Mat 13:1 And on that day יהושע went out of the house and sat by the
sea.
Mat 13:2 And large crowds were gathered together to Him, so that He went
into a boat and sat down. And all the crowd stood on the beach.
Mat 13:3 And He spoke to them much in parables, saying, “See, the Sower went out to sow.
Mat 13:4 “And as he sowed, some indeed fell by the wayside,
and the birds came and devoured them.
Mat 13:5 “And others fell on rocky places, where they did
not have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth
of soil.
Mat 13:6 “But when the sun was up they were scorched, and
because they had no root they withered.
Mat 13:7 “And others fell among thorns, and the thorns came
up and choked them.
Mat 13:8 “And others fell on good soil and yielded a crop,
some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
Mat 13:9 “He who has ears to hear, let him
hear!”
This parable appears in 3
bashara’s Matthew (13:1-9), Mark (4:1-9) & Luke (8:1-8) and is significant
beyond what Mashiyach explained to his talmidim post quoting the parable in all
3 accounts.
Mat 13:3 And He spoke to them much in
parables, saying, “See, the sower went out to sow
Remember, parables are an earthly story with a
heavenly meaning and the talmidim of Yahusha were babes at that time, the
parable was explained as to a babe. Strong meat belongs to those whose senses have been
trained by practice to discern both good and evil.and
I’m sure the talmidim understood the parable more deeply later as we are going
to see in this study.
Heb 5:13 For everyone partaking of milk is inexperienced in the word of
righteousness, for he is a babe.
Heb 5:14 But solid food is for the mature
whose senses have been trained by practice to discern both good and evil.
Since the parable appears
in 3 basarah accounts, number 3 in scripture speaks of the will of Yahuah sealed
& concealed.
Kepha saw the vessel with
unclean creatures in it 3 times in a vision and later it was revealed to him
the unclean creatures are the Gentiles who would be cleansed in belief in
Mashiyach and be saved
Act 10:16 And this took place three times,
and the vessel was taken back to the heaven.
2Co 12:8 Concerning this I pleaded with the Master three times to
take it away from me
Shaul the emissary for receiving revelation
received a thorn in the flesh which he pleaded with the ADON to take it away
from him, but the ADON told him ‘’My favour is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness’’
Firstly, we must
understand sowing is done bending down , hence the Sower bends down and plants the seed in
the ground, here, it says as he sowed, some indeed fell by the wayside. Which
means the Sower was indeed bending to sow the seed in the soil in a direction
and as he came to the side of the field sowing, some seed fell by the wayside,
some on rock and some among thorns & some among good soil
Mat 13:4 “And as he sowed, some indeed fell by the wayside, and the birds came and devoured them
Mat 13:5 “And
others fell on rocky places, where they did not have much
soil, and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of soil.
Mat 13:7 “And others fell among thorns, and the
thorns came up and choked them.
Mat 13:8 “And others fell on good soil and yielded a crop, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
The word
for fell in Hebrew is naphal H5307
and it also means ‘untimely birth’ H5309. Hence, this was the fallen seed, but
whose seed is what we should look at.
We can
see this from the parables in the outcome of the fallen seed on good soil:
Mat 13:8 “And
others fell on good soil and yielded a crop, some a hundredfold, some sixty,
some thirty.
Mar 4:8 “And other fell on good soil and yielded a crop
that came up, grew and yielded a crop, some thirtyfold, and some sixty, and
some a hundred.”
Luk 8:8 “And other fell on the good soil, and grew up, and
yielded a crop a hundredfold.” Having said this He cried, “He who has ears
to hear, let him hear!”
Mark
records the order of fruitfulness as thirty, sixty & hundredfold, while
Matthew records the reverse order hundredfold, sixty & thirty. Luke records
only hundredfold. There is a mystery in understanding this number. We can only
understand if we see the usage of the seed in scripture indicating whose seed
this is. The promise came to Abraham that his seed will be multiplied as the
stars in the sky and sand on the seashore. Without tying this to Abraham, we
will never be able to conclude the usage of the numbers 100, 60 & 30
anywhere else in Torah, Nebim, Kethubim and the Renewed Covenant. Let’s see
how.
Gen 21:5 And Aḇraham was one hundred years old when his son Yitsḥaq was born to him.
