Matthew 13:3

Catholic Public Domain Version

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

Cross References

Psalm 49:4

He will call to heaven from above, and to the earth, to discern his people.

Psalm 78:2

They have placed the dead bodies of your servants as food for the birds of the sky, the flesh of your saints for the beasts of the earth.

Ezekiel 17:2

"Son of man, propose an enigma and describe a parable to the house of Israel,

Ezekiel 20:49

And I said: "Alas, alas, alas, O Lord God! They are saying about me: 'Does this man not speak except through parables?' "

Micah 2:4

In that day, a parable will be taken up about you, and a song will be sung with sweetness, saying: "We have been devastated by depopulation." The fate of my people has been altered. How can he withdraw from me, when he might be turned back, he who might tear apart our country?

Habakkuk 2:6

Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and an enigmatic utterance about him? And it will be said, "Woe to him who increases what is not his own." How long, then, will he lay down dense clay against himself?

Matthew 13:4

And while he was sowing, some fell beside the road, and the birds of the air came and ate it.

Matthew 13:53

And it happened that, when Jesus had completed these parables, he went away from there.

Matthew 22:1

And responding, Jesus again spoke to them in parables, saying:

Matthew 24:32

So, from the fig tree learn a parable. When its branch has now become tender and the leaves have sprung forth, you know that summer is near.

Mark 12:1

And he began to speak to them in parables: "A man dug a vineyard, and surrounded it with a hedge, and dug a pit, and built a tower, and he loaned it out to farmers, and he set out on a long journey.

Mark 12:12

And they sought to take hold of him, but they feared the crowd. For they knew that he had spoken this parable about them. And leaving him behind, they went away.

Mark 3:23

And having called them together, he spoke to them in parables: "How can Satan cast out Satan?

Mark 4:13

And he said to them: "Do you not understand this parable? And so, how will you understand all the parables?

Mark 4:33

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

Luke 12:41

Then Peter said to him, "Lord, are you telling this parable to us, or also to everyone?"

Luke 8:10

And he said to them: "To you it has been given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God. But to the rest, it is in parables, so that: seeing, they may not perceive, and hearing, they may not understand.

John 16:25

I have spoken these things to you in proverbs. The hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in proverbs; instead, I will announce to you plainly from the Father.