Matthew 13:3

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And He told them many things in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went out to sow.

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  • Mark 4:2-9 : 2 And he taught them many things by parables, and said to them in his doctrine, 3 Listen; behold, a sower went out to sow: 4 And it happened, as he sowed, some fell by the wayside, and the birds of the air came and devoured it. 5 And some fell on stony ground, where it did not have much earth; and immediately it sprang up because it had no depth of earth. 6 But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away. 7 And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no fruit. 8 And other fell on good ground, and yielded fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, some sixty, and some a hundred. 9 And he said to them, He who has ears to hear, let him hear.
  • Mark 4:13 : 13 And he said to them, Do you not know this parable? How then will you know all parables?
  • Mark 4:33 : 33 And with many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it.
  • Matt 13:34-35 : 34 Jesus spoke all these things to the crowd in parables; he did not say anything to them without using a parable. 35 So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet: I will open my mouth in parables, I will utter things hidden since the creation of the world.
  • Matt 13:53 : 53 When Jesus had finished these parables, he moved on from there.
  • Matt 13:10-13 : 10 And the disciples came to Him and asked, Why do You speak to them in parables? 11 He replied, Because it is given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. 12 To whoever has, more shall be given, and he will have an abundance. But whoever does not have, even what he has shall be taken away. 13 This is why I speak to them in parables: Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.
  • John 16:25 : 25 I have spoken these things to you in proverbs: but the time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in proverbs, but I will show you plainly about the Father.
  • Matt 22:1 : 1 And Jesus answered and spoke to them again in parables, saying,
  • Matt 24:32 : 32 Now learn this parable from the fig tree: When its branch is yet tender and puts forth leaves, you know that summer is near.
  • Mark 3:23 : 23 And he called them to him, and said to them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?
  • Mark 12:1 : 1 And he began to speak to them in parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set a hedge around it, and dug a place for the winepress, and built a tower, and leased it to farmers, and went into a far country.
  • Mark 12:12 : 12 They sought to arrest him, but feared the crowd, for they knew he had spoken the parable against them. So they left him and went away.
  • Luke 8:5-8 : 5 A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the wayside; and it was trampled, and the birds of the air devoured it. 6 And some fell on rock; and as soon as it sprang up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture. 7 And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it. 8 And others fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bore fruit a hundredfold. When he had said these things, he cried, He who has ears to hear, let him hear.
  • Luke 8:10 : 10 And he said, To you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.
  • Luke 12:41 : 41 Then Peter said to him, Lord, do you speak this parable to us, or even to all?
  • Judg 9:8-9 : 8 The trees once went forth to anoint a king over them; and they said to the olive tree, Reign over us. 9 But the olive tree said to them, Should I leave my richness, by which they honor God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees? 10 And the trees said to the fig tree, You come and reign over us. 11 But the fig tree said to them, Should I forsake my sweetness and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees? 12 Then the trees said to the vine, You come and reign over us. 13 And the vine said to them, Should I leave my wine, which cheers God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees? 14 Then all the trees said to the bramble, You come and reign over us. 15 And the bramble said to the trees, If you truly anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow; and if not, let fire come out of the bramble and devour the cedars of Lebanon. 16 Now therefore, if you have dealt truly and sincerely, in that you have made Abimelech king, and if you have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house, and have done to him according to what he deserved— 17 (For my father fought for you, risked his life, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian, 18 But you have risen up against my father's house today, and have killed his sons, seventy persons, on one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother)— 19 If then you have dealt truly and sincerely with Jerubbaal and his house today, then rejoice in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you. 20 But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech and devour the men of Shechem and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem and from the house of Millo, and devour Abimelech.
  • 2 Sam 12:1-7 : 1 And the LORD sent Nathan to David. He came to him and said, There were two men in one city; one was rich, and the other poor. 2 The rich man had exceedingly many flocks and herds. 3 But the poor man had nothing, except one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nurtured: it grew up with him and with his children; it ate of his own food, drank from his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and it was like a daughter to him. 4 And a traveler came to the rich man, and he refused to take from his own flock and herd to prepare a meal for the wanderer who had come to him; instead, he took the poor man's lamb and prepared it for the man who had come to him. 5 David's anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he said to Nathan, As the LORD lives, the man who has done this shall surely die. 6 And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing and had no pity. 7 Nathan said to David, You are the man. Thus says the LORD God of Israel, I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul.
  • Ps 49:4 : 4 I will incline my ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
  • Ps 78:2 : 2 I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
  • Isa 5:1-7 : 1 Now I will sing to my beloved a song of my beloved concerning his vineyard. My beloved has a vineyard on a very fruitful hill: 2 And he fenced it, and removed its stones, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress in it: and he expected it to bring forth grapes, but it brought forth wild grapes. 3 And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, between me and my vineyard. 4 What more could have been done to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? Why, when I looked for it to bring forth grapes, did it bring forth wild grapes? 5 And now, I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it shall be eaten up; break down its wall, and it shall be trampled down: 6 And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor dug; but briers and thorns shall come up: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it. 7 For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are his pleasant plant: and he looked for justice, but behold, oppression; for righteousness, but behold, a cry.
  • Ezek 17:2 : 2 Son of man, present a riddle and speak a parable to the house of Israel;
  • Ezek 20:49 : 49 Then I said, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Does he not speak in parables?
  • Ezek 24:3-9 : 3 And tell a parable to the rebellious house, and say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD; Set on a pot, set it on, and also pour water into it: 4 Gather its pieces into it, every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones. 5 Take the choice of the flock, and burn also the bones under it, and make it boil well, and let them seethe its bones in it. 6 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose scum is in it, and whose scum has not gone out! bring it out piece by piece; let no lot fall upon it. 7 For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it on the top of a rock; she did not pour it on the ground, to cover it with dust; 8 That it might cause fury to come up and take vengeance; I have set her blood upon the top of a rock, that it should not be covered. 9 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city! I will even make the pyre large. 10 Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned. 11 Then set it empty on its coals, that its bronze may be hot and may burn, and that its filthiness may be melted in it, that its scum may be consumed. 12 She has wearied herself with lies, and her great scum did not go out of her: her scum shall be in the fire. 13 In your filthiness is depravity: because I have purged you, and you were not purged, you shall not be purged of your filthiness anymore, until I have caused my fury to rest upon you. 14 I the LORD have spoken it: it shall come to pass, and I will do it; I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent; according to your ways, and according to your deeds, they shall judge you, says the Lord GOD.
  • Mic 2:4 : 4 In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We are utterly spoiled: he has changed the portion of my people; how has he removed it from me! Turning away, he has divided our fields.
  • Hab 2:6 : 6 Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him who increases that which is not his! How long? And to him who loads himself with thick clay!
  • Luke 15:3-7 : 3 And he spoke this parable to them, saying, 4 What man among you, having a hundred sheep, if he loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one which is lost until he finds it? 5 And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. 6 And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost. 7 I say to you, that likewise there will be joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, more than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.

