Matthew 13: Parables of the Kingdom Explained - Clear & Engaging Audio Bible Reading
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Immerse yourself in the compelling story of Matthew 13 with this clear and engaging audio recording. Discover the parables of the kingdom and how Jesus explained them to his disciples, including the themes of sowing, growth, and judgment. Perfect for study, reflection, or meditation, let the Scriptures come alive and deepen your understanding of this powerful chapter. #Matthew13 #AudioBible #ParablesOfTheKingdom
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MATTHEW 13
1 That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the lake.
2 Such large
crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat in it, while all
the people stood on the shore.
3 Then he told them many things in parables,
saying: “A farmer went out to sow his seed.
4 As he was scattering the seed,
some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up.
5 Some fell on
rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because
the soil was shallow.
6 But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched,
and they withered because they had no root.
7 Other seed fell among thorns,
which grew up and choked the plants.
8 Still other seed fell on good soil,
where it produced a crop—a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown.
9
Whoever has ears, let them hear.”
10 The disciples came to him and asked, “Why do you speak to the people in
parables?”
11 He replied, “Because the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven
has been given to you, but not to them.
12 Whoever has will be given more, and
they will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what they have will
be taken from them.
13 This is why I speak to them in parables:
“Though seeing, they do not see;
though hearing, they do not hear or understand.
14 In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah:
“‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding;
you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.
15 For this people’s heart has become calloused;
they hardly hear with their ears,
and they have closed their eyes.
Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
hear with their ears,
understand with their hearts
and turn, and I would heal them.’
16 But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they
hear.
17 For truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous people longed to
see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not
hear it.
18 “Listen then to what the parable of the sower means:
19 When anyone hears
the message about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes
and snatches away what was sown in their heart. This is the seed sown along
the path.
20 The seed falling on rocky ground refers to someone who hears the
word and at once receives it with joy.
21 But since they have no root, they
last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word,
they quickly fall away.
22 The seed falling among the thorns refers to someone
who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of
wealth choke the word, making it unfruitful.
23 But the seed falling on good
soil refers to someone who hears the word and understands it. This is the one
who produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown.”
24 Jesus told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who
sowed good seed in his field.
25 But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy
came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away.
26 When 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.
30 Let 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.’”
31 He told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard
seed, which a man took and planted in his field.
32 Though it is the smallest
of all seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and
becomes a tree, so that the birds come and perch in its branches.”