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Matthew 13:3
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The Parable of the Sower

1 On the same day Jesus went out of the house aand sat by the sea.  
2 aAnd great multitudes were gathered together to Him, so that bHe got into a boat and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore.  
3 Then He spoke many things to them in parables, saying: a“Behold, a sower went out to sow.  
4 And as he sowed, some seed fell by the wayside; and the birds came and devoured them.
5 Some fell on stony places, where they did not have much earth; and they immediately sprang up because they had no depth of earth.
6 But 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 sprang up and choked them.
8 But others fell on good ground and yielded a crop: some aa hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.  
9 aHe who has ears to hear, let him hear!”  

The Purpose of Parables

10 And the disciples came and said to Him, “Why do You speak to them in parables?”
11 He answered and said to them, “Because ait has been given to you to know the1 mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.  
Verse Comparison: Matthew 13:3

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

Amplified® Bible
And He told them many things in parables (stories by way of illustration and comparison), saying, A sower went out to sow.

Contemporary English Version
Then he taught them many things by using stories. He said: A farmer went out to scatter seed in a field.

Darby English Version
And he spoke to them many things in parables, saying, Behold, the sower went out to sow:

Good News Bible
He used parables to tell them many things. "Once there was a man who went out to sow grain.

International Standard Version
Then he began to tell them many things in parables. He said, "Listen! A sower went out to sow.

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

New American Standard Bible
And He spoke many things to them in parables, saying, "Behold, the sower went out to sow;

New International Version
Then he told them many things in parables, saying: "A farmer went out to sow his seed.

New King James Version
Then He spoke many things to them in parables, saying: "Behold, a sower went out to sow.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
And He spoke many things to them in parables, saying, "Behold, the sower went out to sow;

Young's Literal Translation
and he spake to them many things in similes, saying: `Lo, the sower went forth to sow,


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