23But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.m
Matthew 13 marks a decisive pivot in Jesus’s ministry. He moves from teaching the crowds in synagogues and on hillsides to speaking exclusively in parables — stories that simultaneously reveal and conceal. This chapter collects seven parables about the kingdom of heaven, each one
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