Blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear

 Matthew 13:1-17

Still other seed fell on good soil, where it produced a crop—a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown. Whoever has ears, let them hear.

The disciples came to him and asked, “Why do you speak to the people in parables? He replied, “Because the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them. Whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them. This is why I speak to them in parables: Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.

But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear. For truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.

The parables about God's kingdom form Matthew's third teaching section. By using story. Jesus can teach at a number of different levels. There are layers of meaning beyond the obvious point, for those who are prepared to think. The parables sorted out those who came simply to see miracles and be entertained, from serious followers who really wanted to understand Jesus' teaching. He told his stories to the crowds but kept the explanation for his disciples. There was so much misunderstanding about the nature of the kingdom that Jesus makes one point at a time in these stories.

The first story, the seed, and the soil pictures the varied response his message will bring. All the others are picture-stories introduced by the words: "The kingdom of heaven is like..."

Why?

Our heart is good soil or bed soil caused the different response of God's teaching.

Many people like to see the miracle, but the miracle is to let people repent for their sins, it is not to show the power of God or people focus on them. If people's hearts could not reject what Jesus's said, there is no way to understand the meaning of the kingdom. So Jesus speaks to the people in the parable.

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撒種的比喻，接著前面指家人的關係。所以這個比喻是說給眾人聽，詳細的說給門徒聽。這裏的比喻，比較是隱言、格言的含義。耶穌為什麼要用比喻?因為耶穌已經把人分成兩類，耶穌的親人，另外一類是聽了不想聽，不去行的稱為外人。不是正要使他們明白嗎？因此接著引用以賽亞的話。要使百姓心蒙脂油，好像神做他們不聽，主要前面有他們驕傲，自以為是，因此任憑他們自以為有智慧，自以為通達。

我們的心是那一種土。

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How?

Does my heart is humble and really like to understand the word of Jesus Christ? Yes, I do.