Matthew 13:2
And great numbers of people came together to him, so that he got into a boat; and the people took up their position by the sea.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In Context
1On that day Jesus went out of the house and was seated by the seaside.
3And he gave them teaching in the form of a story, saying, A man went out to put seed in the earth;
Cross References
Matthew 4:25And there went after him great numbers from Galilee and Decapolis and Jerusalem and Judaea and from the other side of Jordan.
Mark 4:1And again he was teaching by the seaside. And a very great number of people had come to him, so that he got into a boat on the sea and took his seat; and all the people were on the land by the seaside.
Luke 8:4And when a great number of people came together, and men from every town went out to him, he gave them teaching in the form of a story:
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 →