Commentaries:
People's Commentary (NT)
Matthew 13:24
The kingdom of heaven is likened. The object of all parables in
this connection is to explain various features and principles of the
kingdom of heaven.
Unto a man which sowed. It is important to note what the kingdom
of heaven is likened to. It is not to the "field" in which the tares
and wheat were both sown, nor to the "enemy" who sowed the tares, but
to "the man who sowed the good seed". The kingdom does what the Sower
is represented as doing. It sows the good seed.
Good seed. It is declared in Matthew 13:19 that the seed is the
"word of the kingdom", and in Matthew 13:38 that the "good seed" are
"the children of the kingdom". These are those in whose heart the good
seed has fallen, and their new lives, as children of the kingdom, are
the fruit of the good seed.
In his field. The controversy has turned upon what the Savior
represents by the field. (1) It is not the kingdom, or church, for this
is represented by "the man that sowed good seed in his field". (2) It
is the place where the good seed is sown by the Son of man, or through
his agency; in other words, the place where the gospel is preached to
men. (3) Matthew 13:38 states emphatically that "the field is the
world".
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Matthew 13:24
Matthew 13:36-43
Matthew 22:1
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