John Fenton

Expounding the Parables IV. The Parables of the Treasure and the Pearl (Mt 1344-46 )

The context in which they stand in Matthew is part of a passage which he has added to Mark, and as in so many of these Matthean additional passages (e.g., the Sermon on the Mount, the Address to the Apostles, and in Chapter 25) we can see the care and skill with which the evangelist has arranged his material. We must begin at Matthew 13 34 where he has taken the Markan conclusion to the section on