Matthew 13:2
And such great crowds were gathered to him that he climbed into a boat and he sat down. And the entire multitude stood on the shore.
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In Context
1In that day, Jesus, departing from the house, sat down beside the sea.
3And he spoke many things to them in parables, saying: “Behold, a sower went out to sow seed.
Cross References
Matthew 4:25And a great crowd followed him from Galilee, and from the Ten Cities, and from Jerusalem, and from Judea, and from across the Jordan.
Mark 4:1And again, he began to teach by the sea. And a great crowd was gathered to him, so much so that, climbing into a boat, he was seated on the sea. And the entire crowd was on the land along the sea.
Luke 8:4Then, when a very numerous crowd was gathering together and hurrying from the cities to him, he spoke using a comparison:
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 →