Matthew 13:3
And he spoke many things to them in parables, saying, Behold, the man who sows went forth to sow.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;
In Context
4And as he sowed, some fell by the wayside, and the birds came and devoured them.
Cross References
2 Samuel 12:1And LORD sent Nathan to David. And he came to him, and said to him, There were two men in one city: the one rich, and the other poor.
Psalms 78:2I will open my mouth in parables (LXX/NT). I will utter dark sayings of old,
Ezekiel 17:2Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable to the house of Israel,
Ezekiel 24:3And utter a parable to the rebellious house, and say to them, Thus says lord LORD: Set on the caldron. Set it on, and also pour water into it.
Habakkuk 2:6Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him who increases that which is not his (how long?) and who loads himself with pledges!
Matthew 13:34Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the multitudes, and he did not speak to them independent of a parable,
Matthew Henry on Matthew 13:2-24
The Parable of the Sower; Why Christ Taught in Parables; Of the Sower and the Seed. 1 The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side. 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. 3 And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow; 4 And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up: 5 Some fell upon stony places, where… Read the whole commentary →