Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge on Matthew 13:3

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in: Mat 13:10-13, Mat 13:34, Mat 13:35, Mat 13:53, Mat 22:1, Mat 24:32; Jdg 9:8-20; Sa2 12:1-7; Psa 49:4, Psa 78:2; Isa 5:1-7; Eze 17:2, Eze 20:49, Eze 24:3-14; Mic 2:4; Hab 2:6; Mar 3:23; Mar 4:2, Mar 4:13, Mar 4:33, Mar 12:1, Mar 12:12; Luk 8:10, Luk 12:41, Luk 15:3-7; Joh 16:25 \*marg. parables: A parable, παραβολη \[Strong's G3850\], from παρα \[Strong's G3844\], near, and βαλλω \[Strong's G906\], I cast, or put, has been justly defined to be a comparison or similitude, in which one thing is compared with another, especially spiritual things with natural, by which means those spiritual things are better understood, and make a deeper impression on a honest and attentive mind. In a parable, a resemblance in the principal incidents is all that is required; smaller matters being considered as a sort of drapery. Maimonides, in Moreh Nevochim, gives an excellent rule on this head: "Fix it as a principle to attach yourself to the grand object of the parable, without attempting to make a particular application of all the circumstances and terms which it comprehends." a sower: Mar 4:2-9; Luk 8:5-8 Matthew 13:4

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