Matthew 13:2-9
great Matt 4:25, Matt 15:30; Gen 49:10; Luke 8:4-8 so Mark 4:1; Luke 5:3 a ship Το G3588 πλοιον G4143, "the ship" or boat; which Mr. Wakefield supposes was a particular vessel kept on the lake for the use of Christ and his disciples. in Matt 13:10-13, Matt 13:34-35, Matt 13:53, Matt 22:1, Matt 24:32; Judg 9:8-20; 2Sam 12:1-7; Ps 49:4, Ps 78:2; Isa 5:1-7; Ezek 17:2, Ezek 20:49, Ezek 24:3-14; Mic 2:4; Hab 2:6; Mark 3:23; Mark 4:2, Mark 4:13, Mark 4:33, Mark 12:1, Mark 12:12; Luke 8:10, Luke 12:41, Luke 15:3-7; John 16:25 *marg. parables A parable, παραβολη G3850, from παρα G3844, near, and βαλλω G906, I cast, or put, has been justly defined to be a comparison or similitude, in which one thing is compared with another, especially spiritual things with natural, by which means those spiritual things are better understood, and make a deeper impression on a honest and attentive mind. In a parable, a resemblance in the principal incidents is all that is required; smaller matters being considered as a sort of drapery. Maimonides, in Moreh Nevochim, gives an excellent rule on this head: "Fix it as a principle to attach yourself to the grand object of the parable, without attempting to make a particular application of all the circumstances and terms which it comprehends." a sower Mark 4:2-9; Luke 8:5-8 the way Matt 13:18-19 Matt 13:20; Ezek 11:19, Ezek 36:26; Amos 6:12; Zech 7:12 when Matt 13:21; Isa 49:10; Jas 1:11-12; Rev 7:16 because Matt 7:26-27; Luke 8:13; Eph 3:17; Col 1:23, Col 2:7 Matt 13:22; Gen 3:18; Jer 4:3-4; Mark 4:18-19 good Matt 13:23; Luke 8:15; Rom 7:18 some an Gen 26:12; John 15:8; Gal 5:22-23; Phil 1:11 Matt 13:16, Matt 11:15; Mark 4:9, Mark 4:23, Mark 7:14-16; Rev 2:7, Rev 2:11, Rev 2:17, Rev 2:29, Rev 3:6, Rev 3:13, Rev 3:22, Rev 13:8-9
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