In Matthew 13 the Lord Jesus Christ gives a number of parables that relate to salvation and eternal life, on entrance into the kingdom of...

The Lord Jesus Christ gave parables to be understood by those that were saved, and confound those that are unsaved and reject the truth of God’s Word. “And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be? And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand. Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.” (Lk. 8:9-11) In this parable fo