Matthew 13:3

New King James Version

Then He spoke many things to them in parables, saying: “Behold, a sower went out to sow.

Cross References

Psalm 49:4

I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will disclose my dark saying on the harp.

Psalm 78:2

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

Ezekiel 17:2

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

Ezekiel 20:49

Then I said, “Ah, Lord God! They say of me, ‘Does he not speak parables?’ ”

Micah 2:4

In that day one shall take up a proverb against you, And lament with a bitter lamentation, saying: ‘We are utterly destroyed! He has changed the heritage of my people; How He has removed it from me! To a turncoat He has divided our fields.’ ”

Habakkuk 2:6

“Will not all these take up a proverb against him, And a taunting riddle against him, and say, ‘Woe to him who increases What is not his—how long? And to him who loads himself with many pledges’?

Matthew 13:4

And as he sowed, some seed fell by the wayside; and the birds came and devoured them.

Matthew 13:53

Now it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these parables, that He departed from there.

Matthew 22:1

And Jesus answered and spoke to them again by parables and said:

Matthew 24:32

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

Mark 12:1

Then He began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard and set a hedge around it, dug a place for the wine vat and built a tower. And he leased it to vinedressers and went into a far country.

Mark 12:12

And they sought to lay hands on Him, but feared the multitude, for they knew He had spoken the parable against them. So they left Him and went away.

Mark 3:23

So He called them to Himself and said 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 then will you understand all the parables?

Mark 4:33

And with many such parables He spoke the word to them as they were able to hear it.

Luke 12:41

Then Peter said to Him, “Lord, do You speak this parable only to us, or to all people?”

Luke 8:10

And He said, “To you it has been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest it is given in parables, that ‘Seeing they may not see, And hearing they may not understand.’

John 16:25

“These things I have spoken to you in figurative language; but the time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figurative language, but I will tell you plainly about the Father.