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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.  
12 aFor whoever has, to him more will be given, and he will have abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.  
13 Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.
14 And in them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says:
a‘Hearing you will hear and shall not understand,
And seeing you will see and not bperceive; 
15 For the hearts of this people have grown dull.
Their ears aare hard of hearing,
And their eyes they have bclosed,
Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears,
Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn,
So that I1 should cheal them.’  
16 But ablessed are your eyes for they see, and your ears for they hear;  
17 for assuredly, I say to you athat many prophets and righteous men desired to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.  

The Parable of the Sower Explained

18 a“Therefore hear the parable of the sower:  
19 When anyone hears the word aof the kingdom, and does not understand it, then the wicked one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is he who received seed by the wayside.  
20 But he who received the seed on stony places, this is he who hears the word and immediately areceives it with joy;  
21 yet he has no root in himself, but endures only for a while. For when atribulation or persecution arises because of the word, immediately bhe stumbles.  
22 Now ahe who received seed bamong the thorns is he who hears the word, and the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.  
23 But he who received seed on the good ground is he who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears afruit and produces: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.”  

The Parable of the Wheat and the Tares

24 Another parable He put forth to them, saying: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field;
25 but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went his way.
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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