2,174 total reads
2,174 total reads The “book of parables” (Mt 13) ends with three short parables, all exclusively Matthean. They are drawn from the everyday experience of three
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1,805 total reads The parable of the sower is followed by other three parables drawing on images common to the Palestinian culture to portray the reign
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1,517 total reads Chapter 13 of the gospel of St. Matthew is called the “book of the parables” because of the way Jesus preaches and the
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1,571 total reads The noun “zygos” (ζυγός) is figuratively understood as “yoke” throughout all six occurrences in NT (Mt 11:29, 30; Acts 15:10; Gal 5:1; 1
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955 total reads It must be shocking for Jesus’ audience to hear the first verse of the gospel today (Mt 10:37-42): ‘Anyone who loves father or
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916 total reads After summoning the twelve, commissioning and instructing them, (Mt 10:1-15), Jesus was so forthright to tell them what their mission would entail- future
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1,014 total reads The gospel reading today (Mt 9:36-10:8) shows the movement of Jesus’ mission, from his self-presentation in word and deed (Mt 5-9) to commissioning
