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   From: doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca   
      
   Day 281, 8 October 2025   
      
   1) Matthew 13:10-23, Luke 8:9-18, Mark 4:21-29, Matthew 13:24-30,   
   Mark 4:30-34, Matthew 13:31-52, Mark 4:35-41, Matthew 8:23-27, Luke 8:22-25   
      
   Matthew 13:10-23   
      
   The Purpose of the Parables   
   Mk 4:10-12; Lk 8:9-10   
      
   10 The disciples came and said to Him, "Why do You speak to them in parables?"   
   11 (1Jn 2:27; Mt 16:17) He answered them, "It is given to you to know   
   the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.   
   12 (Mt 25:29; Lk 8:18) For to him who has, will more be given,   
   and he will have abundance. But from him who has not,   
   even what he has will be taken away.   
   13 (Jer 5:21; Eze 12:2) Therefore I speak to them in parables:   
   'Because they look, but do not see.   
   And they listen, but they do not hear, neither do they understand.'[Isa 56:7.]   
   14 (Isa 6:9-10; Mk 4:12) In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah   
   which says:   
   'By hearing, you will hear and shall not understand,   
   and seeing, you will see and shall not perceive;[Isa 6:9.]   
   15 (Heb 5:11; Ps 119:70) for this people's heart has grown dull.   
   Their ears have become hard of hearing,   
   and they have closed their eyes,   
   lest they should see with their eyes   
   and hear with their ears   
   and understand with their hearts,   
   and turn, and I should heal them.'[A talent was worth several hundred pounds.]   
   16 (Mt 16:17; Lk 10:23-24) But blessed are your eyes, for they see,   
   and your ears, for they hear.   
   17 (Jn 8:56; Heb 11:13) For truly I say to you that many prophets   
   and righteous men have desired to see those things which you see,   
   and have not seen them, and to hear those things which you hear,   
   and have not heard them.   
      
   [10] And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them   
   in parables?   
   [11] He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know   
   the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.   
   [12] For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more   
   abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he   
   hath.   
   [13] Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and   
   hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.   
   [14] And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By   
   hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see,   
   and shall not perceive:   
   [15] For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of   
   hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see   
   with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their   
   heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.   
   [16] But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.   
   [17] For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have   
   desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to   
   hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.   
      
   The Parable of the Sower Explained   
   Mk 4:13-20; Lk 8:11-15   
      
   18 "Therefore listen to the parable of the sower.   
   19 (Mt 4:23; 13:38) When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not   
   understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown   
   in his heart. This is the one who received seed beside the path.   
   20 (Isa 58:2; Eze 33:31-32) But he who received the seed on rocky ground   
   is he who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy,   
   21 (Mt 11:6; Hos 6:4) yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while.   
   For when tribulation or persecution arises because of the word,   
   eventually he falls away.   
   22 (1Ti 6:9-10; 6:17) He also who received seed among the thorns is   
   he who hears the word, but the cares of this world and the deceitfulness   
   of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.   
   23 (Mt 13:8; Jn 15:16; Php 1:11) But he who received seed on the good ground   
   is he who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit.   
   Some produce a hundred, sixty, or thirty times what was sown."   
      
   [18] Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.   
   [19] When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not,   
   then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his   
   heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.   
   [20] But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that   
   heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;   
   [21] Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when   
   tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is   
   offended.   
   [22] He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the   
   word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the   
   word, and he becometh unfruitful.   
   [23] But 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.   
      
   Luke 8:9-18   
      
   The Purpose of the Parables   
   Mt 13:10-17; Mk 4:10-12   
      
   9 (Mt 13:10; 13:18) His disciples asked Him, "What might this parable mean?"   
   10 (Isa 6:9; Mt 11:25) He said, "To you it has been given to know the secrets   
   of the kingdom of God, but to others they are in parables, so that   
   'seeing they may not see,   
   and hearing they may not understand.' [Isa 6:9.]   
      
   [8] And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an   
   hundredfold. And when he had said these things, he cried, He that hath ears   
   to hear, let him hear.   
   [9] And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be?   
   [10] And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom   
   of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and   
   hearing they might not understand.   
      
   The Parable of the Sower Explained   
   Mt 13:18-23; Mk 4:13-20   
      
   11 (Mt 13:19; Mk 4:14-20) "Now the parable means this:   
   The seed is the word of God.   
   12 Those along the path are those who hear. Then comes the devil,   
   who takes away the word from their hearts, lest they should believe   
   and be saved.   
   13 (Isa 58:2; Eze 33:32) Those on the rock are the ones who,   
   when they hear the word, receive it with joy. But these have no root,   
   for they believe for a while, then in the time of temptation fall away.   
   14 (1Ti 6:9-10; 6:17) That which fell among thorns are those who,   
   when they have heard, go out and are choked with the cares   
   and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to maturity.   
   15 (Php 1:11; Col 1:6) But the seed on the good ground are those who,   
   having heard the word, keep it in an honest and good heart   
   and bear fruit with patience.   
      
   [11] Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.   
   [12] Those by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and   
   taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be   
   saved.   
   [13] They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with   
      
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