Gen 25:26 And afterward his brother came out,
with his hand holding on to Ěsaw’s heel, so his name was
called Ya‛aqoḇ. And Yitsḥaq was sixty years old when she bore them.
Yitshaq’s
son Yaaqob had 12 sons and the one chosen for priesthood was Levi whose seed
was chosen at age thirty
Num 4:1 And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, and to Aharon, saying,
Num 4:2 “Take a census of the sons of Qehath from among
the children of Lěwi, by their clans, by their fathers’ house,
Num 4:3 from thirty years old and above, even to fifty years old,
all who enter the service to do the work in the Tent of Appointment.
Num 4:4 “This is the service of the sons of Qehath in the
Tent of Appointment, the most set-apart matters:
The
Levitical priesthood was to see a sunset when Mashiyach would come with the
Malchitsedek priesthood, and the ADON would spring up from the tribe of
Yahudah, a tribe never mentioned by Masha for priesthood.
Heb 7:14 For it is perfectly clear that our
Master arose from Yehuḏah, a tribe about which Mosheh
never spoke of concerning priesthood,
The
Malchitsedek priest Yahusha fulfilled Torah qualification of a kohen to be 30
years and above and He was that fruitful seed which emissary Shaul spoke of.
Luk 3:23 And when יהושע Himself began, He was about thirty
years of age, being, as reckoned by law, son of Yosěph, of Ěli,
Gal 3:16 But the promises were spoken to Aḇraham, and to his Seed. He does not say, “And to seeds,” as of many,
but as of one, “And to your
Seed,” who is
Messiah
Hence, we get our 100, 60 & 30 from here
as stated by Matthew. Matthew shows the descent while Mark shows the
progressive growth of the seed into the fullness of being the promised seed of
Abraham 30, 60 & 100. Luke shows the fullness in Abraham through Mashiyach
and hence, says hundredfold. Matthew in the genealogy begins the descent from
Abraham to Mashiyach (Matthew 1). Mark doesn’t mention any genealogy, but Luke
mentions and ascent genealogy in reverse i.e., from Mashiyach to Adam. Luke was
a close companion of Shaul, while John Mark had left them on their journey,
later Shaul asks to bring him along in the journey
Act 15:36 And after some days Sha’ul said to Barnaḇa, “Let us now go back and visit
our brothers in every city where we proclaimed the Word of יהוה, and see how they are.”
Act 15:37 And Barnaḇa purposed to take with them Yoḥanan called Marqos.
Act 15:38 But Sha’ul
thought it not fit to take with them the one who withdrew from them in
Pamphulia, and had not gone with them to the work.
Act 15:39 A sharp feeling therefore came to
be, so that they parted from one another. And so Barnaḇa took Marqos and sailed to Cyprus.
Act 15:40 And Sha’ul
chose Silas and went off, being committed by the brothers to the favour of
Elohim.
Now to understand the parable with the spiritual understanding:
1. The seed
that fell by the wayside:
The zera/seed naphal/fell `al-yad/from
the hand away from hadare’k/the way
The way is the way of
Torah and the seed fell away from the way, the winged creatures/auph came and
devoured it. Mashiyach went on to explain this is Satan.
Mat 13:19 “When
anyone hears the word of the reign, and does not understand it, then the wicked
one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is that sown by
the wayside.
As I
said before, Mashiyach explained this parable to babes and hence, mentions the seed
as the word/dabar with the soil as the heart. A deeper understanding shows the good/tub
soil/adamah is heavenly as in the garden of Eden pruned and taken care by
Yahuah as in the Sabbath years rest. For details kindly refer to the parable ‘The
scattering of the seed’ below
The parable of the
scattering of seed:
Mark 4: 26 And He said,
“The reign of Elohim is as when a man scatters seed on the ground,
27 then sleeps by night and rises by day,
while the seed sprouts and grows, he himself does not know how.
28 “For the soil yields crops by itself: first
the blade, then the head, after that the completed grain in the head.
29 “And when the crop is ready, immediately he
puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come.”
Yahusha spoke in parables
and every parable is an earthly story with a heavenly meaning.