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  • Mark 4:2-4
    3 verses
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    2And he taught them many things by parables, and said to them in his doctrine,

    3Listen; behold, a sower went out to sow:

    4And it happened, as he sowed, some fell by the wayside, and the birds of the air came and devoured it.

  • Matt 13:18-20
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    18Listen then to what the parable of the sower means.

    19When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in their heart. This is the seed sown along the path.

    20The seed falling on rocky ground refers to someone who hears the word and at once receives it with joy.

  • Matt 13:4-10
    7 verses
    85%

    4And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them.

    5Some fell on rocky places, where there was not much soil, and they immediately sprang up because the soil was shallow.

    6But when the sun came up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.

    7Some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them.

    8But others fell on good soil and yielded a crop—some a hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.

    9He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

    10And the disciples came to Him and asked, Why do You speak to them in parables?

  • Luke 8:4-5
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    4And when a large crowd had gathered together, and people were coming to him from every city, he spoke by a parable:

    5A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the wayside; and it was trampled, and the birds of the air devoured it.

  • Matt 13:33-38
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    33He told them still another parable: The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into about sixty pounds of flour until it worked all through the dough.

    34Jesus spoke all these things to the crowd in parables; he did not say anything to them without using a parable.

    35So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet: I will open my mouth in parables, I will utter things hidden since the creation of the world.

    36Then he left the crowd and went into the house. His disciples came to him and said, Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.

    37He answered, The one who sowed the good seed is the Son of Man.

    38The field is the world, and the good seed stands for the people of the kingdom. The weeds are the people of the evil one,

  • Matt 13:22-29
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    22The seed falling among the thorns refers to someone who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, making it unfruitful.

    23But the seed falling on good soil refers to someone who hears the word and understands it. This is the one who produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty, or thirty times what was sown.

    24He put another parable before them: The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.

    25But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat and went away.

    26When the wheat sprouted and formed heads, then the weeds also appeared.

    27The owner's servants came to him and said, Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Where then did the weeds come from?

    28He replied, An enemy did this. The servants asked him, Do you want us to go and pull them up?

    29No, he answered, because while you are pulling the weeds, you may uproot the wheat with them.

  • Mark 4:13-14
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    13And he said to them, Do you not know this parable? How then will you know all parables?

    14The sower sows the word.

  • Matt 13:31
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    31He told them another parable: The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field.

  • Mark 4:33
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    33And with many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it.

  • Luke 8:11
    78%

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

  • Mark 12:1
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    1And he began to speak to them in parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set a hedge around it, and dug a place for the winepress, and built a tower, and leased it to farmers, and went into a far country.

  • Mark 4:26
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    26And he said, The kingdom of God is as if a man should cast seed into the ground;

  • Matt 13:13
    77%

    13This is why I speak to them in parables: Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.

  • Matt 13:1-2
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    1That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the sea.

    2And a great multitude gathered to Him, so He went into a boat and sat down, while the whole crowd stood on the shore.

  • Luke 8:7-9
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    7And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it.

    8And others fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bore fruit a hundredfold. When he had said these things, he cried, He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

    9And his disciples asked him, saying, What does this parable mean?

  • Luke 12:16
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    16And he spoke a parable to them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully.

  • Luke 13:18-20
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    18Then he said, What is the kingdom of God like? And to what shall I compare it?

    19It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his garden; and it grew and became a large tree, and the birds of the air lodged in its branches.

    20And again he said, To what shall I liken the kingdom of God?

  • Luke 20:9
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    9Then he began to speak this parable to the people: A certain man planted a vineyard, and rented it out to tenant farmers, and went into a far country for a long time.

  • Mark 4:8-9
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    8And other fell on good ground, and yielded fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, some sixty, and some a hundred.

    9And he said to them, He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

  • Luke 15:3
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    3And he spoke this parable to them, saying,