Matthew 13:36 — Community Reflections

MATTHEW 13:36 — KING JAMES VERSION 0

“Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.”

Then he left the crowds and went into the house. And his disciples came to him, saying: explain to us the parable of the weeds of the field. The transition from public to private teaching: Jesus leaves the crowd and enters the house, where the disciples ask for the explanation of the weeds parable. The private explanation for the disciples is the fulfillment of verse 11: to you it has been given to know the secrets.

Church Fathers on Matthew 13:36

The Lord had spoken to the multitude in parables, that He might induce them to ask Him of their meaning; yet, though He had spoken so many things in parables, no man had yet asked Him aug ht, and therefore He sends them away; 'Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house.' None of the Scribes followed Him here, from is which it is clear that they followed Him for no other purpose than that they might catch Him in His discourse.
Chrysostom · 4th century

The Lord sends away the multitude, and enters the house that His disciples might come to Him and ask Him privately of those things which the people neither deserved to hear, nor were able.
Jerome · 4th century

Figuratively; Having sent away the multitude of unquiet Jews, He enters the Church of the Gentiles, and there expounds to believers heavenly sacraments, whence it follows, 'And his disciples came to him, saying, Explain to us the parable of the tares of the field.'
Rabanus Maurus · 9th century

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