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Matthew 13:24-43

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bulletReading the Text:
bullet NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser.
bullet The Bible Gateway: NIV, NASB, CEV, The Message, KJV, etc.
bulletThe Blue Letter Bible. KJV, alternate versions, Greek text with concordance, commentaries.
bulletThe World Wide Study Bible includes commentary, exposition & sermons.
bulletHistorical References, Commentary and Comparative Texts:
bulletThe Five Gospels Parallels, John W. Marshall, University of Toronto.
bulletStephen Carlson's color-coded Greek Synoptic Parallels: 13:24-30.
bulletComparative primary texts about Sin and Justice from Mishnah and Babylonian Talmud. At Mahlon H. Smith's Into His Own: Perspective on the World of Jesus, Rutgers University.
bulletSimilitude VIII.3, Shepherd of Hermas. (c.145)
bulletChapter, XVI, The First Apology of Justin Martyr. (c 150)
bulletXVII.1-8, 11-12, 15-17, 19-26; Tatian's Diatessaron (c. 150-160).
bulletIV.XXVI.1, IV.XL.2, 3, IV.XLI.1, 3, V.X.1, V.XXVII.1, V.XXXIII.3, Adversus Haereses, Irenaeus of Lyons. (c. 180)
bulletChapter II, Adversus Judaeos, Tertullian (c. 198)
bulletI.11, Paedagogus, Clement of Alexandria (c 200)
bulletV.12, VI.15, VII.15, Stromata, Clement of Alexandria (c 200)
bulletChapter XVI, On the Soul, Tertullian (c. 210)
bulletChapter XXXII, Chapter XXXV, On the Resurrection of the FleshTertullian (c. 211)
bulletChapter I, Against PraxeasTertullian (c. 213)
bulletV.III, V.IV, IX.VII, The Refutation of all Heresies (Philosophumena), Hippolytus of Rome. (c. 225)
bulletX.1-3, XI.4, Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew, Origen. (c.247)
bulletEpistle V -- Cyprian of Carthage (c. 250)
bulletLatin text of Augustine's Sermon 73 (Mt 13:4-30).
bulletHomilies on the Gospel of St. Matthew, St. Chrysostom (c. 380):
bullet Homily XLVI - Matthew 13:24-30
bullet Homily XLVII - Matthew 13:34, 35
bulletFrom the Catena Aurea, Patristic Commentary by St Thomas Aquinas.
bullet"The Parable of the Tares Which an Enemy Sowed in the Field," by Martin Luther.
bullet"People securely think here God is enthroned without a rival and Satan is a thousand miles away, and no one sees anything except how they parade the Word, name and work of God. That course proves beautifully effective."
bulletFrom the Geneva Notes.
bullet"God begins his kingdom with very small beginnings so that by its growing (even though men neither hope nor expect it to) his mighty power and working may be displayed all the more."
bulletFrom Matthew Henry's Commentary.
bullet"So prone is fallen man to sin, that if the enemy sow the tares, he may go his way, they will spring up, and do hurt; whereas, when good seed is sown, it must be tended, watered, and fenced."
bulletFrom Wesley's Notes.
bullet"Cares are thorns to the poor: wealth to the rich; the desire of other things to all."
bulletFrom the Commentary on the Whole Bible (Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
bullet"...is it straining the parable... to suppose that, besides the wonderful growth of His kingdom, our Lord selected this seed to illustrate further the shelter, repose and blessedness it is destined to afford to the nations of the world?"
bullet"Wheat in the Barn: Matthew 13:30," Charles H. Spurgeon. From Farm Sermons (c 1875).
bullet"Heaven is the palace of the King, but, so far, to us a barn, because it is the place of security, the place of rest for ever. It is the homestead of Christ to which we shall be carried, and for this we are ripening."
bulletFrom The People's New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891.
bullet"The tares are not bad church members, but bad men; those who have been under the influence of the wicked one."
bulletContemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
bullet "Weeds and Wheat," Gospel Analysis, Sermons from Seattle, Pastor Edward F. Markquart, Grace Lutheran Church, Seattle, Washington. Detailed background and exegesis.
bullet"The Greek word for weeds is 'zizania' which is a very particular type of weed that looks just like wheat as it is growing up.  You can hardly tell the difference.  Today it is called  'darnel' wheat. It looks like wheat, it appears like wheat but it is not wheat.  It fools you."
bulletSynopsis (English) and discussion by Dr. Mahlon H. Smith, Rutgers University. Focus is on literary relationships of texts. Includes non-canonical parallels and discussion of textual origins.
bullet "The Harvest" (synopsis only)
bullet"Mustard Seed and Leaven " (synopsis only)
bullet"The Harvest as Allegory"
bullet"Then Jesus is reported to supply his disciples with an interpretation, in spite of his insistence a few lines earlier that they already knew 'the secrets of the kingdom' and, therefore, needed no explanation."
bullet Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
bullet "First Thoughts on Year A Gospel Passages in the Lectionary: Pentecost 9" William Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in Australia, 2002.
bullet"Never uproot people in your mind or attitude by treating them as no longer of any worth!"
bullet "Wheat and Tares," Rev. Todd Weir, bloomingcactus.
