Matthew Episodes

Wednesday, 8 October 2025 which indeed is the least of all the seeds; but when it is grown it is greater than the herbs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches.” Matthew 13:32 “Which, indeed, it is least of all seeds. And when it may be grown, it is greater than the tillings, and it becomes a tree, so the birds of the sky come and encamp in its branches” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus began what is known as the Parable of the Mustard Seed. He finishe...

Tuesday, 7 October 2025 Another parable He put forth to them, saying: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field, Matthew 13:31 “Another parable He presented them, saying, ‘The kingdom of the heavens, it is like a mustard kernel, which a man, having taken, he sowed in his field’” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus completed the parable of the sower. Without any intervening thoughts, it says, “Another parable He presented them.” Whether this was act...

Monday, 6 October 2025 Let both grow together until the harvest, and at the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, “First gather together the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn.”’” Matthew 13:30 “You allow both to co-grow until the harvest. And in the harvest season, I will say to the harvesters, ‘You gather first the darnel, and you bind them into bundles to incinerate them, and wheat you collect into my barn’” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesu...

Sunday, 5 October 2025 But he said, ‘No, lest while you gather up the tares you also uproot the wheat with them. Matthew 13:29 “And he said, ‘No! Not lest gathering the darnel, you should uproot with them the wheat’” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus said that the servants of the landowner asked him if he wanted them to gather up the darnel from the field of grain. He continues now with, “And he said, ‘No! Not lest gathering the darnel, you should uproot with them the wheat.’” A new word, e...

Saturday, 4 October 2025 He said to them, ‘An enemy has done this.’ The servants said to him, ‘Do you want us then to go and gather them up?’ Matthew 13:28 “And he said to them, ‘Enemy! A man did this!’ And the servants, they said to him, ‘You incline, therefore, having gone, we should gather them?’” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus noted that the servants of the landowner came to him and asked him whether or not he had sown good seed in his field because there was also darnel growing in it...

Friday, 3 October 2025 So the servants of the owner came and said to him, ‘Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have tares?’ Matthew 13:27 “And having come, the servants of the housemaster, they said to him, ‘Lord, not good seed you sowed in your field? Whence, therefore, it has darnel?’” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus continued the parable of the wheat and the darnel. He continues further, saying, “And having come, the servants of the housemaster, they said to h...

Thursday, 2 October 2025 But when the grain had sprouted and produced a crop, then the tares also appeared. Matthew 13:26 “And when it sprouted, the grass, and it yielded fruit, then it appeared, also, the darnel” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus noted that the field of wheat was invaded by an enemy who went in and sowed darnel among the wheat. With that action accomplished, it next says, “And when it sprouted, the grass, and it yielded fruit.” When the two plants first begin to grow, they...

Wednesday, 1 October 2025 but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went his way. Matthew 13:25 “And in the ‘sleeps the men,’ he came, his enemy, and he sowed darnel in between the wheat, and he went away” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus began the parable of the wheat and the darnel. He continues now, saying, “And in the ‘sleeps the men,’” Fields are not normally things that get attacked. In daily life, people go out to their fields, come in, and eventually g...

Saturday, 1 November 2025 And His sisters, are they not all with us? Where then did this Man get all these things?” Matthew 13:56 “And His sisters, not they are all with us? Whence then this – these all?” (CG). In the previous verse, the people of Nazareth questioned Jesus about His father, mother, and brothers. Their words continue with, “And His sisters.” The word translated as “sister” is adelphé. It is the feminine form of adelphos, brother, and carries the same connotation, one of the s...

Tuesday, 30 September 2025 Another parable He put forth to them, saying: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field; Matthew 13:24 Another parable He near-set them, saying, “It is likened, the kingdom of the heavens, to a man having sown good seed in his field” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus finished the explanation of the parable of the Sower. Now, He immediately moves on. Matthew records, “Another parable He near-set them.” A new word is seen, paratithémi. It...

Monday, 29 September 2025 But he who received seed on the good ground is he who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and produces: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.” Matthew 13:23 “And the ‘upon the good earth having been sown,’ this, it is ‘the word hearing and comprehending’ who surely he fruit-bears and it yields – some indeed hundred, and some sixty, and some thirty” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus explained the state of the one who is like a seed cast i...

Sunday, 28 September 2025 Now he who received seed among the thorns is he who hears the word, and the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful. Matthew 13:22 “And the ‘into the thorns having been sown’ this is the ‘the word hearing,’ but the care of this age, and the delusion of wealth, it strangles the word, and it becomes unfruitful” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus explained the state of the one who is like a seed cast on stony places....

Saturday, 27 September 2025 yet he has no root in himself, but endures only for a while. For when tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles. Matthew 13:21 “And he has no root in himself, but he is temporary. And having come pressure or persecution through the word, immediately he stumbles” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus began to explain the seed cast on rocky places. He continues that with the words, “And he has no root in himself.” The word was recei...

