Matthew 13

3. The precious gem a merchant found, for which he sold everything.
4. The main theme of all the parables in Matthew 13, referring to God's rule.
6. The group to whom Jesus explained the parables privately.
8. The good crop that grew alongside the weeds.
9. The type of ground where seeds quickly sprouted but withered because they had no root.
14. The enemy sowed these among the wheat.
15. It was hidden in a field, found by a man who then sold all he had.
16. This tiny seed grows into the largest of garden plants.
17. The object used to gather all kinds of fish from the sea.

1. The birds that ate the seed represent the ____ one.
2. The ultimate event when the wheat and weeds will be separated.
5. The type of ground where the seed produced a crop 100, 60, or 30 times what was sown.
7. This substance works its way through dough, causing it to rise.
10. What grew up and choked the seed in one type of ground.
11. The farmer who scattered the seed.
12. What the sower scattered that fell on different types of ground.
13. Jesus taught in these short stories to explain spiritual truths.