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The "seed" represents the _______ of the Kingdom, or the gospel.

Power is the _______________ to do, to accomplish.

Righteousness is the ____________ to do.

The first type of soil refers to a person who hears the Word of God but regards it as no more than a passing _____________.

The second type of soil was "rocky", that which has a thinly-spread layer of soil over a ledge of bedrock.  This type of soil represents the ____________ life, one that flits from one experience to another, never content with anything for very long; one that is seasonal.

The third type of soil is that which grows thorns among the seeds, choking the seeds, rendering them unfruitful.  This represents the person who wants the fruitfulness of life in Christ, but also wants everything else the world has to offer.  This type of person is simply too _____ to produce fruit. 

The fourth type of soil produces much from each seed.  This type of soil represents the ____________ life.

The seed is not representative of the Word of God, but rather "the _______ of the kingdom", individual people.

In the first parable (Lesson 2) we looked at the soils; in this parable, we look at the whole field, which Jesus says is the ________.

Out of sheer malice and hatred, the enemy came and sowed a crop of his own sons which the Bible calls ___________.  Literally, it is the plant which today is called "darnel", a poisonous weed which looks very much like true wheat.

Jesus began by scattering men committed to the Word of truth in order to produce more like Himself.  Likewise, Satan began by scattering men committed to a lie in order to produce more of himself.  Both grow together now until the time of __________ comes.

The wheat is to be gathered into the __________ barn.

There are five symbols used herein.  There is the person, the __________ . . .

. . . the ___________ in which he sowed . . .

. . .  the _______ that is sown (which is this case is mustard) . . .

. . . the _______ which grew from the seed . . .

. . . and the _________ that make their nests in its branches.

When a tree is used symbolically in Scripture, it always stands for authority, power and _________________.

The "meal" is the central element.  The woman and the ___________ both did something to the three measures of meal.

The meal offering was one of the most common offerings in Israel.  It consisted of three measures of meal carefully prescribed to be unleavened, which means without any __________ at all.

The meaning of the three measures of meal are the unleavened bread of sincerity, honesty, and __________.

Never, ever in the Scriptures does leaven symbolize something good.  It is always symbolic of something evil.  In this particular parable, leaven is disruptive and ______________.

We can see the results of leaven that have come into the church.  But God has made provision for being cleansed from leaven/sin through _________________.

The first four parables of Matthew 13 were given to the unbelieving seaside crowd.  But the last three parables were spoken only to men of faith, the _____________, who were ready to believe what God said.

The hidden treasure in this particular parable is NOT Jesus Christ, for never anywhere in the Scriptures is salvation offered as something that we have to, or even can, ______.

In the context of history, if you want to put the treasure into one word, that word is the nation of ________________.  (Exodus 19:5; Psalm 135:4).

The secret to world _________ is wrapped up, bound up, in the nation of Israel.

When the man in the parable found the buried treasure, he _______________ it.  That is the story of the Gospels. 

The man who is searching for the pearl represents ___________.

We see yet something else Jesus has given all that He has in order to obtain:  the __________.

The pearl is the only jewel which is the product of _________ matter.  A pearl is the response that an oyster has to something which causes it injury.  A pearl grows out of hurt.

In order to gain us, in order to gain the pearl which He so desperately wants, loves and cherishes, Jesus came and gave all that He had.  That means He had to take our _________.

The pearl is not ultimately intended for earth.  It is intended for the ___________.

Man was created to be ____________ by God.

When you hear the truth of the Gospel, you have to receive it or __________ it, one or the other.

When Jesus uses the term "the close of the age", He is talking about a period of time which the prophets had specified would close the age of the _____________.

With regard to the separation of good from bad, Jesus said this would be accomplished by ____________, not by men.

The final questions this parable conclude with are:  "Are you really ____________ by your contact with Jesus Christ, and are you still changing?"