Matthew 13:18

You, therefore, listen to the mashal of the sower.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.

In Context

17For truly I say to you that many Neviim and tzaddikim desired to see what you see, and they did not see, + 13:17 it and to hear what you hear, and they did not hear it.

19When anyone hears the Dvar HaMalchut and does not have binah, HaRah (the Evil one) comes and seizes that which was sown in his lev (heart). This is the zera (seed) sown along the path.

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Cross References

Matthew 13:11And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach answered them, Because to you it has been granted to have daas of the razim (mysteries) of the Malchut HaShomayim, but to those it has not been granted.

Luke 8:11Now the mashal is this: The seed is the dvar Hashem.

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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