Matthew 13:3 - New International Version (Anglicised)

³ Then he told them many things in parables, saying: ‘A farmer went out to sow his seed.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ 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)

³ And he spake to them many things in parables, saying, Behold, the sower went forth to sow;

Common English Bible

³ He said many things to them in parables: “A farmer went out to scatter seed.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ And he spoke many things to them in parables, saying: "Behold, a sower went out to sow seed.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ And he spoke to them many things in parables, saying: Behold the sower went forth to sow.

Matthew 13:3 Tagairtí Cros

Psalm 49:4

I will turn my ear to a proverb; with the harp I will expound my riddle:

Psalm 78:2

I will open my mouth with a parable; I will utter hidden things, things from of old –

Ezekiel 17:2

‘Son of man, set forth an allegory and tell it to the Israelites as a parable.

Ezekiel 20:49

Then I said, ‘Sovereign Lord, they are saying of me, “Isn’t he just telling parables?” ’

Micah 2:4

In that day people will ridicule you; they will taunt you with this mournful song: “We are utterly ruined; my people’s possession is divided up. He takes it from me! He assigns our fields to traitors.” ’

Habakkuk 2:6

‘Will not all of them taunt him with ridicule and scorn, saying, ‘ “Woe to him who piles up stolen goods and makes himself wealthy by extortion! How long must this go on?”

Matthew 13:4

As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up.

Matthew 13:53

When Jesus had finished these parables, he moved on from there.

Matthew 22:1

Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying:

Matthew 24:32

‘Now learn this lesson from the fig-tree: as soon as its twigs become tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near.

Mark 12:1

Jesus then began to speak to them in parables: ‘A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall round it, dug a pit for the winepress and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers and moved to another place.

Mark 12:12

Then the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the elders looked for a way to arrest him because they knew he had spoken the parable against them. But they were afraid of the crowd; so they left him and went away.

Mark 3:23

So Jesus called them over to him and began to speak to them in parables: ‘How can Satan drive out Satan?

Mark 4:13

Then Jesus said to them, ‘Don’t you understand this parable? How then will you understand any parable?

Mark 4:33

With many similar parables Jesus spoke the word to them, as much as they could understand.

Luke 12:41

Peter asked, ‘Lord, are you telling this parable to us, or to everyone?’

Luke 8:10

He said, ‘The knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to others I speak in parables, so that, ‘ “though seeing, they may not see; though hearing, they may not understand.”

John 16:25

‘Though I have been speaking figuratively, a time is coming when I will no longer use this kind of language but will tell you plainly about my Father.