Matthew 13:3 - Tree of Life Version

³ And He told them many things in parables, saying, “Behold, a sower went out to spread some seed.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

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.

Matthew 13:3 Cross References

Psalm 49:4

My mouth speaks wisdom, My heart’s meditation is understanding.

Psalm 78:2

I will open my mouth with a parable. I will utter perplexing sayings from of old,

Ezekiel 17:2

“Son of man, propose a riddle and tell a parable to the house of Israel.”

Micah 2:4

In that day He will lift up a parable for you, and there will be wailing lamentation, saying: “We have been utterly ruined! He changes the portion of my people. How He removes it from me! To the faithless He apportions our fields!”

Habakkuk 2:6

Will not all take up a proverb against him or a scornful riddle about him? “Oy to one expanding what isn’t his! How long? Oy to one burdening himself with heavy debts!”

Matthew 13:4

As he was scattering the seed, some seeds fell by the road; and the birds came and ate them up.

Matthew 13:53

Now when Yeshua had finished these parables, He left that place.

Matthew 22:1

Yeshua answered and spoke to them again in parables, saying,

Matthew 24:32

“Now learn the parable from the fig tree. When its branch becomes tender and puts forth leaves, you know that summer is near.

Mark 12:1

Yeshua began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard. He put a hedge around it, dug a pit for the winepress, and built a tower. He leased it to some tenant farmers and went on a journey.

Mark 12:12

They were trying to seize Yeshua, because they realized that He spoke the parable against them. But they feared the crowd, so they left Him and went away.

Mark 3:23

He called them and began speaking to them in parables: “How can satan drive out satan?

Mark 4:13

He said to them, “Don’t you grasp this parable? Then how will you understand all the parables?

Mark 4:33

With many such parables He used to tell them the word, as much as they were able to hear.

Luke 12:41

Then Peter said, “Master, are You telling this parable for us, or for everyone?”

Luke 8:10

Then Yeshua said to them, “To you has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God; but to the others it is given in parables, in order that ‘Seeing, they may not see, and hearing, they may not understand.’

John 16:25

“These things I have spoken to you in metaphors. An hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in metaphors, but will tell you plainly about the Father.