Matthew 13:3
Then Jesus said many things to them in parables. He said, “Behold, a farmer went out to sow seed.
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;
In Context
4As he sowed, some seeds fell beside the road, and the birds came and devoured them.
Cross References
2 Samuel 12:1Then Yahweh sent Nathan to David. He came to him and said, “There were once two men in a city. One man was rich and the other poor.
Psalms 78:2I will open my mouth in parables; 1 I will sing about hidden things about the past. 1
Ezekiel 17:2“Son of man, present a riddle and speak a parable to the house of Israel.
Ezekiel 24:3So speak a proverb against this rebellious house, a parable. Say to them, 'The Lord Yahweh says this: 1 Place the cooking pot. Place it and pour water into it. 1
Habakkuk 2:6Will not all these create a saying to ridicule him and a taunting song about him, saying, 1 'Woe to the one increasing what is not his! For how long will you increase the weight of the pledges you have taken?' 2
Matthew 13:34All these things Jesus said to the crowds in parables; and he said nothing to them without a parable.
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 →