Matthew 13:52
“Yes, we understand them.” Then he said to us, “Because you understand all these parables, you will understand the following parable: You, along with all others, will teach people what you heard me say about God ruling people’s lives. You will add that to what you formerly learned. You will be like a manager of a household who takes both new things and old things out of his storage room.”
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
In Context
51Then Jesus asked us, “Do you understand all these parables I have told you?” We said to him,
53When Jesus had finished telling these parables, he took us and left that area.
Cross References
Ezra 7:10During my entire life, I devoted myself to studying the laws of Yahweh, and how to obey those laws. I had also taught those laws and all their regulations to the Israeli people for many years.
Proverbs 10:20What righteous/good people say [MTY] is as valuable as pure silver [MET]; what wicked people think is worthless.
Proverbs 15:7What wise people teach [MTY] causes others to know much more, but foolish people cannot teach others what is useful.
Proverbs 18:4What wise people say is like a deep ocean that you can never get to the bottom of [MET], and it refreshes us like water from a rapidly flowing stream.
Ecclesiastes 12:9I was considered to be a very wise man, and I taught the people many things. I assembled/collected and wrote down many proverbs, and I carefully thought about and studied them.
Matthew 12:35Good people speak good things. That is like taking good things out of buildings where they are stored. But evil people speak evil things. That is like taking evil things out of buildings where they are stored.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 13:45-53
Various Parables. 44 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field. 45 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls: 46 Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it. 47 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind: 48 Which, when it… Read the whole commentary →