Matthew 13:3

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“And He told them many things in parables, saying, “A farmer went out to sow his seed.”

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“And He told them many things in parables, saying, “A farmer went out to sow his seed.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
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“And he spake to them many things in parables, saying, Behold, the sower went forth to sow;”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“and he spake to them many things in similes, saying: `Lo, the sower went forth to sow,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Matthew 13:3 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Judges 9:8One day the trees set out to anoint a king for themselves. They said to the olive tree, ‘Reign over us.’
  2. 2 Samuel 12:1Then the LORD sent Nathan to David, and when he arrived, he said, “There were two men in a certain city, one rich and the other poor.
  3. Psalms 49:4I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will express my riddle with the harp:
  4. Psalms 78:2I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the beginning,
  5. Isaiah 5:1I will sing for my beloved a song of his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.
  6. Ezekiel 17:2“Son of man, pose a riddle; speak a parable to the house of Israel
  7. Ezekiel 20:49Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD, they are saying of me, ‘Is he not just telling parables?’”
  8. Ezekiel 24:3Now speak a parable to this rebellious house and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Put the pot on the fire; put it on and pour in the water.
  9. Micah 2:4In that day they will take up a proverb against you and taunt you with this bitter lamentation: ‘We are utterly ruined! He has changed the portion of my people. How He has removed it from me! He has allotted our fields to traitors.’”
  10. Habakkuk 2:6Will not all of these take up a taunt against him, speaking with mockery and derision: ‘Woe to him who amasses what is not his and makes himself rich with many loans! How long will this go on?’
  11. Matthew 13:10Then the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Why do You speak to the people in parables?”
  12. Matthew 13:34Jesus spoke all these things to the crowds in parables. He did not tell them anything without using a parable.
  13. Matthew 13:53When Jesus had finished these parables, He withdrew from that place.
  14. Matthew 22:1Once again, Jesus spoke to them in parables:
  15. Matthew 24:32Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its branches become tender and sprout leaves, you know that summer is near.
  16. Mark 3:23So Jesus called them together and began to speak to them in parables: “How can Satan drive out Satan?
  17. Mark 4:2And He taught them many things in parables, and in His teaching He said,
  18. Mark 4:13Then Jesus said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? Then how will you understand any of the parables?
  19. Mark 4:33With many such parables Jesus spoke the word to them, to the extent that they could understand.
  20. Mark 12:1Then Jesus began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a wine vat, and built a watchtower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey.
  21. Mark 12:12At this, the leaders sought to arrest Jesus, for they knew that He had spoken this parable against them. But fearing the crowd, they left Him and went away.
  22. Luke 8:5“A farmer went out to sow his seed. And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, where it was trampled, and the birds of the air devoured it.
  23. Luke 8:10He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to others I speak in parables, so that, ‘though seeing, they may not see; though hearing, they may not understand.’
  24. Luke 12:41“Lord,” said Peter, “are You addressing this parable to us, or to everyone else as well?”

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