Matthew 13:43 — Community Reflections

MATTHEW 13:43 — KING JAMES VERSION 0

“Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.”

Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear. The righteous who shine like the sun in the Father's kingdom after the separation is the harvest's positive outcome. Daniel 12:3 says those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the sky above — the Danielic resonance communicates the eschatological character of the shining. The parable closes with the ears-to-hear summons: the teaching about the end requires the same spiritual receptivity as the parables about the kingdom's present growth.

Church Fathers on Matthew 13:43

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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