Matthew 13:3

Legacy Standard Bible

And He spoke many things to them in parables, saying, “Behold, the sower went out to sow;

Cross References

Psalm 49:4

I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will express my riddle on the harp.

Psalm 78:2

I will open my mouth in a parable; I will pour forth dark sayings of old,

Ezekiel 17:2

“Son of man, propound a riddle and speak a parable to the house of Israel,

Ezekiel 20:49

Then I said, “Ah Lord Yahweh! They are saying of me, ‘Is he not just speaking parables?’ ”

Micah 2:4

“On that day they will take up against you a taunt And utter a bitter wailing and say, ‘We are completely devastated! He exchanges the portion of my people; How He removes it from me! To the faithless one, He apportions our fields.’

Habakkuk 2:6

¶“Will not all of these lift up a taunt-song against him, Even satire and riddles against him And say, ‘Woe to him who increases what is not his— For how long— And makes himself rich with loans?’

Matthew 13:4

and as he sowed, some seeds fell beside the road, and the birds came and ate them up.

Matthew 13:53

Now it happened that when Jesus had finished these parables, He departed from there.

Matthew 22:1

And Jesus answered and spoke to them again in parables, saying,

Matthew 24:32

“Now learn the parable from the fig tree: when its branch has already become tender and puts forth its leaves, you know that summer is near;

Mark 12:1

And He began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard and put a wall around it, and dug a vat under the wine press and built a tower, and rented it out to vine-growers and went on a journey.

Mark 12:12

And they were seeking to seize Him, and yet they feared the crowd, for they understood that He spoke the parable against them. And so they left Him and went away.

Mark 3:23

And He called them to Himself and began speaking to them in parables, “How can Satan cast out Satan?

Mark 4:13

And He *said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How will you understand all the parables?

Mark 4:33

And with many such parables He was speaking the word to them, as they were able to hear it;

Luke 12:41

Now Peter said, “Lord, are You addressing this parable to us, or to everyone else as well?”

Luke 8:10

And He said, “To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest it is in parables, so that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.

John 16:25

“These things I have spoken to you in figures of speech; an hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures of speech, but will tell you openly of the Father.