Matthew 13:3

Bible in Basic English 1965

And he gave them teaching in the form of a story, saying, A man went out to put seed in the earth;

Cross References

Psalm 49:4

I will put my teaching into a story; I will make my dark sayings clear with music.

Psalm 78:2

Opening my mouth I will give out a story, even the dark sayings of old times;

Ezekiel 17:2

Son of man, give out a dark saying, and make a comparison for the children of Israel,

Ezekiel 20:49

Then I said, Ah, Lord! they say of me, Is he not a maker of stories?

Micah 2:4

In that day this saying will be said about you, and this song of grief will be made: The heritage of my people is measured out, and there is no one to give it back; those who have made us prisoners have taken our fields from us, and complete destruction has come to us.

Habakkuk 2:6

Will not all these take up a word of shame against him and a bitter saying against him, and say, A curse on him who goes on taking what is not his and is weighted down with the property of debtors!

Matthew 13:4

And while he did so, some seeds were dropped by the wayside, and the birds came and took them for food:

Matthew 13:53

And when Jesus had come to the end of these stories he went away from there.

Matthew 22:1

And Jesus, talking to them again in stories, said:

Matthew 24:32

Now take an example from the fig-tree: when her branch has become soft and puts out its leaves, you are certain that the summer is near;

Mark 12:1

And he gave them teaching in the form of stories. A man had a vine-garden planted, and put a wall about it, and made a place for crushing out the wine, and put up a tower, and let it out to field-workers, and went into another country.

Mark 12:12

And they made attempts to take him; but they were in fear of the people, because they saw that the story was against them; and they went away from him.

Mark 3:23

And turning to them, he said to them in the form of a story, How is it possible for Satan to put out Satan?

Mark 4:13

And he said to them, If you are not clear about this story, how will you be clear about the others?

Mark 4:33

And with a number of such stories he gave them his teaching, as they were able to take it:

Luke 12:41

And Peter said to him, Lord, are these words said to us only, or to all men?

Luke 8:10

And he said, To you is given knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of God; but to the others, they are given in stories, so that seeing, they may not see, and though they give hearing, the sense will not be clear to them.

John 16:25

All this I have said to you in veiled language: but the time is coming when I will no longer say things in veiled language but will give you knowledge of the Father clearly.