The Multitude Sent Away - Matthew 13:36

Matthew the apostle wrote how Jesus spoke, “Another parable” to the multitude where He declared, “The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened. All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them: That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world”, and in chapter thirteen and verse thirty-six of his book, Matthew wrote how Jesus, “sent the multitude away” where we read:

Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.

The verse reads, “Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house:” Matthew began with the words, “then Jesus” which means “at that time and moment Jesus whose name means Jehovah is Salvation and is the Son of God, the Savior of Mankind and God incarnate” “sent the multitude away” or “let the crowd go and depart to another place”, “and went” which means “and Jesus came”, “into the house” or “in to the dwelling place, habitation and abode”. Matthew shared how Jesus let the crowd go, and afterward He entered into a “house”.

The verse goes on to say, “and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.” Matthew continued with the words, “and his disciples” which means “and Jesus' students, pupils and attendants” “came” or “approached and drew near” “unto him” which means “to Jesus”, “saying” or “uttering, declaring or proclaiming”, “declare” which means “make known, expound and explain” “unto us” which refers to the disciples “the parable” or “the narrative that is fictitious but agreeable to the laws and usages of human life, by which either the duties of men or the things of God, particularly the nature and history of God's kingdom are figuratively portrayed and is an earthly story with a heavenly meaning” “of the tares” which means “pertaining to the darnels or bad seed” “of the field” or “sown into the country, piece of land or bit of tillage”. Matthew shared how the disciples of Jesus approached Him and desired to know the meaning of the “earthly story with a heavenly meaning” concerning the “bad seed” or “tares”.

When we consider Matthew's words in this verse, we see how Jesus' disciples were curious as to the meaning of the “parable of the tares”. The implication is they did not know what it meant, and fortunately for them, Jesus was there to “explain” it to them. There is no need to speculate as to what a certain “parable” means when Jesus gives the explanation, and since God desires for all people to be His disciples, those who yield to His Son Jesus as “Savior and Lord” shall be granted the ability to “see and hear” things that previously were not disclosed.

Next time Matthew shares how Jesus, “he that sows the good seed is the Son of man”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

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