Matthew 13:7

⁷אֲחֵרִים נָפְלוּ בֵּין קוֹצִים, אַךְ הַקּוֹצִים צָמְחוּ וְהֶחֱנִיקוּ אוֹתָם.b

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