Contradictions and Paradoxes in Matthew 13:2

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Matthew 13:2 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Matthew 13:2. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Matthew, lots of people wanted to hear Jesus, so he got into a boat to sit and teach, while everyone else stayed on the shore to listen. This way, everyone could see and hear him better.

Matthew 13:2: And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore.

Contradiction with Luke 6:17

In this verse, Jesus stands in the plain to teach the multitude, rather than being in a ship as in Matthew 13:2, which shows a difference in setting.

Luke 6:17: And he came down with them, and stood in the plain, and the company of his disciples, and a great multitude of people out of all Judaea and Jerusalem, and from the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, which came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases;

Contradiction with Mark 4:1

Although similar in setting, this verse mentions that Jesus sat in a ship on the sea to speak to the multitude, seeming consistent with Matthew 13:2, but highlighting discrepancies in crowd size descriptions in some interpretations.

Mark 4:1: And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land.

Contradiction with John 6:3

Jesus goes up a mountain to teach the assembled people, suggesting a different location and approach to the multitude compared to teaching them from a ship in Matthew 13:2.

John 6:3: And Jesus went up into a mountain, and there he sat with his disciples.
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