bullet"The psychologist Carl Jung would have approved of the parable of the wheat and tares.  Jung explored the nature of the unconscious “shadow” that lives in each soul."
bullet Exegetical Notes by Brian Stoffregen at CrossMarks Christian Resources.
bullet"For a slightly different illustration of making things worse by trying to fix them, I'm using From Stuck to Unstuck: Overcoming Congregational Impasse, by Kenneth a. Halstead..."
bullet "Violent Parables and the Nonviolent Jesus," study guide, Robert B. Kruschwitz, (other resources at) "Parables," Christian Reflection, The Center for Christian Ethics at Baylor University, 2006.
bullet Exegesis, Proper 11A, by Richard Donovan at lectionary.org.
bullet"Jesus mentions a weed (zizanion -- bearded darnel) that in its early stages closely resembles wheat, making it almost impossible to identify.  As the plants mature, the roots of the weeds and wheat intertwine, making them almost impossible to separate.  Separation, however, is necessary, because darnel is both bitter and mildly toxic."
bullet Matthew in the Margins, by Brian McGowan, Anglican priest in Western Australia.
bullet Sermon Preparation Thoughts and Questions by Wesley White, 2005.
bullet"We have certainly spent a lot of energy battling one another. We have pulled up our own values, morals, and intentions as we try to eradicate another point of view. This is part of the warning of the parable. The destruction you intend for another will come back to bite you at the same place your focused your attention."
bullet Wellspring of the Gospel, Ordinary 16A, Catherine McElhinney and Kathryn Turner, Weekly Wellsprings.
bullet "Wheat and Weeds, Good and Evil," Larry Broding's Word-Sunday.Com: A Catholic Resource for This Sunday's Gospel. Adult Study, Children's Story, Family Activity, Support Materials.
bullet"Has the problem of evil in the world ever challenged your faith?"
bullet "Jesus Says, 'Love One Another'," Keith E. Gatling, The Lutheran, 2005.
bullet"Does that mean we must all agree?"
bullet "The Parable of the Weeds," Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible Studies and Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources. Includes detailed textual notes.
bullet"Growing in the Sonlight," analysis in Sabbatheology by the Crossings Community of St Louis, Missouri.
bullet"We no longer need scramble to secure our place in the field, but are free to help the ones around us turn their faces toward him as well. Together we grow and though it's not always easy waiting for the fulfillment of the harvest, God is always right on time."
bullet "God So Loves the Wheat," Garret Keizer. Commentary from The Christian Century, July, 1999. At Religion Online.
bullet"God is like a teacher who does not care so much about who cheats as he cares about who learns. She bides her time with a classful of smug stinkers just so one struggling under-achiever can pass his test."
bulletReflection on Matthew 13:24-30, Rev. Wanda Copeland. At Environmental Reflections, Lectionary Year A, Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota, Environmental Stewardship Commission.
bullet"Can we even comprehend a God that loves the world so much that every grain of wheat is significant.  What if we started living our lives as if that were true?"
bulletArticles & Background:
bullet "Parables of Jesus," "Weeds among the Wheat," "Mustard Seed," "Yeast," wikipedia.
bullet "Matthew's Nonviolent Jesus and Violent Parables," Barbara E. Reid, O.P., (other resources at) "Parables," Christian Reflection, The Center for Christian Ethics at Baylor University, 2006.
bullet"Jesus' Sermon on the Mount instructs us to not return violence for violence; instead we should be like God, who offers boundless, gratuitous love to all. But in the same Gospel Jesus tells eight parables in which God deals violently with evildoers. Which of the divine ways are we to imitate?"
bullet "The Zeal of Phinehas: The Bible and the Legitimation of Violence," John J. Collins, Journal of Biblical Literature, 2003. (This URL links entire journal in one .pdf file. Slow connections will require long download times.)
bullet"At a time when the Western world is supposedly engaged in a war on terrorism, it may be opportune to reflect on the ways in which the Bible appears to endorse and bless the recourse to violence, and to ask what the implications may be for the task of biblical interpretation."
bullet "Parables and their Social Contexts," Chapter 6 in What Are They Saying about the Parables? by David Gowler (Paulist Press, 2000).
bullet"In the face of the exploitative urban elite (e.g., redistributive institutions like the Roman state and Jewish Temple), the concentration of land holdings in the hands of a few, rising debt, and other destabilizing forces, Jesus responded by calling for a reversal of the centralization of political power and economic goods."
bullet"Jesus and Women in Matthew," Jane Kopas, University of Scranton. Theology Today, 1990.
bullet"It is not only the gentiles but mothers and daughters and other marginalized people or outsiders who get a special hearing from Jesus, Not only do they receive a special hearing, but they seem to hear and see the possibilities in his mission beyond what others see."
bullet Sower's Cove, location profile, Walking in Their Sandals, Journey Through the Land of the Bible.
bullet "Jesus, Apocalyptic, and World Transformation," David B. Batstone. Theology Today, 1993.
