Matthew 13:3
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Book | Gospel of Matthew |
Christian Bible part | New Testament |
Matthew 13:3 is the third verse in the thirteenth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament.
Content
In the original Greek according to
- Καὶ ἐλάλησεν αὐτοῖς πολλὰ ἐν παραβολαῖς, λέγων, Ἰδού, ἐξῆλθεν ὁ σπείρων τοῦ σπείρειν.
In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads:
- And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;
The New International Version translates the passage as:
- Then he told them many things in parables, saying: "A farmer went out to sow his seed".
Analysis
Here the gospel doctrine is compared to seed, and the harvest proceeding from it. Just as with a natural harvest there is need of seed, earth, sun, rain and wind, so also in the spiritual harvest. The seed is the word of God, or the gospel.[1]
Commentary from the Church Fathers
Jerome: "And it is to be noted, that He spake not all things to them in parables, but many things, for had He spoken all things in parables, the people would have departed without benefit. He mingles things plain with things dark, that by those things which they understand they may be incited to get knowledge of the things they understand not. The multitude also is not of one opinion, but of divers wills in divers matters, whence He speaks to them in many parables, that each according to their several dispositions may receive some portion of His teaching."[2]
Jerome: "By this sower is typified the Son of God, who sows among the people the word of the Father."[2]
Rabanus Maurus: "Or, He went forth, when having left Judea, He passed by the Apostles to the Gentiles."[2]
Jerome: "Or, He was within while He was yet in the house, and spake sacraments to His disciples. He went therefore forth from the house, that He might sow seed among the multitudes."[2]
References
- ^ Cornelius Cornelii a Lapide; Thomas Wimberly Mossman The great commentary of Cornelius à Lapide, London: J. Hodges, 1889-1896.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Catena aurea: commentary on the four Gospels, collected out of the works of the Fathers: Volume 6, St. John. Oxford: Parker, 1874. Thomas Aquinas". This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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Preceded by Matthew 13:2
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Gospel of Matthew Chapter 13 |
Succeeded by Matthew 13:4
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