Matthew 13:3

and he spake to them many things in similes, saying: 'Lo, the sower went forth to sow,

Young's Literal Translation

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 gathered together unto him were many multitudes, so that he having gone into the boat did sit down, and all the multitude on the beach did stand,

4and in his sowing, some indeed fell by the way, and the fowls did come and devour them,

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Cross References

2 Samuel 12:1And Jehovah sendeth Nathan unto David, and he cometh unto him, and saith to him: 'Two men have been in one city; One rich and one poor;

Psalms 78:2I open with a simile my mouth, I bring forth hidden things of old,

Ezekiel 17:2'Son of man, put forth a riddle, and use a simile unto the house of Israel,

Ezekiel 24:3and use unto the rebellious house a simile, and thou hast said unto them: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: To set on the pot, to set [it] on, and also to pour into it water,

Habakkuk 2:6Do not these — all of them — against him a simile taken up, And a moral of acute sayings for him, And say, Woe [to] him who is multiplying [what is] not his? Till when also is he multiplying to himself heavy pledges?

Matthew 13:34All these things spake Jesus in similes to the multitudes, and without a simile he was not speaking to them,

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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