Matthew 13:3
And he spoke to them many things in parables, saying: Behold the sower went forth to sow.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 whilst he soweth some fell by the way side, and the birds of the air came and ate them up.
Cross References
2 Samuel 12:1And the Lord sent Nathan to David: and when he was come to him, he 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: I will utter propositions from the beginning.
Ezekiel 17:2Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable to the house of Israel,
Ezekiel 24:3And thou shalt speak by a figure a parable to the provoking house, and say to them: Thus saith the Lord God: Set on a pot, set it on, I say, and put water into it.
Habakkuk 2:6Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a dark speech concerning him: and it shall be said: Woe to him that heapeth together that which is not his own? how long also doth he load himself with thick clay?
Matthew 13:34All these things Jesus spoke in parables to the multitudes: and without parables he did not speak 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 →