Matthew 13:3

Then he told them many truths in parables. “The sower,” he began, “went out to sow; and,

Twentieth Century New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2such great crowds gathered round him, that he got into a boat, and sat in it, while all the people stood upon the beach.

4as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up.

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Cross References

Matthew 13:34Of all this Jesus spoke to the crowd in parables; indeed to them he used never to speak at all except in parables,

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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