Matthew 13:3

A Conservative Version

And he spoke many things to them in parables, saying, Behold, the man who sows went forth to sow.

Cross References

Mark 4:13

And he says to them, Do ye not know this parable? And how will ye understand all the parables?

Mark 4:33

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

Matthew 13:53

And it came to pass, when Jesus finished these parables, he departed from there.

Psalm 78:2

I will open my mouth in parables (LXX/NT). I will utter dark sayings of old,

Mark 12:12

And they sought to seize him. And they feared the multitude, for they knew that he spoke the parable against them. And having left him, they went away.

Psalm 49:4

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

John 16:25

These things I have spoken to you in veiled words. The hour comes, when I will no more speak to you in veiled words, but will inform you plainly about the Father.

Luke 12:41

And Peter said to him, Lord, did thou speak this parable to us, or also to all?

Luke 8:10

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

Mark 12:1

And he began to speak to them in parables. A man planted a vineyard, and set up a hedge, and dug a winevat, and built a tower, and leased it to farmers, and went on a journey.

Mark 3:23

And having summoned them, he said to them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?

Matthew 24:32

Now learn a parable from the fig tree. When its branch now becomes tender, and sprouts leaves, ye know that the summer is near.

Habakkuk 2:6

Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him who increases that which is not his (how long?) and who loads himself with pledges!

Micah 2:4

In that day they shall take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation. [And] say, We are utterly ruined. He changes the portion of my people. How he removes [it] from me! He divides our fields to the rebelliou

Ezekiel 20:49

Then I said, Ah lord LORD! They say of me, Is he not a speaker of parables?

Ezekiel 17:2

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

Matthew 22:1

And having responded, Jesus again spoke to them in parables, saying,

Matthew 13:4

And as he sowed, some fell by the wayside, and the birds came and devoured them.