Question for anyone that ACTUALLY has read the Bible..?

Question

It's very clear that Jesus spoke in parables when addressing a crowd of people. In Matt 13:36-37 the disciples asked Jesus to DECLARE the parable of the tares of the field. My QUESTION is this..did Jesus explain to them the parable or did Jesus use the parable form? NO sermons please just a simple answer..Thank You

Answer 1

Some parables Jesus explained, others did not really need explaining. This particular parable - YES - he explained it clearly.

Answer 2

Both

Jesus almost always gave his teachings in the form of a Parable. Someone would usually tell him they still did not understand what he was talking about or what the story meant. He would then, afterward, explain the parable in plain language.

This is the very reason that John Chapter 6 is so meaningful as to the Catholic teaching on the Eucharist. There was no parable given at this time.

Answer 3

Verse 31. He proposed to them another parable - The former parables relate chiefly to unfruitful hearers; these that follow, to those who bear good fruit. The kingdom of heaven - Both the Gospel dispensation, and the inward kingdom. Mark iv, 30; Luke xiii, 18.

Verse 32. The least - That is, one of the least: a way of speaking extremely common among the Jews. It becometh a tree - In those countries it grows exceeding large and high. So will the Christian doctrine spread in the world, and the life of Christ in the soul.

Verse 33. Three measures - This was the quantity which they usually baked at once: till the whole was leavened - Thus will the Gospel leaven the world and grace the Christian. Luke xiii, 20.

Verse 34. Without a parable spake he not unto them - That is, not at that time; at other times he did.

Verse 35. Psalm lxxviii, 2.

Verse 38. The good seed are the children of the kingdom - That is, the children of God, the righteous.

Verse 41. They shall gather all things that offend - Whatever had hindered or grieved the children of God; whatever things or persons had hindered the good seed which Christ had sown from taking root or bearing fruit. The Greek word is, All scandals.

Verse 44. The three following parables are proposed, not to the multitude, but peculiarly to the apostles: the two former of them relate to those who receive the Gospel; the third, both to those who receive, and those who preach it. The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hid in a field - The kingdom of God within us is a treasure indeed, but a treasure hid from the world, and from the most wise and prudent in it. He that finds this treasure, (perhaps when he thought it far from him, ) hides it deep in his heart, and gives up all other happiness for it.

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Answer 4

In the span of time only a story's meaning holds. this is why Jesus spoke in parables. Jesus did break down the parables for the disciples but remember life is a parable.

Answer 5

Did you not read any further? Keep reading, verses 41 - 43 explain EXACTLY what He means. Also, you left out verses 38, 39 and 40, in which He finishes explaining the mysteries of the parable itself, but He gives His direct meaning in the next three verses. Do you have a point, or are you just another athiest that gets so tiring to hear on this page?

Answer 6

he did both

"Hear then the parable of the sower.
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The seed sown on the path is the one who hears the word of the kingdom without understanding it, and the evil one comes and steals away what was sown in his heart.
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The seed sown on rocky ground is the one who hears the word and receives it at once with joy.
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But he has no root and lasts only for a time. When some tribulation or persecution comes because of the word, he immediately falls away.
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The seed sown among thorns is the one who hears the word, but then worldly anxiety and the lure of riches choke the word and it bears no fruit.
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But the seed sown on rich soil is the one who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and yields a hundred or sixty or thirtyfold."
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He proposed another parable to them. 9 "The kingdom of heaven may be likened to a man who sowed good seed in his field.
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While everyone was asleep his enemy came and sowed weeds 10 all through the wheat, and then went off.
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When the crop grew and bore fruit, the weeds appeared as well.
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The slaves of the householder came to him and said, 'Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? Where have the weeds come from?'
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He answered, 'An enemy has done this.' His slaves said to him, 'Do you want us to go and pull them up?'
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He replied, 'No, if you pull up the weeds you might uproot the wheat along with them.
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Let them grow together until harvest; 11 then at harvest time I will say to the harvesters, "First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles for burning; but gather the wheat into my barn."'"
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12 He proposed another parable to them. "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a person took and sowed in a field.
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13 It is the smallest of all the seeds, yet when full-grown it is the largest of plants. It becomes a large bush, and the 'birds of the sky come and dwell in its branches.'"
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He spoke to them another parable. "The kingdom of heaven is like yeast 14 that a woman took and mixed with three measures of wheat flour until the whole batch was leavened."
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15 All these things Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables. He spoke to them only in parables,
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to fulfill what had been said through the prophet: 16 "I will open my mouth in parables, I will announce what has lain hidden from the foundation (of the world)."
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Then, dismissing the crowds, 17 he went into the house. His disciples approached him and said, "Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field."
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18 He said in reply, "He who sows good seed is the Son of Man,
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the field is the world, 19 the good seed the children of the kingdom. The weeds are the children of the evil one,
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and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, 20 and the harvesters are angels.
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Just as weeds are collected and burned (up) with fire, so will it be at the end of the age.
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The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will collect out of his kingdom 21 all who cause others to sin and all evildoers.
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They will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth.
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22 Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Whoever has ears ought to hear.
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23 "The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure buried in a field, 24 which a person finds and hides again, and out of joy goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.
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Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant searching for fine pearls.
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When he finds a pearl of great price, he goes and sells all that he has and buys it.
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Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net thrown into the sea, which collects fish of every kind.
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When it is full they haul it ashore and sit down to put what is good into buckets. What is bad they throw away.
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Thus it will be at the end of the age. The angels will go out and separate the wicked from the righteous
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and throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth.
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"Do you understand 25 all these things?" They answered, "Yes."
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26 And he replied, "Then every scribe who has been instructed in the kingdom of heaven is like the head of a household who brings from his storeroom both the new and the old."
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When Jesus finished these parables, he went away from there.

Answer 7

This is my translation:

36Then he left the crowd and went into the house. His disciples came to him and said, "Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field."
37He answered, "The one who sowed the good seed is the Son of Man. 38The field is the world, and the good seed stands for the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one, 39and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.

40"As the weeds are pulled up and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of the age. 41The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will weed out of his kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil. 42They will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 43Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.

And here is the original parable:

24Jesus told them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. 25But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away. 26When the wheat sprouted and formed heads, then the weeds also appeared.
27"The owner's servants came to him and said, 'Sir, didn't you sow good seed in your field? Where then did the weeds come from?'

28" 'An enemy did this,' he replied.
"The servants asked him, 'Do you want us to go and pull them up?'

29" 'No,' he answered, 'because while you are pulling the weeds, you may root up the wheat with them. 30Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat and bring it into my barn.'"

So he was explaining a parable, and what is said in my first section can be taken literally.

Answer 8

Jesus used the parable form but didn't explain the meaning until he was alone with his disciples.

Answer 9

Matt 13:37.... He answered & said to them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of Man.
He did not use the parable form, more like a metaphor if you keep reading. ~ King James version
This Bible is so old i can't even find a publishing date on it!

Answer 10

Straight from the Bible; seems like he explained it to me:

36 Then sending the crowds away, Jesus went into the house. And His disciples came to Him, saying, Explain to us the parable of the darnel of the field.
37 He answered and said to them, He who sows the good seed is the Son of man;
38 the field is the world; the good seed are the sons of the kingdom; but the darnel are the sons of the evil one.
39 The enemy who sowed them is the Devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.
40 Therefore as the darnel are gathered and burned in the fire, so it shall be in the end of this world.
41 The Son of man shall send out His angels, and they shall gather out of His kingdom all things that offend, and those who do iniquity,
42 and shall cast them into a furnace of fire. There shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
43 Then the righteous shall shine out like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.