We continue this issue to the Systematic Study of the New Testament, which includes the study of the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John and the book of Acts. The study is based on the Portuguese version of the New Testament that the reader can see from this link: http://www.bibliaonline.com.br/asv/mt/1. 

Relevant answers to questions are at the end of the text below. 

Questions 

1. Elijah already came and did not know. By saying this phrase to whom Jesus referred?

2. On the Sabbath, as Jesus' disciples were hungry, they harvested the grain they found and ate. The Pharisees, outraged by what they saw, said Jesus to his disciples was not lawful to proceed that way on a Saturday. Jesus answered them?

3. The healing of a blind and dumb demoniac, promoted by Jesus, excited the envy of the Pharisees, who said that Jesus cast out demons because he had to part with Beelzebub. Response that Jesus gave them?

4. That tells us the parable of the sower and how Jesus interpreted it?

5. What, according to Jesus, the meaning of the parable of the tares of the field?  

Text for reading 

33. The mouth speaks what the heart is full - In its way, Jesus was conveying valuable lessons to those who followed him. Here, briefly, some of them: "Every sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven unto men." "For the fruit of the tree is known." Brood of vipers, how can ye say good things, being wicked? Because of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. "" The good man brings forth good things from his good treasure and an evil man of the evil treasure brings forth evil things. But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak they shall give account on the day of reckoning. For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned. "(Matthew 12:31 to 12:37.) 

34. The scribes ask, and Jesus gives them a sign - So some of the scribes and Pharisees answered, saying: "Master, we would see some sign of you." Jesus replied: "An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, but not only will give you another sign of the prophet Jonas: For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale, so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights inside the earth. " He added: "The men of Nineveh shall rise in the court with this generation and condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonah. And behold, this place is one greater than Jonah. The queen of the half-day rise on the day of Judgment with this generation and condemn it, because it came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon. And behold, this place is one greater than Solomon. And when the unclean spirit is gone out of man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest and finds none. Then he says, will return to my house whence I came. And, returning, finds it empty, swept and garnished. Then he goes and takes seven other spirits more wicked than himself and they enter and dwell there: and the last of that man is worse than the first. " "So shall it be also unto this wicked generation," said Jesus. (Matthew 12:38 to 12:45.) 

35. Jesus and his true family - Jesus spoke to the crowd when they arrived at his mother and his brothers, who wanted to speak to him. Someone then told him: "Behold, I stand outside your mother and your brothers, who want to talk to you." But he answered and said unto him that told him: "Who is my mother? And who are my brothers? "And he stretched his hand toward his disciples, said:" Behold my mother and my brothers, because whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother, my sister and my mother. " (Matthew 12:46 to 12:50.) 

36. Jesus and the parables - After the parable of the sower, Jesus said to his disciples why he spoke to the people in parables: "To you is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is given: for whosoever hath, to give, if he shall have abundance: but whosoever hath not, even what he has will be taken. Why speak to them in parables: because they seeing see not: and hearing they do not hear or understand. And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah that says, Hearing ye shall hear, not understand, and seeing ye shall see but not perceive. For this people's heart is hardened, and listened unwillingly to their ears and shut their eyes, lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and be converted, and I should heal . But blessed are your eyes because they see: and your ears because they hear. For verily I say unto you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see what you see, and did not see, and hear what you hear, and not heard. " (Matthew 13:10 to 13:17.) 

37. The kingdom of heaven is like yeast - Then he proposed to them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man, catching him and sowed in his field, which is actually the smallest of all seeds, but growing , is the largest of plants, and becomes a tree, so that the birds come and nest in its branches. " And they also told another: "The kingdom of heaven is like leaven which a woman took and in three measures of meal till the whole was leavened." All this Jesus said in parables, and nothing spoke to the crowd without a parable, so that might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, who said: "I will open my mouth in parables, I will utter things hidden since the foundation of the world." (Matthew 13:31 to 13:35.) 

38. The kingdom of heaven is like a precious pearl - After explaining the meaning of the parable of the tares of the field, Jesus told them these parables: "The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field which a man found and hid, and, in his joy he goes, sells everything he has and buys that field. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls, and finding a pearl of great price, went and sold everything he had and bought it. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a fishing net thrown into the sea, and gathered of every kind of fish. And being full, they drew to shore, and sat down, pick up the baskets for the good, the bad, however, throw out. " That said, the Lord said: "This will be the end of the world, the angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous, and cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth." (Matthew 13:44 to 13:50.) 

Answers to questions 

1. Elijah already came and did not know. By saying this phrase to whom Jesus referred?  

He was referring to John the Baptist, saying quite clearly that both were the same person. (Matthew 11:12 to 11:15.) 

2. On the Sabbath, as Jesus' disciples were hungry, they harvested the grain they found and ate. The Pharisees, outraged by what they saw, said Jesus to his disciples was not lawful to proceed that way on a Saturday. Jesus answered them?  

First, he reminded them that David and his companions, on the Saturday, entered the house of God and ate the showbread, which was lawful only for priests to eat. Then he said: "Here is what is greater than the temple," adding that the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath. (Matthew 12:1 to 12:8.)

3. The healing of a blind and dumb demoniac, promoted by Jesus, excited the envy of the Pharisees, who said that Jesus cast out demons because he had to part with Beelzebub. Response that Jesus gave them?

esus said, "Every kingdom divided against itself is desolated, and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand. If Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself, how then will his kingdom stand? If I cast out demons by Beelzebub, by whom do your sons expel? ". (Matthew 12:22 to 12:30.) 

4. That tells us the parable of the sower and how Jesus interpreted it? 

According to the parable of the sower, a man went out to sow. When he sowed, some seeds fell by the wayside and the fowls came and devoured them. Some fell on stony ground, where there was plenty of land, soon sprang up, because the soil was not deep, and having gone the sun, burned, and because they had no root, it withered away. And some fell among thorns and the thorns grew up and choked. Other fell on good ground and yielded fruit, with grains that yielded a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. Here is the explanation given by Jesus: When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and takes what has been sown in his heart: this is what was sown by the wayside. What was sown on stony ground, is one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy, but has no root in himself, but is short-lived, and when affliction or persecution arises because of the word, he is offended. What was sown among the thorns is he that heareth the word, but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. What was sown on good ground is he that heareth the word and understands it, and truly bear fruit, producing a hundred, sixty or thirty. (Matthew 13:3 to 13:8, 13:18 to 13:23.)

5. What, according to Jesus, the meaning of the parable of the tares of the field?

Tells this parable that the kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field, but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat and went away. When the grass grew and bore fruit, then appeared the tares also. So the servants of the landowner, they said unto him, Lord, did you not sow good seed in thy field? because of where it tares? He answered them, An enemy hath done this. The servants continued: Do you want then we tear it? No, he answered, lest that by taking the chaff, with him also uproot the wheat. Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather the weeds first and bind them in bundles to burn, but gather the wheat into my barn. The interpretation given by Jesus was this: He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man, the field is the world, the good seeds are the sons of the kingdom, the tares are the children of the wicked, the enemy who sowed them is the devil, the harvest is the end of the world and the reapers are angels. As therefore the tares are gathered and burned with fire, so will be the end of the world. The Son of man shall send his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom everything that serves as a stumbling block and those who practice lawlessness, and cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father (Matthew 13:24 to 13:30, 13:36 to 13:43.)