The man/adam scattered
seed on the ground/adamah
And adam sleeps by night
and rises by day while the seed sprouts and grows and doesn't know how. Wasn't
Adam designed to till the ground? If he tills the ground, he will observe and
know
Gen 3:23 so יהוה
Elohim sent him(adam) out of the garden of Ěḏen to till the ground from
which he was taken,
24 and He drove the man out. And He placed
keruḇim
at the east of the garden of Ěḏen, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the
tree of life.
Gen 2: 5 Now no shrub of
the field was yet on the earth, and no plant of the field had yet sprung up,
for יהוה Elohim had not sent rain on the earth, and there was no man to till
the ground,
Adam was designed to till
the ground as before he was created there was no one to till the ground.
Adam never tilled the
ground of Eden. The proof of the text is in Gen 3:23 where it records Yahuah
Elohim sent him out of the garden of Eden to till the ground from where he was
taken
Adam's substance was from
the adamah/ ground from where he was taken/created
The adam/man in the
parable of the reign of Elohim only scattered the seed but didn't till the
ground and hence didn't know the progress of the seed to the full growth
The land/arets yielded
crops of itself first the blade, then the head and then the full grain. So who
was tilling the ground?
Lev 25: 1 And יהוה
spoke to Mosheh on Mount Sinai, saying,
2 “Speak to the children of Yisra’ĕl, and say
to them, ‘When you come into the land which I give you, then the land shall
observe a Sabbath to יהוה.
3 ‘Six years you sow your field, and six years
you prune your vineyard, and gather in its fruit,
4 but in the seventh year the land is to have
a Sabbath of rest, a Sabbath to יהוה. Do not sow your field and do not prune
your vineyard.
5 ‘Do not reap what grows of its own of your
harvest, and do not gather the grapes of your unpruned vine, for it is a year
of rest for the land.
6 ‘And the Sabbath of the land shall be to you
for food, for you and your servant, and for your female servant and your hired
servant, and for the stranger who sojourns with you,
Genesis records Yahuah
Elohim caused a mist to rise up to water the ground
The Torah came later
written on the 6 years sowing and 7th year Sabbath year rest for the land
The parable shows it was a
Sabbatical year as Yahusha Himself was taking care of the harvest
The crop growing is
recorded in 3 phases
The blade/dasha, then the
head/shabalath and then the complete grain/shabalath
The word shabal means the
flooding of the river which provides water to the surrounding crop fields
If we recollect, the
garden of Eden had one river which divided into 4 heads and this river watered
the garden of Eden
Gen 1: 10 And a river went
out of Ěḏen to water the garden, and from there it divided and became four
heads.
First the mist watered the
ground and then the river which shows a continuity of Sabbatical years
The same can be seen in
the parable of the reign of Elohim where the head and then the completed grain
where the word for both is the same shabalath which we saw that it means the
flooding of the river which provides water to the surrounding crop fields
While the parable states
the man/adam put his sickle to the grain to harvest, we must understand that
the Ben of Adam is Yahusha who does the harvesting
Rev 14:15 And another
messenger came out of the Dwelling Place, crying with a loud voice to the One
sitting on the cloud, “Send Your sickle and reap, because the hour has come for
You to reap, because the harvest of the earth is ripe.”
16 And the One sitting on the cloud thrust in
His sickle on the earth, and the earth was reaped.
Matthew 26: 28 “For this
is My blood, that of the renewed covenant, which is shed for many for the
forgiveness of sins.
29 “But I say to you, I shall certainly not
drink of this fruit of the vine from now on till that day when I drink it anew
with you in the reign of My Father.”
Yahusha gave a very clear
indication that he won’t drink of the fruit of the wine until the day He drinks
it new with His people in the reign of His Father
Hence, from the time of
the fulfillment or Mashiyach being the goal of the Torah, the harvest, right
from the seed sprout to the harvesting is done by Yahusha Himself while
adam/man only scatters the seed, sleeping and rising, he doesn't know or
understand the work of Elohim
The scattering of seed
shows the dispersion which is why the one river broke into 4 river heads to
water every crop, grain, vine in the garden
Rev 2:7 “He who has an
ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To him who overcomes
a I shall give to eat from the tree of life, which is in the midst of the
paradise of Elohim.”
