Matthew 13:24

Another parable He set before them, saying: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man sowing good seed in his field.

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:

In Context

23But the seed sown on the good ground is he who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and produces: some a hundredfold some sixty, some thirty.” 1 The Parable of the Wheat and the Tares

25But while the men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went away.

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Cross References

Matthew 3:2and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!”

Matthew 13:19When anyone hears the word of the kingdom, and does not understand, then the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the seed that was sown beside the road.

Matthew 13:33Another parable He spoke to them: “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, until it was all leavened.”

Matthew 13:44“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like treasure having been hidden in a field, which a man found and hid; and for joy over it, he went and sold everything he had, and bought that field.” 1 The Pearl of Great Price

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 →

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