Week 3: Monday The Context

The Messiah and His kingdom—this connection is the backdrop of

all of Scripture since the fall of Adam and Eve (Genesis 3:15). The

Parable of the Net (Matthew 13:47-50) reinforces this connection.

Why does Jesus give us such a wealth of ten parables in Matthew

13? The key is found in Matthew 13:10-17, where Jesus teaches

through a chiasm (i.e., a literary structure in which ideas are

presented and then repeated in reverse order). J