bullet"It is often overlooked how ideologically explosive the notion of the kingdom of God was within Jesus' own social milieu. In first-century Palestine, it did not have the same metaphorical and strictly religious connotation that makes the term so safe within our own theological world. In fact, it evoked the memory and visionary impulse of Yahweh who acts to deliver Yahweh's 'chosen ones' from occupation and oppression at the hands of alien nations. Intrinsic to that symbolic universe is the conviction that the chosen suffer and the unjust prosper in the present day only because history stands at the brink of a great reversal."
bulletArticles in ATLAS Journals. (Direct link when you are subscribed and logged in to ATLASerials online collection of Religion and Theology Journals.):
bulletBailey, Mark L., "The Kingdom in the Parables of Matthew 13," Bibliotheca Sacra, 1998-1999:
bullet "Guidelines for Interpreting Jesus' Parables"
bullet "The Parable of the Tares"
bulletBridges, Linda McKinnish, "Preaching the Parables in Matthew's Gospel in Ordinary Time: The Extraordinary Tales of God's World," Review & Expositor, 2007. (Section on this text begins on p.342, but is best read in context of entire article.)
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bulletBurghardt, William, S.J., "Gospel Joy, Christian Joy," The Living Pulpit, 1996. (see Joy issue focus of The Living Pulpit 5.4, 1996.)
bulletGlancy, Jennifer A., "Slaves and Slavery in the Matthean Parables," Journal of Biblical Literature, 2000.
bulletMcIver, Robert K., "The Parable of the Weeds among the Wheat (Matt 13:24-30, 36-34) and the Relationship between the Kingdom and the Church as Portrayed in the Gospel of Matthew," Journal of Biblical Literature, 1995.
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bulletReviews:
bulletSermons:
bullet "Why Can't We Pull Up the Weeds?" the Rev. Dr. Joanna Adams, Day 1, 2006.
bullet "The Ohio Two-Car Collision Theory," Dr. Eugene Winkler, 30 Good Minutes, Chicago Sunday Evening Club, 1993.
bullet"A World Full of Weeds," the Rev. Jim Somerville, Day 1, 2005.
bullet "Weeds and Wheat - A Strange Mix!" 9 Pentecost - 17 July 2005, Hubert Beck, Göttinger Predigten im Internet: Every Sunday Sermons based on the RCL by a team of Lutheran theologians/ pastors.
bullet "Weeds and Wheat," Pastor Edward F. Markquart, Sermons from Seattle.
bullet "Growing Up Out in the Fields," Rev. Sarah Buteux, Cambridge Swedenborg Chapel, Cambridge, MA.
bullet "Problems Beyond Our Power to Fix," the Rev. Dr. Thomas Lane Butts, Day 1, 1997.
bullet "The Mustard Seed," Pastor Edward F. Markquart, Grace Lutheran Church, Seattle, Washington.
bullet "Hungry for Justice - or - 'Let It Be'," John Jewell, 1999.
bullet Father Andrew M. Greeley, "Priest, Author, Sociologist," Commentary and Homily
bullet Ordinary 16, 2005
bullet Ordinary 16, 2002
bullet Ordinary 16, 1999
bullet Ordinary 16, 1996
bulletWith Children:
bullet "Paper Dolls," Talks to Children, Rev. Donald McCorkindale, Dalgety Parish Church, Fife, Scotland.
bullet "Feeding the 5,000," "Parable of the Weeds," Fr. Max Bowers, Kid's Church.
bullet "Dealing with Weeds," Lois Parker Edstrom, Lectionary.org.
bullet "Weeds Grow Among the Wheat," Sunday School Lessons: Family Bible Study, art projects, music, stories, etc.
bullet "Weed Killer," Children's Time, in Sermons and Liturgies. Richard J. Fairchild. (Scroll down in liturgies to find Children's Time.)
bullet "Wheat and Weeds," Jim Kerlin, childrensermons.com.
bullet "Parable of Wheat and Tares," children's study, puzzles, coloring sheet, etc. Higher Praise Christian Center.
bulletDrama:
bullet "The Treasure," Kevin Penner, dramatix.
bulletGraphics & Bulletin Materials:
bullet Clip Art Images: Matthew 13:24-43, Misioneros Del Sagrado Corazón en el Perú.
bullet Matthew 13:24-43, Liturgical Drawing, Maria d.c. Zamora, Claretian Resources, Philippines. ("Download and use these for free.")
bullet Matthew 13:24-43, at Cerezo Barredo's weekly gospel illustration. Liberation emphasis.
bulletHymns and Music:
bullet "The Gospel Garden," TEXT: Mark Ryman (2005) based on Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43. TUNE: "Bethlehem." New Hymns for the Lectionary.
bullet "Siblings of the Risen Prince," Brenton Prigge, NewHymn, weekly new, relevant hymn set to traditional tunes.
bullet Hymns with Scripture Allusions: Matthew 13:31, 38, 39, 40. The Cyber Hymnal.
bulletAt Digital Hymnal (midi files, guitar chords, karaoke files, projection text):
bullet It May Be at Morn
bulletFine Arts Images Linked at The Text This Week's Art Index:
bulletMovies scenes with the following themes, listed at The Text This Week's Movie Concordance:
bulletStudy Links and Resources for the Book of Matthew