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151:1.1 About this time [[Jesus]] first began to employ the [[parable]] [[method]] of teaching [[the multitudes]] that so frequently gathered about him. Since [[Jesus]] had talked with [[the apostles]] and others long into the night, on this Sunday morning very few of the group were up for breakfast; so he went out by the seaside and sat [[alone]] in the boat, the old fishing boat of [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]] and [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]], which was always kept at his disposal, and [[meditated]] on the next move to be made in the [[work]] of extending [[the kingdom]]. But [[the Master]] was not to be [[alone]] for long. Very soon the people from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum] and near-by villages began to arrive, and by ten o'clock that morning almost one thousand were assembled on shore near [[Jesus]]' boat and were clamoring for [[attention]]. [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] was now up and, making his way to the boat, said to [[Jesus]], " Master, shall I talk to them? " But [[Jesus]] answered, " No, [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]], I will tell them a [[story]]. " And then [[Jesus]] began the [[recital]] of the [[parable]] of the sower[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Matthew#Chapter_13], one of the first of a long [[series]] of such [[parables]] which he taught the throngs that followed after him. This boat had an elevated seat on which he sat (for it was the [[custom]] to sit when [[teaching]]) while he [[talked]] to the crowd assembled along the shore. After [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] had [[spoken]] a few [[words]], [[Jesus]] said:

151:1.1 About this time [[Jesus]] first began to employ the [[parable]] [[method]] of teaching [[the multitudes]] that so frequently gathered about him. Since [[Jesus]] had talked with [[the apostles]] and others long into the night, on this Sunday morning very few of the group were up for breakfast; so he went out by the seaside and sat [[alone]] in the boat, the old fishing boat of [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]] and [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]], which was always kept at his disposal, and [[meditated]] on the next move to be made in the [[work]] of extending [[the kingdom]]. But [[the Master]] was not to be [[alone]] for long. Very soon the people from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum] and near-by villages began to arrive, and by ten o'clock that morning almost one thousand were assembled on shore near [[Jesus]]' boat and were clamoring for [[attention]]. [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] was now up and, making his way to the boat, said to [[Jesus]], " Master, shall I talk to them? " But [[Jesus]] answered, " No, [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]], I will tell them a [[story]]. " And then [[Jesus]] began the [[recital]] of the [[parable]] of the sower[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Matthew#Chapter_13], one of the first of a long [[series]] of such [[parables]] which he taught the throngs that followed after him. This boat had an elevated seat on which he sat (for it was the [[custom]] to sit when [[teaching]]) while he [[talked]] to the crowd assembled along the shore. After [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] had [[spoken]] a few [[words]], [[Jesus]] said:

151:1.2 " A sower went forth to [[sow]], and it came to pass as he sowed that some [[seed]] fell by the wayside to be trodden underfoot and devoured by the birds of heaven. Other [[seed]] fell upon the rocky places where there was little [[earth]], and [[immediately]] it sprang up because there was no depth to the [[soil]], but as soon as the [[sun]] shone, it withered because it had no root whereby to secure moisture. Other [[seed]] fell among the thorns, and as the thorns [[grew]] up, it was choked so that it yielded no grain. Still other seed fell upon good ground and, growing, yielded, some thirtyfold, some sixtyfold, and some a hundredfold. " And when he had finished speaking this [[parable]], he said to the multitude, " He who has ears to hear, let him hear."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Matthew#Chapter_13]

151:1.2 " A sower went forth to [[sow]], and it came to pass as he sowed that some [[seed]] fell by the wayside to be trodden underfoot and devoured by the birds of heaven. Other [[seed]] fell upon the rocky places where there was little [[earth]], and [[immediately]] it sprang up because there was no depth to the [[soil]], but as soon as the [[sun]] shone, it withered because it had no root whereby to secure moisture. Other [[seed]] fell among the thorns, and as the thorns [[grew]] up, it was choked so that it yielded no grain. Still other seed fell upon good ground and, growing, yielded, some thirtyfold, some sixtyfold, and some a hundredfold. " And when he had finished speaking this [[parable]], he said to the multitude, " He who has ears to hear, let him hear."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Matthew#Chapter_13]

