written 4 December 2013
Contents (not
sentence, direct verbiage from Scripture): Where? By sea Who? Jesus, Disciples, Crowd
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13:1-6
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Same day, Jesus went out/sat by sea; multitudes gathered,
He went into ship/sat, multitude stood on shore; He spake many parables:
sower went to sow; some fell by way side – fowls devoured; some fell stony
places/not much earth – sprung up because no deepness of earth; when sun up,
scorched because no root, withered.
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2
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13:7-9
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Some fell among thorns, thorns sprung up/choked; other
fell on good ground, brought fruit some hundredfold/sixtyfold/thirtyfold; who
hath ears, let him hear.
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3
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13:10-13
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Disciples: why speak to them in parables? J: bec. Given to you to know mysteries of
koh, to them not given; whosoever hath, shall be given, he have abundance;
whosoever hath not, from him taken that he hath; I speak in parables bec.
They see/hear not, neither understand.
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4
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13:14-15
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fulfilled Esaias: by hearing ye shall hear/not understand,
by seeing ye shall see/not perceive; this people’s heart waxed gross, ears
dull, eyes closed, lest @ any time they see, hear, understand, be converted,
and I heal them.
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5
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13:16-18
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Blessed your eyes – they see, your ears – they hear;
verily: many prophets/righteous desired see which ye see & have not and
to hear which ye hear & have not; hear ye therefore parable of sower.
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13:19-21
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When hear word of kingdom/understand not, then come wicked
& catch away which was sown – this which rec’d seed by way side; stony
places – hear word/receive w/joy, hath not root, dureth a while, when
trib/persecution arise, he offended.
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13:22-23
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Thorns – hear word, care of world/deceit of riches choke
word – he become unfruitful; good ground – hear/understand/bear fruit
(hundredfold, sixty, thirty).
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13:24-30
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Another parable: koh like man sowed good seed; while man
slept, enemy sowed tares among wheat; when sprung up/brought fruit, tares
appeared; servants: thou sow good seed, whence hath tares? Man: enemy done
this; servants: we gather them? Man: nay, lest while ye gather tares ye
uproot wheat; let grow together until harvest, then reapers gather tares and
burn/gather wheat into my barn.
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9
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13:36-39
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J sent mult away, went in house, D: declare us parable of
tares in field; J: he that sow good seed = Son of man; field = world; good
seed = children of kingdom; tares = children of wicked one; enemy that sow
them = devil; harvest = end of world; reapers = angels.
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13:40-43
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Tares gathered/burned in end of world; Son of man send
angels – gather out of kingdom things that offend/do iniquity & cast them
into furnace – wailing/gnashing of teeth; then righteous shine as sun in
kingdom of Father; who hath ears, let him hear.
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Divisions (run-on
sentence OK, direct verbiage from Scripture):
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13:1-23
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J spake parables: sower – seed fell by way side, stony
ground, among thorns, good ground; J speak parables because given to
Disciples to know mysteries of koh, fulfilled Esaias: people’s heart waxed
gross, ears dull, eyes closed; When hear word of kingdom/understand not,
wicked catch away which was sown – this seed by way side; stony places – hear
word/receive w/joy, hath not root, when trib/persecution arise, he offended;
Thorns – hear word, care of world/deceit of riches choke word – he
unfruitful; good ground – hear/understand/bear fruit (hundredfold, sixty,
thirty).
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Principle:
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Jesus teaches in parables because they reveal the
mysteries of the kingdom of Heaven, and that wisdom is not for the common
man, but reserved for God’s people.
The “average” person (a worldly man) will not understand
the mysteries of the kingdom because his heart, ears and eyes are incapable
of processing this wisdom that is spiritual.
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2
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13:24-30, 36-43
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Another parable: man sowed good seed, enemy sowed tares
among wheat; servants: whence hath tares? Man: enemy; servants: we gather them?
Man: nay, lest ye gather tares/ uproot wheat; let grow together until
harvest, then reapers gather tares and burn/gather wheat into my barn; J sent
mult away, D: declare us parable of tares in field; J: he that sow good seed
= Son of man; field = world; good seed = children of kingdom; tares =
children of wicked one; enemy that sow them = devil; harvest = end of world;
reapers = angels; Tares gathered/burned – end of world; Son of man send
angels – gather things that offend/do iniquity & cast into furnace –
wailing/gnashing of teeth; then righteous shine as sun in kingdom of Father;
who hath ears, let him hear.
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Principle:
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There are children of the wicked one among those who
belong to Christ and they will remain with us until the harvest at the end of
time otherwise we might also be uprooted.
God’s children are still capable of growth and
fruitfulness in spite of their close proximity to children of the wicked one.
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Subject Sentence (10-word sentence with proper structure):
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Jesus spoke the parables of the sower and the tares.
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Aim (Christian and Non-Christian):
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TCMAT seek out the wisdom in Scripture that is reserved
for God’s people and apply that wisdom to their lives so they will be
fruitful for the kingdom of heaven in spite of the close proximity to
children of the wicked one.
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Application:
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What are parables?
Why does Jesus teach in parables?
How would you apply the parable of the sower to your own
life?
How might you pray for others to whom you are witnessing
in light of this parable?
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How might you, as a fruitful wheat plant, resist the tares
that are planted around you?
What sort of opposition have you encountered from tares?
What is going to happen to the wheat and the tares at the
end of the world?
What does Jesus mean when He says: “he who hath ears, let
him hear”?
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