He will call to heaven from above, and to the earth, to discern his people.
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. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And He told them many things in parables (stories by way of illustration and comparison), saying, A sower went out to sow. American Standard Version (1901) And he spake to them many things in parables, saying, Behold, the sower went forth to sow; Common English Bible He said many things to them in parables: “A farmer went out to scatter seed. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he spoke to them many things in parables, saying: Behold the sower went forth to sow. English Standard Version 2016 And he told them many things in parables, saying: “A sower went out to sow. |
He will call to heaven from above, and to the earth, to discern his people.
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.
"Son of man, propose an enigma and describe a parable to the house of Israel,
And I said: "Alas, alas, alas, O Lord God! They are saying about me: 'Does this man not speak except through parables?' "
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?
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?
And while he was sowing, some fell beside the road, and the birds of the air came and ate it.
And it happened that, when Jesus had completed these parables, he went away from there.
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.
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.
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.
And having called them together, he spoke to them in parables: "How can Satan cast out Satan?
And he said to them: "Do you not understand this parable? And so, how will you understand all the parables?
And with many such parables he spoke the word to them, as much as they were able to hear.
Then Peter said to him, "Lord, are you telling this parable to us, or also to everyone?"
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.
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.