Parables about the Kingdom

Jesus spoke in parables to give people practical examples of what He wanted them to understand, but mostly so that they would believe Him! In Matthew 13, Matthew records seven parables, the Sower/Soils, the wheat and tares, the mustard seed, the leaven, the hidden treasure, the pearl of great price, and the parable about the dragnet. In each of these parables Jesus uses a practical example of what people knew from their everyday life to explain the kingdom of heaven.