Matthew 13:3

New American Standard Bible 2020

And He told them many things 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 tell riddles of old,

Ezekiel 17:2

“Son of man, ask a riddle and present a parable to the house of Israel,

Ezekiel 20:49

Then I said, “Oh, Lord God! They are saying of me, ‘Is he not just speaking in riddles?’ ”

Micah 2:4

“On that day they will take up against you a song of mocking And utter a song of mourning and say, ‘We are completely destroyed! He exchanges the share of my people; How He removes it from me! To the apostate He apportions our fields.’

Habakkuk 2:6

¶“Will all of these not take up a song of ridicule against him, Even a saying and insinuations against him And say, ‘Woe to him who increases what is not his— For how long— And makes himself rich with debts!’

Matthew 13:4

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

Matthew 13:53

When Jesus had finished these parables, He departed from there.

Matthew 22:1

Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying,

Matthew 24:32

“Now learn the parable from the fig tree: as soon as its branch has become tender and sprouts 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 fence around it, and dug a vat under the wine press and built a tower, and leased it to vine-growers and went on a journey.

Mark 12:12

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

Mark 3:23

And so 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, so far as they were able to understand it;

Luke 12:41

Peter said, “Lord, are You telling 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 they are told in parables, so that while seeing they may not see, and while 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 plainly about the Father.