Continuers Bible Study

OUR HERITAGE, OUR HELPER AND AOUR HOPE.

Session 8.  Matthew 13:1-52

Sowing the Seed

Read Matthew 13:1-23

Q.1  (V1-9)  Why does the same seed sown in good soil produce greater and lesser crops?

Q.2   (v10-16)  Why did Jesus speak in parables?

Q.3   (a)  (V4, 18, 19)  Who do the birds represent?

         (b)  (V20-21)  What does it mean to have no root?

         (c)  (V20, 23)  What is the result when the word is choked by worldly worries and focus on money?

Read Matthew 13:24-52

Q.4  How do you think that Church history demonstrates the mistake of Christians trying to forcefully destroy “weeds”?

Q.5  (V31-33)  What do the birds in the mustard plant represent? What does the leaven in the dough represent?

Q.6   (V44-46)  What is the hidden treasure, and who bought it?  What is the pearl and who bought it?

Q.7   (V43, 49, 50)  What is the end of the righteous?  What is the end of the wicked?

Q.8   What do you think Jesus means in verse 52?