Contradictions and Paradoxes in Matthew 13:4

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Matthew 13:4 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Matthew 13:4. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Matthew, the story tells us about a farmer spreading seeds. Some seeds fell on the path, and birds quickly ate them up, which means sometimes people hear God's message but don't understand it, and it gets forgotten.

Matthew 13:4: And when he sowed, some [seeds] fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:

Contradiction with Proverbs 11:18

While Matthew 13:4 describes seeds being devoured due to not taking root, Proverbs 11:18 suggests that righteousness leads to a sure reward, implying stable and positive outcomes rather than loss.

Proverbs 11:18: The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness [shall be] a sure reward.

Contradiction with Galatians 6:7

This verse emphasizes the eventual reaping of what one sows, contrasting with Matthew 13:4 where the seeds are immediately devoured and do not lead to reaping.

Galatians 6:7: Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

Contradiction with Isaiah 55:10-11

This passage conveys that God's word will accomplish what He desires, contrasting the failure of the seed on the wayside in Matthew 13:4.

Isaiah 55:10-11: For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:

Contradiction with James 5:7

This verse talks about the patience for precious fruit of the earth contrasting the immediate loss of the seed described in Matthew 13:4.

James 5:7: Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. [Be...: or, Be long patient, or, Suffer with long patience]
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