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This 3 page paper is a commentary on the cited verses. The essay begins with comments regarding Matthew's, Mark's and Luke's versions of the parable. It then provides a brief background for this parable, its theme and the explanation that Christ's parables are intended to conceal the truth from some and reveal it to others and why. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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paragraphs under the title of "A Lamp on a Stand" (Luke 8:1-25; Mark 4:1-24; Matthew 13:1-23). The last section in each Mark and Luke continues the discussion of hearing and
seeing, specifically stating that whatever is hidden needs to be brought out in the open. The analogy is that one does not bring out a lamp and put it under
something thereby keeping everyone in the dark. Matthews account of the Parable is longer than either Marks or Lukes version. It also cites one of Isaiahs prophecies: "You will be
ever hearing, but never understanding; you will be ever seeing, but never perceiving" (Isaiah 6:10, Septuagint). This Parable is the third of five discourses found in Matthew 13 but
this is the only Parable that Jesus addressed to the crowds who had gathered (Kulikovsky, 1999). This is also one of the few parables Jesus interpreted for His disciples (Matthew
13:18-23). The first two verses provide the background for this Parable. Jesus went out to sit by the lake, which is believed to have been the Sea of
Galilee (Deffinbaugh, 2007; Kulikovsky, 1999). Jesus sat down thereby following the custom of the teacher sitting when they were teaching (Kulikovsky, 1999). The crowd became so large that Jesus got
into the boat but He also sat down in the boat, thus, carrying on the tradition (Kulikovsky, 1999). The audience stood at the shores to listen to Him. Jesus also
structured the Parable in a way that was familiar to the people of the time - farmers sowing seeds. They would be familiar with rocky ground where limestone bedrock
was common leaving little soil for the plants (Kulikovsky, 1999). While the seeds might germinate quickly because rain could soak them, such a thin layer of soil would also heat
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