Verse 4

And a great multitude having gathered, and those who from city and city were coming unto him, he spake by a simile:

Referenced Verses

• Matt 13:2-9 : 2 and gathered together unto him were many multitudes, so that he having gone into the boat did sit down, and all the multitude on the beach did stand, 3 and he spake to them many things in similes, saying: `Lo, the sower went forth to sow, 4 and in his sowing, some indeed fell by the way, and the fowls did come and devour them, 5 and others fell upon the rocky places, where they had not much earth, and immediately they sprang forth, through not having depth of earth, 6 and the sun having risen they were scorched, and through not having root, they withered, 7 and others fell upon the thorns, and the thorns did come up and choke them, 8 and others fell upon the good ground, and were giving fruit, some indeed a hundredfold, and some sixty, and some thirty. 9 He who is having ears to hear -- let him hear.'
• Mark 4:1-9 : 1 And again he began to teach by the sea, and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he, having gone into the boat, sat in the sea, and all the multitude was near the sea, on the land, 2 and he taught them many things in similes, and he said to them in his teaching: 3 `Hearken, lo, the sower went forth to sow; 4 and it came to pass, in the sowing, some fell by the way, and the fowls of the heaven did come and devour it; 5 and other fell upon the rocky ground, where it had not much earth, and immediately it sprang forth, because of not having depth of earth, 6 and the sun having risen, it was scorched, and because of not having root it did wither; 7 and other fell toward the thorns, and the thorns did come up, and choke it, and fruit it gave not; 8 and other fell to the good ground, and was giving fruit, coming up and increasing, and it bare, one thirty-fold, and one sixty, and one an hundred.' 9 And he said to them, `He who is having ears to hear -- let him hear.'