I have listed this before,
that when Adam and Chauah sinned, they were cast out of the garden of Eden
where Eden means 'Delight/Pleasure' They were driven out and a flaming sword
and Cherubims were kept guarding the way to the tree of life lest man eats of
it (Gen 3:24)
The Torah pattern came with
the Cherubims on the ark of the Covenant which contained the 2 tablets written
by the finger of Yahuah, the pot that had the manna and Aharon's rod that
budded with almonds
Only the high priest/kohen
ha gadol had the right once a year to the Most Set Apart place where the ark
was kept not without blood of goats/bulls
Yahusha being our Kohen ha
Gadol entered with His own blood making a way for us to eat of the tree of Life
and live forever
Adam and his wife were
driven out and dwelt east of the garden where he built the mikphad altar on
which its recorded Abel and Qayin sacrificed.
This was the place on
mount Moriah where Abraham went to sacrifice Yitshaq and in place of Yitshaq
offered the ram caught by its horns in the thickets
Gen 11 records the seed
was scattered from the east to Shinar which is in Babylon. Abraham was born
here in the Ur of Chaldees/ Babylon from where Yahuah brought him back to the
land which was promised to his seed.
Gen 11: 1 And all the
earth had one language and one speech.
2 And it came to be, as they set out from the
east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinʽar, and they dwelt there.
By belief in Mashiyach, we
journey back to the mikphad altar from where our fathers were scattered.
Yahusha was impaled on the
stake at this very place on Mount of Olives where the mikphad altar was
The veil of the Mishkan
was torn into 2 showing the way into the Most Set Apart place is in Mashiyach.
He will take us into the Sabbatical rest perpetually in Himself
To eat of what grows of
itself was the most important blessing of Yahuah on His people especially the
poor and strangers in the land as they could gather and eat from anywhere in
the land while in the 6 years of sowing and reaping, they could only eat from
the corners of the fields left for them as per Torah
Consider how great the
blessing is to be at the Marriage supper of the Lamb
Rev 22 :1 And he showed me
a river of water of life, clear as crystal, coming from the throne of Elohim
and of the Lamb.
The crops are watered by
the river of life flowing from the throne of the Lamb
The similarity of both the
parables can be seen in the progression of the growth of the seed as thirty,
sixty and hundredfold as stated in the Parable of the Sower and in the parable
of the scattering of the seed it’s the blade/dasha, then the head/shabalath and
then the complete grain/shabalath. The word shabalath comes from the word
shabal & we saw it means the flooding of the river which provides water to
the surrounding crop fields. Therefore, all the 4 seeds apart from seed which
fell by the wayside didn’t sprout.
1. Which fell on wayside (didn’t sprout) 2.
Which fell on rock (sprouted) 3. Which fell among thorns (sprouted) & 4.
Which fell on good soil (sprouted). Number 4 in scripture speaks of the
scattering of the seed to the ends of the earth from where Yahuah brings back His
elect into His fold.
The progression 30, 60,
100 in parable of the Sower & blade, head & complete grain in the
parable of the scattering of the seed has number 3 which shows the will of
Yahuah in revealing His plan of salvation.
Hence, the seed that fell
is likened to the heart which was either wayside (al-yad ha derek), Rocky (salayim),
Thorny (qotsim) & Good Soil (Tub adamah). In the renewed covenant it is the
heart, which is circumcised and hence, Messiah likens the soil as the heart.
The word snatch comes from
the root Hebrew word ‘chatap’ which means to ‘pull away’, to bind. The Greek
word harpazo has the similar meaning ‘pull away’. The birds of prey do not harm
the seed being falling on good soil or seed being sown in the derek/way. The
hearer hears but doesn’t understand the mysteries of the kingdom of Yahuah,
this is the only seed among the other 3 which didn’t sprout.
2. The seed that fell on rocky place
Matt 13:5 “And there was
some that fell/naphal on the rocky places/salayim where
there was not much soil, and it sprouted quickly, because it had no deep soil.”
Matt 13:6 “But it came to
pass when the sun/shemesh shone, it was scorched and dried up, because it had no root.”
Matt 13:20 “And the sown/nazera
on the rocky place is the one who hears the Word/Dabar
and immediately receives it with joy.”