Friday, 26 September 2025 But he who received the seed on stony places, this is he who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy; Matthew 13:20 “And the ‘having been sown upon the rocky places,’ this, he is, the ‘the word hearing and immediately with joy receiving it’” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus described the seed that was sown near the path. He next says, “And the ‘having been sown upon the rocky places.’” This type was mentioned in verse 5. What happens to a seed when it i...

Thursday, 25 September 2025 When anyone hears the word of the kingdom, and does not understand it, then the wicked one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is he who received seed by the wayside. Matthew 13:19 “Everyone hearing the word of the kingdom and not comprehending, the evil, he comes, and he seizes the ‘having been sown in his heart.’ This, he is, the ‘having been sown near the path’” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus prepared His disciples for hearing the explan...

Wednesday, 24 September 2025 “Therefore hear the parable of the sower: Matthew 13:18 “You, therefore, you hear the parable, the ‘having sown’” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus spoke of the prophets and righteous men of the past who desired to see and hear what the disciples saw. They, however, did not see or hear those things. Only at the time determined by God would the Christ come to fulfill the law and usher in a new dispensation. Based on His words concerning this, He next says, “You, t...

Tuesday, 23 September 2025 for assuredly, I say to you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it. Matthew 13:17 “Amen! For I say to you that many prophets and righteous, they passioned to see what you see, and not they saw, and to hear what you hear, and not they heard” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus told His disciples that their eyes and ears were blessed. He now provides an explanation of that, sa...

Monday, 22 September 2025 But blessed are your eyes for they see, and your ears for they hear; Matthew 13:16 “And you, blessed the eyes, because they see, and the ears, because it hears” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus finished the quote from Isaiah concerning Israel’s spiritually deadened state. Now, He contrasts His disciples to the overall nation, saying, “And you, blessed the eyes, because they see.” These words are in line with what was already said in verse 11 – “He answered and sa...

Sunday, 21 September 2025 For the hearts of this people have grown dull.Their ears are hard of hearing,And their eyes they have closed,Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears,Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn,So that I should heal them.’ Matthew 13:15 “For it thickened, the heart of this peopleAnd their ears, heavily they heard,And their eyes, they shut,Lest not they should behold – their eyes,And they should hear – their ears,And they should comprehend – the heart,And they should return,And I will heal them” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus began to quote a verse from Isaiah concerning the state of Israel, specifically their inability to understand or perceive the meaning of spiritual truth. Jesus continues that quote, which explains why this is so, beginning with, “For it thickened, the heart of this people.” Here is a new word, pachunó, to thicken. It is found only here and in Acts 28:27 when Paul cites this same verse. The thickening is…

Saturday, 20 September 2025 And in them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says:‘Hearing you will hear and shall not understand,And seeing you will see and not perceive; Matthew 13:14 “And it fulfills upon them, Isaiah’s prophecy, saying,‘News you will hear and no, not you might comprehend, And seeing, you will see and no, not you might see’” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus noted that He spoke to the people in parables because, in seeing, they do not see, and in hearing, they don’t hear or understand. Therefore, Jesus continues, saying, “And it fulfills upon them Isaiah’s prophecy.” A new word, anapléroó, to fully complete, and thus to fulfill, is seen. It is derived from ana, up, and pléroó, to fill up or complete. The prefix intensifies the action. Therefore, the present tense verb completes the action, even though it is as if the work is still in progress. In the Textus Receptus, the word is followed by the preposition ep, upon. The things the disciples did not understan…

Friday, 19 September 2025 Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand. Matthew 13:13 “Through this I speak to them in parables, because seeing, not they see, and hearing, not they hear nor comprehend” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus noted the truth concerning the mysteries of the kingdom that those who have will be given more, while those who don’t will have what they do have taken from them. Understanding this...

Thursday, 18 September 2025 For whoever has, to him more will be given, and he will have abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him. Matthew 13:12 “For whoever he has, it will be given him, and he will superabound. And whoever not he has, and what he has it will be lifted from him” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus responded to the disciples concerning His speaking in parables. He told them that they were given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of h...

Wednesday, 17 September 2025 He answered and said to them, “Because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given. Matthew 13:11 “And having answered, He said to them, ‘Because it has been given to you to know the mysteries ‘the kingdom the heavens.’ And to them, not it has been given’” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus was questioned by His disciples as to why He spoke to the people in parables. Matthew next records, “And having a...

Tuesday, 16 September 2025 And the disciples came and said to Him, “Why do You speak to them in parables?” Matthew 13:10 “And the disciples, having come, they said to Him, ‘Through what in parables You speak to them?’” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus called out for those who heard His parable to hear. Next, Matthew records, “And the disciples, having come.” Although not a problem, it is unknown exactly when this transpires. It doesn’t say “then,” or “at that time.” Therefore, their questi...