Matthew 13:3

New American Bible - revised edition

And he spoke to them at length in parables, saying: “A sower went out to sow.

Cross References

Psalm 49:4

My mouth shall speak words of wisdom, my heart shall offer insights.

Psalm 78:2

I will open my mouth in a parable, unfold the puzzling events of the past.

Ezekiel 17:2

Son of man, propose a riddle, and tell this proverb to the house of Israel:

Micah 2:4

On that day you shall be mocked, and there will be bitter lament: “Our ruin is complete, our fields are divided among our captors, The fields of my people are measured out, and no one can get them back!”

Habakkuk 2:6

Shall not all these take up a taunt against him, and make a riddle about him, saying: Ah! you who store up what is not yours —how long can it last!— you who load yourself down with collateral.

Matthew 13:4

And as he sowed, some seed fell on the path, and birds came and ate it up.

Matthew 13:53

When Jesus finished these parables, he went away from there. The Rejection at Nazareth.

Matthew 22:1

Jesus again in reply spoke to them in parables, saying,

Matthew 24:32

“Learn a lesson from the fig tree. When its branch becomes tender and sprouts leaves, you know that summer is near.

Mark 12:1

He began to speak to them in parables. “A man planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a wine press, and built a tower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and left on a journey.

Mark 12:12

They were seeking to arrest him, but they feared the crowd, for they realized that he had addressed the parable to them. So they left him and went away. Paying Taxes to the Emperor.

Mark 3:23

Summoning them, he began to speak to them in parables, “How can Satan drive out Satan?

Mark 4:13

Jesus said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? Then how will you understand any of the parables?

Mark 4:33

With many such parables he spoke the word to them as they were able to understand it.

Luke 12:41

Then Peter said, “Lord, is this parable meant for us or for everyone?”

Luke 8:10

He answered, “Knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of God has been granted to you; but to the rest, they are made known through parables so that ‘they may look but not see, and hear but not understand.’ The Parable of the Sower Explained.

John 16:25

“I have told you this in figures of speech. The hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures but I will tell you clearly about the Father.