., “Do not give the holy to the dogs, and do not throw your pearls before the pigs, lest they trample them with their feet, and turning, rend you” (Matt. 7:6).
Parables and Foundations
(Mishnah, Avot 3:18)
Bedrock and Sand
Jesus’ parable in Matthew 7:24-27 presents this theme in much the same way:
A person who hears these words of mine and does them, what is he like?
Withered Fig Tree
Matt. 21:18-20; Mark 11:12-14, 20-21 (Huck 199, 201; Aland 272, 275; Crook 308, 310)For abbreviations and bibliographical references, see “Introduction to ‘The Life of Yeshua: A Suggested Reconstruction.'”
Widow’s Son in Nain
How to cite this article:
David N. Bivin and Joshua N. Tilton, “Widow’s Son in Nain,” The Life of Yeshua: A Suggested Reconstruction (Jerusalem Perspective, 2014) .
Fathers Give Good Gifts Simile
Matt. 7:9-11; Luke 11:11-13 (Huck 38, 148; Aland 70, 187; Crook 53, 212)For abbreviations and bibliographical references, see “Introduction to ‘The Life of Yeshua: A Suggested Reconstruction.'”… although the author of Matthew omitted Friend in Need’s illustration, he preserved Friend in Need’s application (Matt. 7:7-8 ∥ Luke 11:9-10) and immediately afterward copied Fathers Give Good Gifts (Matt. 7:9-11 ∥ Luke 11:11-13).
“Four Types of Hearers” complex
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Darnel Among the Wheat Parable
Matt. 13:24-30, 36-43
(Huck 96, 100; Aland 127, 131; Crook 149, 153)For abbreviations and bibliographical references, see “Introduction to ‘The Life of Yeshua: A Suggested Reconstruction.'” Revised: 9 November 2022
לֵאמֹר לְמַה הַדָּבָר דּוֹמֶה לְאָדָם זוֹרֵעַ זֶרַע טוֹב בְּשָׂדֵהוּ וּבִשְׁכִיבָתוֹ בָּא אוֹיְבוֹ וְזָרַע זוֹנִים בֵּין הַחִטִּים וְהָלַךְ וּכְשֶׁעָלָה הָעֵשֶׂב אַף עָלוּ הַזּוֹנִים קָרְבוּ אֶצְלוֹ עֲבָדָיו וְאָמְרוּ לוֹ אֲדוֹנֵנוּ רְצוֹנְךָ נֵלֵךְ וּנְקוֹשֵׁשׁ אוֹתָם וְאָמַר לֹא שֶׁמָּא תְּקוֹשְׁשׁוּ אֶת הַזּוֹנִים וְתַעַקְרוּ עִמָּם אֶת הַחִטִּים הַנִּיחוּ שְׁנֵיהֶם לִצְמוֹחַ עַד הַקָּצִיר וּבִשְׁעַת הַקָּצִיר קוֹשּׁוּ תְּחִילָּה אֶת הַזּוֹנִים וַעֲשׂוּ אוֹתָם חֲבִילוֹת וְתִשְׂרְפוּ אוֹתָם בָּאֵשׁ וְאֶת הַחִטִּים הַכְנִיסוּ לְאוֹצָרִי
And Yeshua told them this parable: “What is the matter like? It’s like someone who sowed good seed in his field.
A Woman’s Misplaced Blessing
Brad Young and David Flusser noted the strong affinity between A Woman’s Misplaced Blessing and the Houses on Rock and Sand parable, which illustrates the necessity of doing as Jesus taught and not simply flattering Jesus with praise (Matt. 7:21; Luke 6:46).
Teaching with Authority: The Development of Jesus’ Portrayal as a Teacher within the Synoptic Tradition
Matt. 7:28f.) it is significant that, according to the original version, the event took place toward the beginning of Jesus’ public career, on the first occasion when Jesus is reported to have taught on the Sabbath in a synagogue.
Hebrew Nuggets, Lesson 18: vav (Part 2)
(Matt. 7:25)
“And” in the sense of “or”:
Anyone who kidnaps a man, and he has sold him and he is still holding him , shall be put to death. … (Matt. 7:4)
“And” is sometimes used as a comma, a dash or parentheses to set off an explanatory aside:
That evening an old man came home from his work in the fields outside the town and the man was from the hill country of Ephraim and resided at Gibeah where the townspeople were Benjaminites.
Beyond an Inheritance
Revised: 21-Oct.-2015
From the early centuries of the Christian era to our day, expositors of the Gospels have wrestled with the temporal dimension of Jesus’ teachings on the Kingdom of Heaven. Will the Kingdom of Heaven appear one day in the future when the Son of Man suddenly comes?
First-century Jewish Use of Scripture: Evidence from the Life of Jesus
Through the window of a single New Testament episode we can gain insight into how Jesus and his Jewish contemporaries employed sacred texts with creative ingenuity to grapple with the complex issues of their day.
Let Him Who Is Without Sin…
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In the same vein on another occasion Jesus cautioned his followers, “The measure you give will be the measure you get” (Matt. 7:2). … His statement, instead, is a clear and unmistakable crystallization of the popular Jewish notion that we have already mentioned, “Be merciful as your father in heaven is merciful” (Luke 6:36), or “With the judgment you pronounce you will be judged” (Matt. 7:2).
Measure For Measure
Transcribed and Edited Jerusalem Bible Study As the topic for this Bible study, I have chosen Midah KeNeged Midah, which means “measure for measure.” A longer version of this mishnaic Hebrew idiom is במידה שאדם מודד בה מודדין לו (Bamidah she’adam moded ba, modedin lo; m. Sotah 1:7, Codex Kaufmann), which may be translated “by the measure that a man measures, they measure to him.” In Jewish literature the rabbis often referred to this principle simply as מידה כנגד מידה (Midah KeNeged Midah). In English, people say, “What goes around comes around,” or “He reaped what he sowed.”
“It Is Said to the Elders”: On the Interpretation of the So-called Antitheses in the Sermon on the Mount
This impression is confirmed when we read, at the conclusion of the sermon, that Jesus “taught them as one having authority and unlike their scribes” (Matt. 7:29).
Private: Flusser on Lindsey’s Synoptic Hypothesis
He did the same with teaching sections, placing each teaching section next to other such sections (resulting in such complexes as the Sermon on the Mount, Matthew 5-7).
