Scripture Passage: Matthew 13:34-52
Matthew 13:51 “Have you understood all these things?” They *said to Him, “Yes.” 52 And Jesus said to them, “Therefore every scribe who has become a disciple of the kingdom of heaven is like a head of household, who brings out of his treasure things new and old.”
I. The Question: “Have you understood these things?”
A. Did they understand the parable of the sower?
The Kingdom will spread and grow through the _____ _________ of his word, yet with ___________ results.
B. Did they understand the parable of the mustard seed and the yeast?
Jesus’ Kingdom would, like the smallest mustard seed planted in a hidden place would grow from tiny beginnings into a vast tree that spreads its branches to the _______ of the _____________ ?
Did they understand that their small band of brothers was the beginning of a worldwide _____________ that continues today?
C. Did they understand the parable of the wheat and the tares?
_________ and ___________ would grow up together.
II. The Answer: “Do you understand all these things? Yes? or No?
Our knowledge will not be mature until we are with _________ in ______________ (1 Cor. 13:12).
III. The Prophecy: “Therefore every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like the master of a house, who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old” (v. 52).
A. The scribe is the teacher of the __________________________ .
B. The instructed one is the who learns from _____________ the true meaning of the OT.
C. What does this parable predict?