Matthew 13:3
And he gave them teaching in the form of a story, saying, A man went out to put seed in the earth;
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;
In Context
Cross References
2 Samuel 12:1And the Lord sent Nathan to David. And Nathan came to him and said, There were two men in the same town: one a man of great wealth, and the other a poor man.
Psalms 78:2Opening my mouth I will give out a story, even the dark sayings of old times;
Ezekiel 17:2Son of man, give out a dark saying, and make a comparison for the children of Israel,
Ezekiel 24:3And make a comparison for this uncontrolled people, and say to them, This is what the Lord has said: Put on the cooking-pot, put it on the fire and put water in it:
Habakkuk 2:6Will not all these take up a word of shame against him and a bitter saying against him, and say, A curse on him who goes on taking what is not his and is weighted down with the property of debtors!
Matthew 13:34All these things Jesus said to the people in the form of stories; and without a story he said nothing to them:
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 →