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A 6 page paper. A exegesis is a critical interpretation of text, typically Scripture. This exegesis identifies what the text meant to the original listeners or readers of it and what it means today. The historical setting as well as the geographical setting of the writing are essential in understanding what it means. This essay presents an exegesis of Matthew 13:31-32, the Parable of the Mustard Seed. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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the original listeners or readers of it and what it means today. The historical setting as well as the geographical setting of the writing are essential in understanding what it
means. The purpose is greater understanding on the part of the exegete. This essay presents an exegesis of Matthew 13:31-32, the Parable of the Mustard Seed. Setting The Text
Christ used parables to teach because this was a common form of teaching during that time. It is placed first in the New Testament because it is believed that it
was the first Gospel written, an opinion that dates back to the Second Century. Augustine argued the Gospels were written in this order: Matthew, Mark, Luke.1 Matthews begins with an
extensive genealogy which demonstrates that He is Messiah, a Royal anointed one.2 Some thought that the Gospel was written by the disciple Matthew but that does not bear out factually
because Matthew depends a great deal on the Gospel of Mark and some of those stories are exactly as told in Luke. At the same time, material found in Q
include written and oral traditions that were used by both Matthew and Luke.3 Mark and Q are sources used by Luke and Matthew. Further, there is material in Matthew that
is only found there and not in any of the other Gospels. It is known that Mark was written in about 70 A.D. and it is believed that Matthew was
written after that date. This is based on the fact that Matthew refers to the fall of Jerusalem during the first Jewish revolt which occurred between 66-70 A.D.4 Augustine stated
there are literary relationships among the synoptic gospel. This was a universally accepted view until the Protestant scholarship work I the 18th century.5 Even so, the Catholic Church adopted this
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