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in Matthew chapter 13 this time around and we're in the middle of a pair of

back-to-back parables that are both these little micro-parables in the middle of a pair of back to back parables that are both these little

micro parables in the middle of a much much bigger thing and so Matthew 13 once

again is the third great big discourse of Jesus out of five around which Matthew has structured his

account of the life and teachings of Jesus. The first one is the sermon on the mount,

the second one is the mission on the mount. The second one is the

missional discourse of Matthew 10 and now we get the kingdom discourse of

Matthew 13. This is interesting because it is a bit of a contrast with the first one

the sermon on the mount, because the sermon on the mount is an overt

explanation of the values of the kingdom what the kingdom is going to be about and

the kingdom parables discourse here in Matthew 13 is it's a lot of the same material but it's delivered

in parables and so it's a little more cryptic and it's a little more fun to

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