Matthew 13:3

He was telling them many parables. One of the parables that he told them was this: “Listen! A man went out to his field to sow some seeds.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;

In Context

2and a very large crowd gathered around him to listen to his teaching. So, in order that they would not jostle him (OR, to speak to the people better), he got into a boat and sat down to teach them. The crowd stood on the shore and was listening.

4As he was scattering them over the soil, some of the seeds fell on the path. Then some birds came and ate those seeds.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 12:1Yahweh told the prophet Nathan what David had done, and he sent Nathan to tell this story to David: “ I heard about two men who were living in a certain city. One was rich and the other was poor.

Psalms 78:2I am going to give you some sayings that wise people have said. They will be sayings about things that happened long ago, things that were difficult to understand [MET],

Ezekiel 17:2“You human, tell this story/parable [DOU] to the people [MTY] of Israel.

Ezekiel 24:3Tell those rebellious Israeli people [MTY] in Babylon a parable. Say this to them: This is what Yahweh the Lord says: ‘Pour water into the cooking pot and put the pot on the fire.

Habakkuk 2:6But soon all those whom they have captured will ridicule the soldiers from Babylonia! They will make fun of them, saying, ‘Terrible things will happen to you who have stolen things from other countries! You got many things by forcing people to give them to you. But you certainly will not keep those things for a long time [RHQ]!’

Matthew 13:34Jesus told the crowd parables to teach them all these things. When he spoke [HYP] to them, he habitually used such illustrations.

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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