Verse 4

¶ And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable:

Referenced Verses

• Matt 13:2-9 : 2 And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore. 3 And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, ‹Behold, a sower went forth to sow;› 4 ‹And when he sowed, some› [seeds] ‹fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:› 5 ‹Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:› 6 ‹And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.› 7 ‹And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:› 8 ‹But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.› 9 ‹Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.›
• Mark 4:1-9 : 1 ¶ And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land. 2 And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine, 3 ‹Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:› 4 ‹And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up.› 5 ‹And some fell on stony ground, where it had not 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 did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred.› 9 And he said unto them, ‹He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.›