Section 13:51–52

Jesus told the parable about the owner of a house

In this parable, Jesus compared Christian teachers to a house owner who shares his riches with others. Christian teachings are like the house owner’s riches. These teachers will teach to others the things that they have learned about the scriptures at that time (the Old Testament). They will also teach others the new things that Jesus had been teaching them.

Here are some other possible headings for this section:

Jesus told the parable of the head of a house
-or-
New and Old Treasures (Contemporary English Version)

This parable occurs only in Matthew.

Paragraph 13:51–52

13:51a

Have you understood: The pronoun you refers to Jesus’ disciples. In some languages, it may be necessary to make this explicit. It may also be necessary to make explicit that Jesus was talking. For example:

⌊Jesus asked the disciples⌋ , “Have you understood”

all these things: This phrase refers to Jesus’ teachings through the parables in 13:3–50.

Here are some other ways to translate this phrase:

all those teachings
-or-
all that I have said to you

13:51b

“Yes,” they answered: The pronoun they refers to his disciples.

In some languages, it may be more natural to translate this as indirect speech. For example:

They told him that they did understand.

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