Andδὲheὁsaidεἶπενto them,αὐτοῖς“ThereforeΔιὰ τοῦτοeveryπᾶςscribeγραμματεὺςwho has been made a discipleμαθητευθεὶςfor the kingdomτῇ βασιλείᾳof heavenτῶν οὐρανῶνisἐστινlikeὅμοιόςa man,ἀνθρώπῳa master of a house,οἰκοδεσπότῃwhoὅστιςbrings outἐκβάλλειofἐκhisαὐτοῦtreasureτοῦ θησαυροῦnew thingsκαινὰandκαὶold.”παλαιά
Matthew 13:52
Study it in the app“And he said to them, “Therefore every scribe who has been made a disciple for the kingdom of heaven is like a man, a master of a house, who brings out of his treasure new things and old.””
With the Greek beneath
Matthew 13:52, word by word
- saidεἶπενeipen
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipen” appears- scribeγραμματεὺςgrammateus
scribe
A teacher who copied and explained the law of Moses.
Where else “grammateus” appears- who has been made a discipleμαθητευθεὶςmathēteutheis
make disciples
Make someone a disciple, teach; in the passive, become a disciple.
Where else “mathēteutheis” appears- for the kingdomβασιλείᾳbasileiai
kingdom of God
God's rule, which comes with Jesus.
Where else “basileiai” appears- of heavenοὐρανῶνouranōn
heaven
God's dwelling, above all that is created.
Where else “ouranōn” appears- isἐστινestin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appears- likeὅμοιόςhomoios
like
Like, similar.
Where else “homoios” appears- a manἀνθρώπῳanthrōpōi
someone
Any person, without saying who, as in the parables.
Where else “anthrōpōi” appears- a master of a houseοἰκοδεσπότῃoikodespotēi
master of the house
Master of the house, head of a household.
Where else “oikodespotēi” appears- brings outἐκβάλλειekballei
remove
To remove something.
Where else “ekballei” appears- treasureθησαυροῦthēsaurou
treasury
The place where valuables are kept.
Where else “thēsaurou” appears- new thingsκαινὰkaina
new
New, different from what was before.
Where else “kaina” appears- oldπαλαιάpalaia
old
Old, ancient.
Where else “palaia” appears
The context
51“Have you understood all these things?” They say to him, “Yes.”
52 · This verse (above)
53And it happened when Jesus had finished these parables that he went away from there.
To study Matthew 13 in a group
1. What it says
On which four kinds of ground did the sower's seed fall (vv. 4–8)?
2. What it means
Why did Jesus teach the crowds in parables (vv. 10–13)?
3. How I live it
In the sower's parable, worry can choke the word (v. 22). What chokes it most in your day?