Mar 4 | TSK | STEP | The parable of the sower, and the meaning thereof. We must communicate the light of our knowledge to others. The parable of the seed growing secretly; and of the mustard seed. Christ stilleth the tempest on the sea. he began. so that.

That seeing.Rather, as [hina ] frequently denotes, "So that seeing they see, and do not perceive, and hearing they hear, and do not understand," etc. The expression appears to be proverbial; and relates to those who might see what they now overlook through inattention and folly. See the parallel texts.

De 29:4; Isa 6:9,10; 44:18; Jer 5:21; Mt 13:14,15; Lu 8:10

Joh 12:37-41; Ac 28:25-27; Ro 11:8-10

be converted.

Jer 31:18-20; Eze 18:27-32; Ac 3:19; 2Ti 2:25; Heb 6:6

Know.

7:17,18; Mt 13:51,52; 15:15-17; 16:8,9; Lu 24:25; 1Co 3:1,2

Heb 5:11-14; Re 3:19

sower. See on ver.

3; Isa 32:20; Mt 13:19,37; Lu 8:11

the word.

2:2; Col 1:5,6; 1Pe 1:23-25

these. See on ver.

4; Ge 19:14; Isa 53:1; Mt 22:5; Lu 8:12; 14:18,19

Ac 17:18-20,32; 18:14-17; 25:19,20; 26:31,32; Heb 2:1; 12:16

Satan.

Job 1:6-12; Zec 3:1; Mt 13:19; Ac 5:3; 2Co 2:11; 4:3,4

2Th 2:9; 1Pe 5:8; Re 12:9; 20:2,3,7,10

which.

6:20; 10:17-22; Eze 33:31,32; Mt 8:19,20; 13:20,21; Lu 8:13

Joh 5:35; Ac 8:13,18-21; 24:25,26; 26:28

have.

5,6; Job 19:28; 27:8-10; Mt 12:31; Lu 12:10; Joh 8:31; 15:2-7

2Ti 1:15; 2:17,18; 4:10; 1Jo 2:19

when.

Mt 11:6; 13:21; 24:9,10; 1Co 10:12,13; Ga 6:12; 1Th 3:3-5; 2Ti 4:16

Heb 10:29; Re 2:10,13

See on ver.

7; Jer 4:3; Mt 13:22; Lu 8:14

the cares.

Lu 10:41; 12:17-21,29,30; 14:18-20; 21:34; Php 4:6; 2Ti 4:10

the deceitfulness.

Pr 23:5; Ec 4:8; 5:10-16; 1Ti 6:9,10,17

and the lusts.

1Pe 4:2,3; 1Jo 2:15-17

unfruitful.

Isa 5:2,4; Mt 3:10; Joh 15:2; Heb 6:7,8; 2Pe 1:8; Jude 1:12

which. See on ver.

8; Mt 13:23; Lu 8:15; Joh 15:4,5; Ro 7:4; Ga 5:22,23; Php 1:11

Col 1:10; 1Th 4:1; 2Pe 1:8

an hundred.

Ge 26:12

Is a.

Isa 60:1-3; Mt 5:15; Lu 8:16; 11:33; 1Co 12:7; Eph 5:3-15

Php 2:15,16

bushel."The word in the original signifieth a less measure, as Mt 5:15, marg."

Ps 40:9,10; 78:2-4; Ec 12:14; Mt 10:26,27; Lu 8:17; 12:2,3; Ac 4:20

Ac 20:27; 1Co 4:5; 1Jo 1:1-3

9; Mt 11:15; Re 2:7,11,17,29

Take.

Pr 19:27; Lu 8:18; Ac 17:11; Heb 2:1; 1Jo 4:1; 1Pe 2:2; 2Pe 2:1-3

with.

Mt 7:2; Lu 6:37,38; 2Co 9:6

hear.

9:7; Isa 55:3; Joh 5:25; 10:16,27

Mt 13:12; 25:28,29; Lu 8:18; 16:9-12; 19:24-26; Joh 15:2

So.

Mt 3:2; 4:17; 13:11,31,33; Lu 13:18

as.

3,4,14-20; Pr 11:18; Ec 11:4,6; Isa 28:24-26; 32:20; Mt 13:3,24

Lu 8:5,11; Joh 4:36-38; 12:24; 1Co 3:6-9; Jas 3:18; 1Pe 1:23-25

and grow.

Ec 8:17; 11:5; Joh 3:7,8; 1Co 15:37,38; 2Th 1:3; 2Pe 3:18

the earth.

Ge 1:11,12; 2:4,5,9; 4:11,12; Isa 61:11

first.

31,32; Ps 1:3; 92:13,14; Pr 4:18; Ec 3:1,11; Ho 6:3; Php 1:6,9-11

Col 1:10; 1Th 3:12,13

blade.

Mt 13:26

brought forth. or, ripe.

Job 5:26; 2Ti 4:7,8

he putteth.

Isa 57:1,2; Joe 3:13; Mt 13:30,40-43; Re 14:13-17

La 2:13; Mt 11:16; Lu 13:18,20,21

like.

Mt 13:31-33; Lu 13:18,19

mustard seed.Mustard, [sinapi ,] is a well-known plant of the tetradynamia siliquosa class, distinguished by its yellow cruciform flowers, with expanding calyx, and its pods smooth, square, and close to the stem. Its seed was probably the smallest known to the Jews; and though its ordinary height does not exceed four feet, yet a species grows to the height of from three to five cubits, with a tapering, ligneous stalk, and spreading branches.

is less than.

Ge 22:17,18; Ps 72:16-19; Isa 2:2,3; 9:7; 49:6,7; 53:2,12; 54:1-3

Isa 60:22; Eze 17:22-24; Da 2:34,35,44,45; Am 9:11-15; Mic 4:1,2

Zec 2:11; 8:20-23; 12:8; 14:6-9; Mal 1:11; Ac 2:41; 4:4; 5:14; 19:20

Ac 21:20; Re 11:15; 20:1-6

and becometh.

Pr 4:18; Isa 11:9

shooteth.

Ps 80:9-11; Eze 31:3-10; Da 4:10-14,20-22

lodge.

Ps 91:1; So 2:3; Isa 32:2; La 4:20

with.