Matthew 13:18

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Give ear, then, to the story of the man who put the seed in the earth.

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  • Luke 8:11-15 : 11 Now this is the point of the story: The seed is the word of God. 12 Those by the side of the road are those who have given hearing; then the Evil One comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not have faith and get salvation. 13 And those on the rock are those who with joy give hearing to the word; but having no root, they have faith for a time, and when the test comes they give up. 14 And those which went among thorns are those who have given hearing, and go on their way, but they are overcome by cares and wealth and the pleasures of life, and they give no fruit. 15 And those in the good earth are those who, having given ear to the word, keep it with a good and true heart, and in quiet strength give fruit.
  • Matt 13:11-12 : 11 And he said to them in answer, To you is given the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. 12 Because whoever has, to him will be given, and he will have more; but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away.
  • Mark 4:13-20 : 13 And he said to them, If you are not clear about this story, how will you be clear about the others? 14 The seed is the word. 15 And these are they by the wayside, where the word is planted; and when they have given ear, the Evil One comes straight away and takes away the word which has been planted in them. 16 And in the same way, these are they who are planted on the stones, who, when the word has come to their ears, straight away take it with joy; 17 And they have no root in themselves, but go on for a time; then, when trouble comes or pain, because of the word, they quickly become full of doubts. 18 And others are those planted among the thorns; these are they who have given ear to the word, 19 And the cares of this life, and the deceits of wealth, and the desire for other things coming in, put a stop to the growth of the word, and it gives no fruit. 20 And these are they who were planted on the good earth; such as give ear to the word, and take it into their hearts, and give fruit, thirty and sixty and a hundred times as much.

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  • Matt 13:3-5
    3 verses
    85%

    3And he gave them teaching in the form of a story, saying, A man went out to put seed in the earth;

    4And while he did so, some seeds were dropped by the wayside, and the birds came and took them for food:

    5And some of the seed went among the stones, where it had not much earth, and straight away it came up because the earth was not deep:

  • Matt 13:19-28
    10 verses
    85%

    19When the word of the kingdom comes to anyone, and the sense of it is not clear to him, then the Evil One comes, and quickly takes away that which was put in his heart. He is the seed dropped by the wayside.

    20And that which went on the stones, this is he who, hearing the word, straight away takes it with joy;

    21But having no root in himself, he goes on for a time; and when trouble comes or pain, because of the word, he quickly becomes full of doubts.

    22And that which was dropped among the thorns, this is he who has the word; and the cares of this life, and the deceits of wealth, put a stop to the growth of the word and it gives no fruit.

    23And the seed which was put in good earth, this is he who gives ear to the word, and gets the sense of it; who gives fruit, some a hundred, some sixty, some thirty times as much.

    24And he gave them another story, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a man who put good seed in his field:

    25But while men were sleeping, one who had hate for him came and put evil seeds among the grain, and went away.

    26But when the green stem came up and gave fruit, the evil plants were seen at the same time.

    27And the servants of the master of the house came and said to him, Sir, did you not put good seed in your field? how then has it evil plants?

    28And he said, Someone has done this in hate. And the servants say to him, Is it your pleasure that we go and take them up?

  • Mark 4:3-4
    2 verses
    84%

    3A man went out to put seed in the earth:

    4And while he was doing it, some was dropped by the wayside, and the birds came and took it for food.

  • Luke 8:8-12
    5 verses
    82%

    8And some falling on good earth, came up and gave fruit a hundred times as much. And with these words he said in a loud voice, He who has ears, let him give ear.

    9And his disciples put questions to him about the point of the story.

    10And he said, To you is given knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of God; but to the others, they are given in stories, so that seeing, they may not see, and though they give hearing, the sense will not be clear to them.

    11Now this is the point of the story: The seed is the word of God.

    12Those by the side of the road are those who have given hearing; then the Evil One comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not have faith and get salvation.

  • Matt 13:7-10
    4 verses
    82%

    7And some seeds went among thorns, and the thorns came up and they had no room for growth:

    8And some, falling on good earth, gave fruit, some a hundred, some sixty, some thirty times as much.

    9He who has ears, let him give ear.

    10And the disciples came and said to him, Why do you say things to them in the form of stories?

  • Mark 4:13-15
    3 verses
    81%

    13And he said to them, If you are not clear about this story, how will you be clear about the others?

    14The seed is the word.

    15And these are they by the wayside, where the word is planted; and when they have given ear, the Evil One comes straight away and takes away the word which has been planted in them.

  • Matt 13:13-14
    2 verses
    81%

    13For this reason I put things into the form of stories; because they see without seeing, and give ear without hearing, and the sense is not clear to them.

    14And for them the words of Isaiah have come true, Though you give ear, you will not get knowledge; and seeing, you will see, but the sense will not be clear to you:

  • Matt 13:34-38
    5 verses
    80%

    34All these things Jesus said to the people in the form of stories; and without a story he said nothing to them:

    35That it might come true which was said by the prophet, Opening my mouth, I will give out stories; I will give knowledge of things kept secret from before all time.

    36Then he went away from the people, and went into the house; and his disciples came to him, saying, Make clear to us the story of the evil plants in the field.

    37And he made answer and said, He who puts the good seed in the earth is the Son of man;

    38And the field is the world; and the good seed is the sons of the kingdom; and the evil seeds are the sons of the Evil One;

  • Luke 8:5
    80%

    5A man went out to put in seed, and while he was doing it, some was dropped by the wayside and it was crushed under foot, and was taken by the birds of heaven.

  • Mark 4:9
    79%

    9And he said to them, Whoever has ears, let him give ear.

  • Matt 13:30-31
    2 verses
    78%

    30Let them come up together till the getting in of the grain; and then I will say to the workers, Take up first the evil plants, and put them together for burning: but put the grain into my store-house.

    31He put another story before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and put in his field:

  • Mark 4:18
    78%

    18And others are those planted among the thorns; these are they who have given ear to the word,

  • Luke 13:18
    78%

    18Then he said, What is the kingdom of God like? what comparison may I make of it?

  • Matt 11:15
    77%

    15He who has ears, let him give ear.

  • Mark 4:23
    76%

    23If any man has ears, let him give ear.

  • Luke 8:15
    75%

    15And those in the good earth are those who, having given ear to the word, keep it with a good and true heart, and in quiet strength give fruit.

  • Luke 8:18
    75%

    18So take care how you give hearing, for to him who has will be given, and from him who has not will be taken even what he seems to have.

  • Mark 4:20
    74%

    20And these are they who were planted on the good earth; such as give ear to the word, and take it into their hearts, and give fruit, thirty and sixty and a hundred times as much.

  • Mark 7:16
    74%

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  • Mark 12:1
    74%

    1And he gave them teaching in the form of stories. A man had a vine-garden planted, and put a wall about it, and made a place for crushing out the wine, and put up a tower, and let it out to field-workers, and went into another country.

  • Mark 4:33
    74%

    33And with a number of such stories he gave them his teaching, as they were able to take it:

  • Mark 4:26
    74%

    26And he said, Such is the kingdom of God, as if a man put seed in the earth,

  • Luke 13:20
    74%

    20And again he said, What is the kingdom of God like?