected Him
At the End of Chapter 12, We See Jesus Speaking to the Crowds Inside a House…
When His Family Wants to Speak with Him
We Aren’t Told Whose House He is in, But We Could Assume it to Be Peter & Andrew’s
That Sets the Context and Setting for Our Passage
Matthew 13:1–2 (NASB95)
That day Jesus went out of the house and was sitting by the sea.
And large crowds gathered to Him, so He got into a boat and sat down, and the whole crowd was standing on the beach.
Chapter 13 is Taking Place on the Same Day that Jesus was in the House Speaking to the Crowds
He Decides to Go Down to the Beach and the Crowds Follow Him
So He Then Gets on a Boat and Sits Down
When a Rabbi Would Teach His Students/Disciples, He Would Sit
So this Indicates to Us that Jesus is About to Speak to These Crowds
His Reason for Getting On the Boat was Probably to Distance Himself From the Crowds…
So That They Could Hear Him Better
Sound Travels Better Over Water
The Traditional Location is Called “The Cove of the Sower” or “Sower’s Cove”
Would Have Made for Great Acoustics (4 Pictures)
It’s Named After the First Parable that Jesus Tells the Crowds
The Parable that We are Going to Study this Morning
Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23
This is the Beginning of Jesus’ 3rd of His 5 Major Teaching Discourses in Matthew
2 Weeks Ago We Studied Verses 10-17
There Jesus Told His Disciples Why He Began Teaching in Parables (Illustrations/Stories):
Because His Generation had Rejected Him
Teaching in Parables Would Allow Him to Continue Revealing the Secrets of the Kingdom to His Disciples…
While at the Same Time, Concealing Them From Those Who Reject Him
All the Parables Besides this First One Start Off with:
“The Kingdom of Heaven is Like…”
They Each Reveal Secrets or Mysteries About the Reign of King Jesus
But this First Parable Answers a Very Important Question:
“Why Do Some Accept the Messiah and His Gospel But Others Don’t?”
If Jesus Truly is the Messiah, Why is He Experiencing So Much Rejection?
Why Aren’t People Responding in Faith and Allegiance to Him?
Matthew 13:3 (NASB95)
And He spoke many things to them in parables, saying, “Behold, the sower went out to sow;
So Jesus Begins His First Parable: The Parable of the Sower
We Can Assume the Sower is Employing “Broadcast Sowing”
That’s Where You Scatter the Seed By Hand All Over as You Walk Up and Down the Paths of the Field
What Jesus Says Next was Often the Case
Matthew 13:4–8 (NASB95)
and as he sowed, some seeds fell beside the road, and the birds came and ate them up.
“Others fell on the rocky places, where they did not have much soil; and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of soil.
But when the sun had risen, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.
“Others fell among the thorns, and the thorns came up and choked them out.
“And others fell on the good soil and yielded a crop, some a hundredfold, some sixty, and some thirty.
With Broadcast Sowing:
Some Seed Would Land on the Hard-Beaten Walking Paths
They Wouldn’t Sink into or Be Plowed into the Dirt…
So Birds Would Come and Eat Them
Some Seed Would Land in Places of Shallow Soil Above a Shelf of Bedrock
This Shallow Soil Would Warm Quickly in the Sun
This Would Cause the Seeds to Sprout Quickly
But Because There was Nothing But Rock Underneath…
The Roots had No Room to Grow and No Water Supply to Keep the Plant Hydrated
So it Wouldn’t Last Long
Some Seed Would Land in Places Where Thorn Bushes Were Already in the Process of Growing
The Seed Would have to Compete with Thorn Bush Seeds and Roots for Nourishment
Oftentimes the Thorn Bush Would Overpower the Seed and it Would Receive No Nourishment
But Some Seed Would Land on Good Soil
This Seed Would Receive the Nourishment it Needs to Grow and Produce it’s Crop
Some Crops Will Produce More Seeds Than Others
But No Matter How Many Seeds Fall On Bad Soil…
The Crop Produced From the Good Soil…
Will Produce More Than Enough to Make Up for Any Seeds Wasted
Jesus Ends His Parable By Saying:
Matthew 13:9 (NASB95)
“He who has ears, let him hear.”
Jesus is Calling Upon the Crowds to Not Just Hear What He’s Saying…
But to Listen and Understand What He Means
What Does He Mean?
He is Going to Explain the Parable to His Disciples in Private…
Because They are the Ones Who Have Accepted Him
Matthew 13:18–19 (NASB95)
“Hear then the parable of the sower.
When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart.
This is the one on whom seed was sown beside the road.
The Seed in Which the Sower is Sowing is the Message of the Kingdom:
The Gospel - “Repent and Submit to Jesus the Messiah and He Will Rescue You”
The Different Soils are the Hearers of the Gospel
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