![]() And that’s what we see the disciples doing. But a few really dedicated learners will stick around to ask more questions, to probe more deeply. And in the ancient world, when you would have rabbits out teaching, they might get a large crowd and they will teach several things people will be interested to learn. So imagine the disciples are like really good students who decide to stay after class to ask the teacher more questions. He’s not going to teach them these truths because it’s going to set them up for more failure, perhaps. He’s not going to give them his gospel or the higher law. So one way to look at this would be the Pharisees or the scribes or the Sadducees or people who really don’t intend to follow. And the more you know, the more accountable you are. In other words, you can see some of the mercy of God here portrayed in that Jesus is now, instead of just teaching the principles of the gospel directly, he’s telling stories that are symbolic in nature so that those who have ears to hear and eyes to see and the help of the Holy Ghost and who seek to understand, they’re going to learn the lessons. Then the disciples, in verse 10, it says, They came and said unto him, why speakest thou unto them in parables? Why don’t you just speak plainly? And 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. In fact, if you go to Matthew 13, you’re going to get eight parables.Īnd after he told the first parable, which we’ll come back to because it’s a significant one. And so by setting them side by side, you can teach incredible truths about these really lofty ideals and principles of the gospel so they’re a little more understandable. What goes side by side in the other bowl is something that’s more abstract, something theoretical, something principle based, some idea associated with the gospel of Jesus Christ that maybe is harder to grasp with normal senses. What you put into the one bowl is something concrete, something tangible, something knowable, something very familiar to the audience. This isn’t just to be silly, it’s actually instructive because if you look in the Bible dictionary, what a parable is is a setting side by side. You think, because today’s lesson is on the parables. ![]() Anybody know what this is? This is a pair of bowls. I’m going to draw something on the board, and as soon as you can figure out what it is, you can just say it out loud from wherever you’re watching. And to begin, let’s play a little game of Pictionary. This week, Matthew 13, Luke 8, and Luke 13.Īnd our first episode we’re going to cover is Matthew 13. This is Scripture Central’s Come Follow Me Insights. Matthew 13 Luke 8 13 | Mar 20 – Mar 26 | Come Follow Me Insights – powered by Happy Scribe ![]()
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