SEV Biblia, Chapter 13:24
¶ Otra parbola les propuso, diciendo: El Reino de los cielos es semejante al hombre que siembra buena simiente en su campo;
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Matthew 13:24
Verse 24. The kingdom of heaven] God's method of managing the affairs of the world, and the concerns of his Church. Is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field] In general, the world may be termed the field of God; and in particular, those who profess to believe in God through Christ are his field or farm; among whom God sows nothing but the pure unadulterated word of his truth.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 24. Another parable put he forth unto them, saying , etc.] Somewhat like the former, but with a different view: for whereas the design of the former was to show the different sorts of hearers that attend upon the ministry of the word, three parts in four being bad; this is to show the difference of members in churches, some being comparable to good seed, and others to tares. The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field : by the kingdom of heaven, is not meant the ultimate glory of the saints in heaven, or the state of happiness in the other world; for there will be no tares there; nor the Gospel, and the ministration of it, but the Gospel dispensation, and times, and kingdom of the Messiah; or rather the Gospel visible church state, on earth, called a kingdom, of which Christ is king, and in which the saints are subject to him; where proper laws are made for the orderly government of it, and proper officers appointed to explain, and put those laws in execution; and which consists of various persons, united under one head, and independent of any other government: and it is styled the kingdom of heaven, in distinction from the kingdoms of this world; the subjects of it are, or should be, heaven born souls; the word, laws, and ordinances of it are from heaven; and there is some resemblance between a Gospel church state and heaven, and it is very near unto it, and is even the suburbs of it: or else the king Messiah himself is intended, who is compared to a man, a sower; and so it is explained, ( Matthew 13:37) he that soweth the good seed is the son of man: which is a name and title of the Messiah, by which he is called both in the Old and New Testament; who, though the seed of the woman, yet was the son of man, as of Abraham, and David; and which denotes the truth, and yet the infirmity of his human nature: he is the sower that went about preaching the Gospel of the kingdom, in the Jewish world, or throughout Judea and Galilee, in his own person: and who also, by the ministry of his apostles, sowed the seed of the word in the several parts of the world, which was made effectual for the beginning of a good work of grace on the souls of many; for by his field is meant the world, as appears from ( Matthew 13:38) and means either the whole world, in which both good and bad men live and dwell; and is the field Christ is the proprietor of, both by creation, as God, and by gift, as mediator: or the church, the visible Gospel church state throughout the world; which is as a field well tilled and manured; and is Christs by gift, purchase, and grace: and by the good seed sown in it, are meant the children of the kingdom; as is said, ( Matthew 13:38) such as have a good work begun in them, and bring forth good fruit in their lives and conversations.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 24-30 - , 36-43 This parable represents the present and future state of the gospel church; Christ's care of it, the devil's enmity against it, the mixture there is in it of good and bad in this world, and the separation between them in the other world. So prone is fallen man to sin, that if the enemy sow the tares, he may go his way, they wil spring up, and do hurt; whereas, when good seed is sown, it must be tended, watered, and fenced. The servants complained to their master Sir, didst thou not sow good seed in thy field? No doubt he did whatever is amiss in the church, we are sure it is not from Christ Though gross transgressors, and such as openly oppose the gospel, ough to be separated from the society of the faithful, yet no human skil can make an exact separation. Those who oppose must not be cut off, but instructed, and that with meekness. And though good and bad ar together in this world, yet at the great day they shall be parted; the the righteous and the wicked shall be plainly known; here sometimes it is hard to distinguish between them. Let us, knowing the terrors of the Lord, not do iniquity. At death, believers shall shine forth to themselves; at the great day they shall shine forth before all the world. They shall shine by reflection, with light borrowed from the Fountain of light. Their sanctification will be made perfect, and their justification published. May we be found of that happy number.
Greek Textus Receptus
αλλην 243 A-ASF παραβολην 3850 N-ASF παρεθηκεν 3908 5656 V-AAI-3S αυτοις 846 P-DPM λεγων 3004 5723 V-PAP-NSM ωμοιωθη 3666 5681 V-API-3S η 3588 T-NSF βασιλεια 932 N-NSF των 3588 T-GPM ουρανων 3772 N-GPM ανθρωπω 444 N-DSM {VAR1: σπειροντι 4687 5723 V-PAP-DSM } {VAR2: σπειραντι 4687 5660 V-AAP-DSM } καλον 2570 A-ASN σπερμα 4690 N-ASN εν 1722 PREP τω 3588 T-DSM αγρω 68 N-DSM αυτου 846 P-GSM
Vincent's NT Word Studies
24. Put he forth (pareqhken). But this would be rather the translation of proballw, from which problhma, a problem, is derived, while the word here used means rather to set before or offer. Often used of meals, to serve up. Hence, better, Rev., set he before them. See on Luke ix. 16.
Robertson's NT Word Studies
13:24 {Set he before them} (parethken). So again in #13:31. He placed another parable beside (para) the one already given and explained. The same verb (paratheinai) occurs in #Lu 9:16. {Is likened} (hwmoiwqe). Timeless aorist passive and a common way of introducing these parables of the kingdom where a comparison is drawn (#18:23; 22:2; 25:1). The case of anqrwpwi is associative instrumental.
