In Matthew 13:1o Jesus’ disciples ask him why he taught in parables. Jesus replied, ‘To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven…’ (Mat. 13:11). Here Jesus is referring to his disciples, i.e. the people who followed him and learned from him: these people, his disciples, were the ones who [...]
Answers about parables
Jesus describes who the “tares” (‘weeds’, ESV) are in Matthew 13:41. As the weeds in the parable would be gathered together and destroyed at harvest time, so, at Jesus’ return, ‘all causes of sin and all law-breakers’ will be destroyed: the weeds represent ‘all causes of sin and all law-breakers’. In contrast, the wheat represents [...]
You say: In Matthew 9:14-17 Jesus was asked about fasting he gave three example two of them were not to put new wine in a used wineskins and not patching an old coat with a brand new piece of cloth. My question: What is the relation between this and fasting, what that these examples are [...]
John 10:5 A stranger they will not follow, but they will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers. We are the sheep, Jesus is the shepherd. We follow him because we are born of God and know the truth and know what is right. We know when a shepherd is [...]
We don’t know if Adam was present when the serpent spoke to her. However, we do know that Adam was present when Eve took the fruit from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil: So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to [...]
Return of an Unclean Spirit Matt.12:43 “When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, but finds none. 44 Then it says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’ And when it comes, it finds the house empty, swept, and put in order. 45 Then it goes [...]
