Matthew 13:25

²⁵וְהִנֵּה כְּשֶׁיָּשְׁנוּ הָאֲנָשִׁים בָּא אוֹיֵב, זָרַע עֲשָׂבִים רָעִים בֵּין הַחִטִּים וְהָלַךְ לוֹ.o

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