The Kingdom of Heaven is Like Updated NKJV


Matthew 13:24-35 Another parable he put forth to them, saying; "The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field;

"but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went his way.

"But when the grain had sprouted and produces a crop, then the tares also appeared.

So the servants of the owner came and said to him, 'Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have tares?

"He said to them, 'An enemy has done this.' The servants said to him, "Do you want us then to go and gather them up?'

"But he said, 'No, lest while you gather up the tares you also uproot the wheat with them.

'Let both grow together until the harvest, and at the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, "First gather together the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn."'"

Another parable he put forth to them, saying; "The kingdom of heaven is like mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field,

"which indeed is the least of all the seeds; but when it is grown it is greater than the herbs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches."

Another parable he spoke to them; "The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal till it was all leavened."

All these things Jesus spoke to the multitude in parables; and without a parable He did not speak to them,

that it might be fulfilled which is spoken by the prophets, saying; "I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things kept secret from the foundation of the world."

Why Did Jesus use parables?

Matthew 13:10-17 And the disciples came and said to him, "Why do You speak to them in parables?"

He answered and said to them, "Because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.

"For whoever has, to him more will be given, and he will have abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

"Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing, they do not hear, nor do they understand.

"And in them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says; 'Hearing you will hear and shall not understand, And seeing you will see and not perceive;

For the hearts of this people have grown dull. Their ears are hard of hearing, And their eyes have closed, Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn, So that I should heal them.'

"But blessed are your eyes for they see, and your ears for they hear;

for assuredly, I say to you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.

Explained in detail Matthew 13:24-35

Matthew 13:36-43 Then Jesus sent the multitude away and went into the house. and His disciples came to him, saying, "Explain it to us the parable of the tares of the field."

He answered and said to them; "He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man.

"The enemy who sowed them is the devil, the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are the angels.

"Therefore as the tares are gathered and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of this age.

"The Son of man will send out His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all things that offend, and those who practice lawlessness,

"and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

"Then the righteous will shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear!