Interrogating the Gospels

Interrogation 30-07-2023 Monday, 3 July 2023 12:27 PM     Gospel reading for this Sunday Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52   Theme What the Kingdom of heaven is like: (A mustard seed; Some yeast; A treasure; A pearl; A net; A householder)   NRSV version The Parable of the Mustard Seed 31 He put before them another parable: ‘The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that someone took and sowed in his field ;   32it is the smallest of all the seeds, but when it has grown it is the greatest of shrubs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches.’   The Parable of the Yeast 33 He told them another parable: ‘The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed in with   three measures of flour until all of it was leavened.’   …………………………………….   Three Parable s 44 ‘The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a fiel d, which someone found and hid;...

Interrogation 23-07-2023 Monday, 3 July 2023 9:58 AM   Gospel reading for this Sunday Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43   Theme The Parable of Weeds among the Wheat   NRSV version The Parable of Weeds among the Wheat 24 He put before them another parable: ‘The kingdom of heaven may be compared to someone who sowed good seed in his field;   25but while everybody was asleep, an enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and then went away.   26So when the plants came up and bore grain, then the weeds appeared as well.   27And the slaves of the householder came and said to him, “Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? Where, then, did these weeds come from?”   28He answered, “An enemy has done this.” The slaves said to him, “Then do you want us to go and gather them?”   29But he replied, “No; for in gathering the weeds you would uproot the wheat along with them.   30Let both of them grow together until the ...

Interrogation 16-07-2023 Sunday, 2 July 2023 1:49 PM   Gospel reading for this Sunday Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23   Theme The Parable of the Sower   NRSV version   The Parable of the Sower 13That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the lake.   2Such great crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat there, while the whole crowd stood on the beach.   3And he told them many things in parables, saying: ‘Listen! A sower went out to sow.   4And as he sowed, some seeds fell on the path, and the birds came and ate them up.   5Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and they sprang up quickly, since they had no depth of soil.   6But when the sun rose, they were scorched; and since they had no root, they withered away.   7Other seeds fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them.   8Other seeds fell on good soil and brought forth grain, some a hundredfol...