Matt 13:21 “But he does
not have a root beneath him, so he arises for only for an hour. But when there is trouble and persecution on account of the Word/DABAR,
he shall stumble/shakal in a moment.”
The passages at first
glance seem to show a contradiction as He first says the seed fell/naphal and then
Mashiyach later says the seed is sown/nazera on salayim/rocky places.
The Abary words need to be
understood in the correct context of what it says. The seed indeed fell but the
outcome was the Word/Dabar was received with joy. The word sown is ‘nazera’
(nun zayin resh ayin) and has the root word ‘nazar’ which means ‘consecrate/dedicate’.
The Abary word ‘sala’ (samek lamed ayin) is used in OT for Mashiyach. Masha was
to speak to the Sala/Rock but he struck it twice and water gushed out and
because of this he was forbidden to enter the promised land.
The ‘sala’ spoken in the
parable is a stronghold or high place as the root word ‘sal’ means ‘high’.
Moreover, the verse in Matt 13:21 says ‘he/ya arises/qum for only an
hour’
The seed is personified as
‘he arises’ for an hour. The hour in spiritual comparison is the hour of prayer
i.e., the incense hour. The seed was dedicated/consecrated (nazar) but the
shamash/sun scorched the plant as there was no root in it to be sustained
Rev 16:8 And the fourth messenger poured out his bowl on the sun, and
it was given to him to burn men with fire.
Rev 16:9 And men were burned with great heat, and they blasphemed the
Name of Elohim who possesses authority over these plagues. And they did not
repent, to give Him esteem.
Psa 121:6 The sun does not strike you by day,
Nor the moon by night.
Those in Mashiyach will
never be smitten by the sun. This seed appeared to be qodesh/set-apart after
the flesh but when they are faced with the reality of the truth from the dabar
they fall away as they are unable to bear the brilliance of the sun/shemesh.
The face of Yahusha is termed as the sun shining in its strength
Rev 1:16 And in His right hand He held seven
stars, and out of His mouth went a sharp two-edged sword, and His face was as the sun
shining in its strength.
Jas 1:10 but the rich in his humiliation, because as a flower of the
field he shall pass away.
Jas 1:11 For the sun rose with burning
heat, and withered the grass, and its flower fell, and its pretty appearance
perished. So also the rich man shall fade away in his ways.
In the parable of the rich
man and Alazar, we understand the rich man is Yasharal after the flesh who was
rich in covenant, in promises, in the blessings their fathers were given etc
yet the rich man failed to reach Abraham’s bosom, but Alazar (which means
Elohim helped) the poor Gentile who desired the crumbs that fell from the rich
mans table (the dabar bits and pieces needed for nourishment of the soul) was
carried to Abraham’s bosom (Luke 16:19-31)
3. The seed that fell among thorns
Matt13:7 “There was some
that fell among the thorns/qotsim, and the thorns/qotsim came up and
crowded it out.”
Matt 13:22 “And the one
sown among the thorns is he who hears the Word, but the worries of this age and
the guile of wealth crowd out the Word, so that he shall have no fruit.”
The word ‘qots’ also means ‘end/border’
Gen 3:18 and the ground
shall bring forth thorns/qots and thistles for you, and you shall eat
the plants of the field.
Gen 3:19 “By the sweat of your face you are to eat bread
until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. For dust you are,
and to dust you return.”
Yahuah
cursed the ground/adamah that the ground would bring forth thorns and thistles
for Adam and his race.
Matt5:18 “For, truly, I
say to you, until the heavens and the earth pass away, not one qots of a yod shall pass from the Torah until all has been established.”
Speaking of establishing Torah and the Nebim, Yahusha said He came to fulfil
the Torah and the Prophets and until the heavens and the earth pass away one
qots of a yod shall not pass from the Torah till all has been established. He
was the one to be pierced with, yod is the hand and he would fulfil Torah and
Prophets in His death. We are called not only to rule with Him but to suffer
for His name’s sake as well. Here the seed that fell among the qotsim/thorns was
pierced not with the sufferings of Yahusha but the cares of this world
represented by the ground/adamah which was cursed.
4. The seed that fell in good soil
The seed in the good/tub soil/adamah is reaching the fullness of Abraham
as seen in the 30,60 & 100 progression.
