Matthew 13:3

And he spake to them many things in parables, and said, Lo! he that soweth, went out to sow his seed.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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 much people was gathered to him, so that he went up into a boat, and sat; and all the people stood on the brink (or and all the people stood on the shore).

4And while he soweth, some seeds felled beside the way, and (the) birds of the air came, and ate them.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 12:1Therefore the Lord sent Nathan to David; and when he had come to David, he said to him, Answer thou a doom to me (or Give thou to me your judgement on this); two men were in one city; one man was rich, and the tother was poor.

Psalms 78:2I shall open my mouth in parables; I shall speak perfect reasons from the beginning (or I shall speak perfect reasoning from the old days).

Ezekiel 17:2Son of man, set forth a dark speech, and tell thou a parable to the house of Israel;

Ezekiel 24:3And thou shalt say by a proverb a parable to the house (of Israel), (the) stirrer to wrath, and thou shalt speak to them, The Lord God saith these things, Set thou a brazen pot, set thou (it) soothly, and put thou water into it. (And thou shalt speak by a parable to the house of Israel, the stirrer, or provoker, to anger, and thou shalt say to them, The Lord God saith these things, Take thou a bronze pot, yea, take thou it, and put thou water into it.)

Habakkuk 2:6Whether not all these peoples shall take a parable on him, and the speaking of dark sentences of him? And it shall be said, Woe to him that multiplieth things not his own; how long, and he aggregateth against himself thick clay? (Shall not all these (peoples) turn him into a parable, (or an example), and speak dark sentences about him? And so it shall be said, Woe to you who multiplieth riches not your own! how long shall you gather unto yourself things taken in pledge?)

Matthew 13:34Jesus spake all these things in parables to the people, and he spake not to them without 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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