151:1.3 [[The apostles]] and those who were with them, when they heard [[Jesus]] teach the people in this [[manner]], were greatly [[perplexed]]; and after much talking among themselves, that evening in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Zebedee] [[garden]] [[Matthew, the Apostle|Matthew]] said to [[Jesus]]: " Master, what is the [[meaning]] of the [[dark]] sayings which you present to [[the multitude]]? Why do you [[speak]] in [[parables]] to those who seek the [[truth]]? " And [[Jesus]] answered:

151:1.3 [[The apostles]] and those who were with them, when they heard [[Jesus]] teach the people in this [[manner]], were greatly [[perplexed]]; and after much talking among themselves, that evening in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebedee Zebedee] [[garden]] [[Matthew, the Apostle|Matthew]] said to [[Jesus]]: " Master, what is the [[meaning]] of the [[dark]] sayings which you present to [[the multitude]]? Why do you [[speak]] in [[parables]] to those who seek the [[truth]]? " And [[Jesus]] answered:

151:1.4 " In [[patience]] have I instructed you all this [[time]]. To you it is given to know the [[mysteries]] of [[the kingdom]] of heaven, but to the undiscerning multitudes and to those who seek our destruction, from now on, the [[mysteries]] of [[the kingdom]] shall be presented in [[parables]]. And this we will do so that those who really [[desire]] to enter [[the kingdom]] may [[discern]] the [[meaning]] of the teaching and thus find [[salvation]], while those who [[listen]] only to ensnare us may be the more [[confounded]] in that they will see without seeing and will hear without hearing. My [[children]], do you not [[perceive]] the [[law]] of the [[spirit]] which [[decrees]] that to him who has shall be given so that he shall have an [[abundance]]; but from him who has not shall be taken away even that which he has. Therefore will I henceforth [[speak]] to [[the people]] much in [[parables]] to the end that our [[friends]] and those who [[desire]] to [[know]] the [[truth]] may find that which they seek, while our [[enemies]] and those who [[love]] not the [[truth]] may hear without [[understanding]]. Many of these people follow not in the way of the [[truth]]. The [[prophet]] did, indeed, describe all such undiscerning [[souls]] when he said: `For this people's [[heart]] has waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed lest they should [[discern]] the [[truth]] and [[understand]] it in their [[hearts]].' "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Matthew#Chapter_13]

151:1.4 " In [[patience]] have I instructed you all this [[time]]. To you it is given to know the [[mysteries]] of [[the kingdom]] of heaven, but to the undiscerning multitudes and to those who seek our destruction, from now on, the [[mysteries]] of [[the kingdom]] shall be presented in [[parables]]. And this we will do so that those who really [[desire]] to enter [[the kingdom]] may [[discern]] the [[meaning]] of the teaching and thus find [[salvation]], while those who [[listen]] only to ensnare us may be the more [[confounded]] in that they will see without seeing and will hear without hearing. My [[children]], do you not [[perceive]] the [[law]] of the [[spirit]] which [[decrees]] that to him who has shall be given so that he shall have an [[abundance]]; but from him who has not shall be taken away even that which he has. Therefore will I henceforth [[speak]] to [[the people]] much in [[parables]] to the end that our [[friends]] and those who [[desire]] to [[know]] the [[truth]] may find that which they seek, while our [[enemies]] and those who [[love]] not the [[truth]] may hear without [[understanding]]. Many of these people follow not in the way of the [[truth]]. The [[prophet]] did, indeed, describe all such undiscerning [[souls]] when he said: `For this people's [[heart]] has waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed lest they should [[discern]] the [[truth]] and [[understand]] it in their [[hearts]].' "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Matthew#Chapter_13]

151:1.5 [[The apostles]] did not fully [[comprehend]] the significance of [[the Master]]'s [[words]]. As [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]] and [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]] talked further with [[Jesus]], [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] and the other [[apostles]] withdrew to another portion of the [[garden]] where they [[engaged]] in [[earnest]] and prolonged [[discussion]].

151:1.5 [[The apostles]] did not fully [[comprehend]] the significance of [[the Master]]'s [[words]]. As [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]] and [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]] talked further with [[Jesus]], [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] and the other [[apostles]] withdrew to another portion of the [[garden]] where they [[engaged]] in [[earnest]] and prolonged [[discussion]].

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[[Category:Paper 151 - Tarrying and Teaching by the Seaside]]

[[Category:Paper 151 - Tarrying and Teaching by the Seaside]]

[[Category: Parables]]

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