Matthew 13:11, 17, 34–35 In Matthew 13 we find seven of Jesus’ “kingdom of heaven” parables—the sower and the four kinds of soil, the wheat and the tares, the mustard seed, the leaven, the treasure hidden in the field, the pearl of great value, and the net. Jesus declared that they revealed certain “mysteries” of the kingdom of heaven (Matt. 13:11), explaining what he meant by “mysteries” by saying that “many prophets and righteous men desired to see what you see, and did not see it; and to hear