Thursday of Week 16 in Ordinary Time - Matt 13: 10-17

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🗓️ 23 July 2025

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Matthew 13: 10-17 - 'Prophets and holy men longed to hear what you hear.'

Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs:

- 787 (in 'The Church is communion with Jesus') - From the beginning, Jesus associated his disciples with his own life, revealed the mystery of the Kingdom to them, and gave them a share in his mission, joy, and sufferings (abbreviated).

- 546 (in 'The Proclamation of the Kingdom of God') - Jesus' invitation to enter his kingdom comes in the form of parables, a characteristic feature of his teaching. Through his parables he invites people to the feast of the kingdom, but he also asks for a radical choice: to gain the kingdom, one must give everything. Words are not enough, deeds are required. The parables are like mirrors for man: will he be hard soil or good earth for the word? What use has he made of the talents he has received? Jesus and the presence of the kingdom in this world are secretly at the heart of the parables. One must enter the kingdom, that is, become a disciple of Christ, in order to "know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven". For those who stay "outside", everything remains enigmatic.

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0:00.0	Hi everyone. Welcome back again to logical Bible study, where we take a really logical,
0:18.7	systematic academic approach to the text of scripture.
0:21.6	We're trying to help you understand the literal sense of scripture.
0:25.5	And we go through verse by verse.
0:27.8	Every single day, there's a new podcast where we look at a text from the gospel.
0:32.4	We're moving through the gospel of Matthew at the moment.
0:34.6	So if you went to Mass today, you would hear this really
0:37.7	fascinating passage from Matthew chapter 13 versus 10 to 17. And this is about the purpose of
0:45.3	parables. So here's today's text. The disciples went up to Jesus and asked, why do you talk to them in
0:53.7	parables? Because he replied, the mysteries of the
0:57.7	kingdom of heaven are revealed to you, but they are not revealed to them. For anyone who has
1:04.3	will be given more, and he will have more than enough. But from anyone who has not, even what he has, will be taken away.
1:13.6	The reason I talk to them in parables is that they look without seeing and listen without
1:19.6	hearing or understanding. So in their case, this prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled. You will listen and listen again but not understand.
1:31.1	See and see again, but not perceive.
1:34.6	For the heart of this nation has grown coarse.
1:38.1	Their ears are dull of hearing and they have shut their eyes.
1:42.2	For fear that they should see with their eyes, hear with their
1:45.5	ears, understand with their heart, and be converted, and be healed by me. But happy are your
1:52.5	eyes because they see, your ears because they hear? I tell you solemnly, many prophets and holy
1:59.9	men longed to see what you see and never saw it,
2:03.6	to hear what you hear and never heard it.
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