Number 30:
We saw the priest began his priestly office at age 30.
This number can also
represent the sacrificial blood of Yahusha, as He was betrayed by Yahudah
Qeriyoth for thirty silver coins. This act was a fulfilment of prophecy
(Zechariah 11:12)
The prophet Ezekiel begins his book of the same name in the thirtieth
year (which likely referenced his age at the time - Ezekiel 1:1). It is at this
time he receives his first recorded vision from Elohim, known as the
"wheel within a wheel" vision with likeness of a Son of man sitting
on the throne whose description he writes.
Eze 1:1 And it came to be in the
thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth of
the new moon, as I was among the exiles by the River Keḇar, the heavens were opened and I saw visions of Elohim.
Daud was
30 years when he began to reign and Yahusha was 30 years when he began his
ministry and is called the Son of Daud. A tribe from which the priest after the
order of Malchitsedek arose, whom Masha never mentioned
Yahushap/Yoseph
was 30 years old when he stood before Pharaoh as one who would redeem his
father and his brothers and kinsmen from the great famine which would come upon
the whole earth
Gen 41:46 Now Yosěph was thirty years old when
he stood before Pharaoh sovereign of Mitsrayim. And Yosěph went out from the
presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Mitsrayim.
2Sa 5:4 Dawiḏ was thirty years old
when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.
Number 60:
Number 60 is derived from the fact that it is considered the threshold
of when a person enters the last major phase of their life. The emissary Shaul
warned Timothy that the assembly should not financially support widows less
than 60 years old. This was because those who were younger were considered able
to remarry or strong enough to support themselves
1Ti 5:9 Do not enrol a widow unless she is over sixty years of age,
having been the wife of one man,
1Ti 5:10 well reported for good works, if she has brought up children, if
she has lodged strangers, if she has washed the feet of the set-apart ones, if
she has assisted the afflicted, if she has closely followed every good
work.
Under the Old Covenant, a sixty-year-old male could redeem himself from
a vow of serving Yahuah by paying 15 shekels to the temple. A woman who was 60 could redeem
herself from such a vow for only ten shekels (Leviticus 27:1 - 2, 7). This
compares to younger adult males who had to pay fifty shekels while younger
women paid thirty (verses 3 - 4).
Lev 27:3 when your evaluation is of a male
from twenty years old up to sixty years old, then your evaluation shall be
fifty sheqels of silver, according to the sheqel of the set-apart place.
Lev 27:4 ‘And if it is a female, then your evaluation shall
be thirty sheqels;
Lev 27:6 and if from a new moon old up to five years old, then
your evaluation for a male shall be five sheqels of silver, and for a female
your evaluation shall be three sheqels of silver;
Lev 27:7 and if from sixty years old and above, if it is a male, then
your evaluation shall be fifteen sheqels, and for a female ten sheqels.
The month old to 5 years
& 60 years and above had the least redemption price to pay from the vow made
to Yahuah showing that the ages were significant. The youngest (month old to 5
years) a beginning of a life’s journey and 60 years and above, an entrance to
the end of life’s journey.
Number 100:
We already saw Abraham was
100 years old when the promised seed Yitshaq was born to him
Yahusha spoke of not one
sheep will be lost, the shepherd would go in search after the one sheep leaving
the 99 sheep to bring it back to the fold. Hence, 100 is a complete number
Hundred manifestly
denotes what is full; for it is said, there shall be no more an infant of days,
nor an old man that hath not filled his days, and a child and a sinner of a
hundred years; that is, when his state is full
Isa 65:20 “No
more is an infant from there going to live but a few days, nor an old man who
does not complete his days, for the youth dies one hundred years old,
but the sinner being one hundred years old shall be lightly esteemed.
Every one that hath left houses,
or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands,
for My name's sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and shall inherit eternal life
Mat 19:29 “And
everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife
or children or lands, for My Name’s sake, shall receive a hundredfold,
and shall inherit everlasting life.
Where also a hundred denotes what is full, which number would
not have been mentioned unless it had signified that. The same is true where
the Adon speaks by parable concerning the debtors, that one owed a hundred
baths of oil, and the other a hundred cors of
wheat (Luke 16:5-7)
