Parable 7 Tares

Lesson 7
Subject: Tares
Text: Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43
Principle:
a. Matt. 21:33; Judg. 14:12, 13; Isa. 28:10,13; Ezek. 17:2
b. Mark 4:30; Luke 13:18, 20
c. Matt. 4:23; Col. 1:5; 1 Pet. 1:23
d. Matt. 25:5; Isa. 56:9, 10; Acts 20:30,31; Gal. 2:4; 2 Tim. 4:3-5;
Heb. 12:15; 2 Pet. 2:1; Rev. 2:20
e. 2 Cor. 11:13-15; 1 Pet. 5:8; Rev. 12:9, 13:14
f. Mark 4:26-29
g. 1 Cor. 3:5-9, 12:28, 29, 16:10; 2 Cor. 5:18-20, 6:1, 4; Eph. 4:11, 12
h. Rom. 16:17; 1 Cor. 1:11-13, 15:12-34; Gal. 3:1-3; James 3:15, 16, 4:4
i. Luke 9:49-54; 1 Cor. 5:3-7; 2 Cor. 2:6-11; 1 Thes. 5:14; Jude 1:22, 23
j. Matt. 3:12, 22:10-14, 25:6-13, 32; Mal. 3:18; 1 Cor. 4:5
k. 1 Tim. 5:24
l. 1 Sam. 25:29
m. Matt. 25:41; Isa. 27:10,11; Ezek. 15:4-7; Mal. 4:1; John 15:6
n. Matt. 3:12; Luke 3:17
o. Matt. 14:22, 15:39; Mark 6:45, 8:9
p. Matt. 9:28; Mark 4:34
q. Matt. 15:15, 16; Mark 7:17; John 16:17-20
r. Matt. 10:40, 16:13-16; Luke 10:16; John 13:20, 20:21; Acts 1:8; Rom.
15:18; 1 Cor. 3:5-7; Heb. 1:1, 2:3
s. Matt. 24:14, 28:18-20; Mark 16:15-20; Luke 24:47; Rom. 10:18, 16:26;
Col. 1:6; Rev. 14:6
t. Psa. 22:30; Isa. 53:10; Hosea 2:23; Zech. 10:8, 9; John 1:12, 13,
12:24; Rom. 8:17; James 1:18, 2:5; 1 Pet. 1:23; 1 John 3:2, 9
u. Gen. 3:15; John 8:44; Acts 13:10; Phil. 3:18, 19; 1 John 3:8, 10
v. 2 Cor. 2:17, 11:3, 13-15; Eph. 2:2, 6:11, 12; 2 Thes. 2:8-11; 1 Pet.
5:8; Rev. 12:9, 13:14, 19:20, 20:2, 3, 7-10
w. Matt. 24:3; Joel 3:13; Rev. 14:15-19
x. Matt. 25:31; Dan. 7:10; 2 Thes. 1:7-10; Jude 1:14
y. Matt. 24:31; Mark 13:27; Heb. 1:6, 7, 14; Rev. 5:11, 12
z. Matt. 18:7; Rom. 16:17, 18; 2 Pet. 2:1, 2
aa. Matt. 7:22, 23; Luke 13:26, 27; Rom. 2:8, 9, 16; Rev. 21:27
bb. Matt. 3:12, 25:41; Psa. 21:9; Dan. 3:6, 15-17, 21, 22; Mark 9:43-49;
Luke 16:23, 24; Rev. 14:10, 19:20, 20:10,14, 15, 21:8
cc. Matt. 8:12, 22:13; Luke 13:28
dd. Matt. 25:34, 36; Dan. 12:3; 1 Cor. 15:41-54, 58; Rev. 21:3-5, 22, 23
ee. Matt. 26:29; Luke 12:32, 22:29; James 2:5
Practice:
a. In the Parable, what happened while the farmer slept?
b. What appeared in the farmer’s field besides the wheat he had planted?
c. How did the owner’s servants react when they found weeds in the
field?
d. How did the owner reply to his servants?
e. What did the servants volunteer to do for the owner of the field?
f. On what grounds did the owner turn down the servant’s suggestion?
g. What plan of action did the owner choose?
h. How would you respond if you tried to get a Bible study going and a
group of non-Christians showed up to give you a hard time?
i. What are some ways Christians blend in with non-Christians?
j. What do you think about Christians who try to isolate themselves
completely from non-Christians?
k. What opportunities do you have by living among all different kinds of
people?
l. In what ways does Satan try to mess up God’s plan and your part in
that plan?
m. What dangers lie in trying to label people as either “weeds” or
“wheat” (non-Christians or Christians)?
n. Whose responsibility is it to label the weeds and deal with them?
o. Under what circumstances are you to live for Christ?
p. In the Parable, whom did the sower represent? How?
q. What did the field represent? In what way?
r. What groups of people are illustrated by good seed and weeds?
s. Whom does the enemy who sowed the bad seed represent?
t. What future event is symbolized by the harvest?
u. Whom do the harvesters represent?
v. The burning of the weeds symbolizes what future event?
w. What will happen to those who are thrown “into the fiery furnace”?
x. What is the future for the righteous?
y. How do you study the Bible in order to understand better what Christ
has said?
z. If we seldom pick up the Bible or spend time praying, what do our
actions say about us?
aa. If you had to guess, what would you estimate to be the ratio of
“wheat” to “weeds” in your office, town, neighborhood, or school?
bb. How do these kinds of passages (threats of judgment for unbelievers)
make you feel?
cc. In which category (wheat or weed) would your associates place you?
Why?
dd. What does this passage say to you about the prospect of the world
getting better and better?
ee. What is the purpose of this parable?
ff. Who was the targeted audience for the parable when it was given?
gg. What is the meaning of the parable?
hh. What was the response to the parable?
ii. What are the primary lessons found in this parable?
jj. What does the parable reveal about us?
kk. How can you apply this parable in your life today?
ll. What are the challenges that make it difficult to apply the lessons
found in the parable daily?