of the wicked and righteous throughout the world. This parable appears to apply to the righteous and the wicked in the visible Church. (11) A householder, bringing forth things, new and old (mentioned only in Mt. 13:52) was spoken by the Sea of Galilee, and illustrated that every Christian teacher must bring forth out of his heart old and new experiences—himself a teacher, but ever learning, as said Matthew Henry, “Laying up is in order to laying out for the benefit of others.” All these parables
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