Matthew 13:3
And he spoke many things to them in parables, saying: “Behold, a sower went out to sow seed.
Catholic Public Domain 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 while he was sowing, some fell beside the road, and the birds of the air came and ate it.
Cross References
2 Samuel 12:1Then the Lord sent Nathan to David. And when he had come to him, he said to him: “Two men were in one city: one wealthy, and the other poor.
Psalms 78:2They have placed the dead bodies of your servants as food for the birds of the sky, the flesh of your saints for the beasts of the earth.
Ezekiel 17:2“Son of man, propose an enigma and describe a parable to the house of Israel,
Ezekiel 24:3And you shall speak, through a proverb, a parable to the inciting house. And you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord God: Set out a cooking pot; set it out, I say, and put water into it.
Habakkuk 2:6Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and an enigmatic utterance about him? And it will be said, “Woe to him who increases what is not his own.” How long, then, will he lay down dense clay against himself?
Matthew 13:34All these things Jesus spoke in parables to the crowds. And he did not speak to them apart from parables,
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 →