Matthew 13:18

"To you then I will explain the parable of the Sower.

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.

In Context

17For I solemnly tell you that many Prophets and holy men have longed to see the sights you see, and have not seen them, and to hear the words you hear, and have not heard them.

19When a man hears the Message concerning the Kingdom and does not understand it, the Evil one comes and catches away what has been sown in his heart. This is he who has received the seed by the road-side.

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Cross References

Matthew 13:11"Because," He replied, "while to you it is granted to know the secrets of the Kingdom of the Heavens, to them it is not.

Luke 8:11The meaning of the parable is as follows. The seed is God's Message.

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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