Matthew 13:3 - King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;

More versions

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ And He told them many things in parables (stories by way of illustration and comparison), saying, A sower went out to sow.

American Standard Version (1901)

³ And he spake to them many things in parables, saying, Behold, the sower went forth to sow;

Common English Bible

³ He said many things to them in parables: “A farmer went out to scatter seed.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ And he spoke many things to them in parables, saying: "Behold, a sower went out to sow seed.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ And he spoke to them many things in parables, saying: Behold the sower went forth to sow.

English Standard Version 2016

³ And he told them many things in parables, saying: “A sower went out to sow.

Matthew 13:3 Cross References

Psalm 49:4

I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.

Psalm 78:2

I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:

Ezekiel 17:2

Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;

Ezekiel 20:49

Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?

Micah 2:4

In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly spoiled: he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me! turning away he hath divided our fields.

Habakkuk 2:6

shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!

Matthew 13:4

and when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:

Matthew 13:53

And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed thence.

Matthew 22:1

And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said,

Matthew 24:32

Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:

Mark 12:1

And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country.

Mark 12:12

And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left him, and went their way.

Mark 3:23

And he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?

Mark 4:13

And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?

Mark 4:33

And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it.

Luke 12:41

Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even to all?

Luke 8:10

And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.

John 16:25

These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall shew you plainly of the Father.