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Spurgeon’s commentary on the entire book of Matthew, The Gospel of the Kingdom was written during the final years of his life. He died before seeing a final proof of the manuscript, and did not live to see the popularity of his commentary. This verse-by-verse commentary on the entire Gospel of Matthew is written with the same elegance characteristic of The Treasury of David, his commentary on...

CHAPTER 13:1–53 [OUR KING SETS FORTH SEVEN PARABLES OF HIS KINGDOM] THE same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side. He was not afraid of being seized by his family, but freely went abroad. How serene was his behaviour. He “sat by the sea side”: this must have been a great relief to him. He ceased from the controversy of the house and the street, and came into restful communion with nature. On the beach, in the open air, he gave greater play to his imagination, and quitted the didactic
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