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On that day Jesus went out of the house, and sat by the seaside.
Matthew 13:1 · World English Bible
Parallel translations
  • KJV The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side.
  • BSB That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the sea.
  • NKJV On the same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the sea.
  • NASB On that day Jesus had gone out of the house and was sitting by the sea.
  • NLT Later that same day Jesus left the house and sat beside the lake.

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Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 6

  • Luke 8:4–10When a great multitude came together, and people from every city were coming to him, he spoke by a parable.
  • Matt 13:1–15On that day Jesus went out of the house, and sat by the seaside.
  • Mark 4:1–12Again he began to teach by the seaside. A great multitude was gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat in the sea, and sat down. All the multitude were on the land by the sea.
  • Matt 13:36Then Jesus sent the multitudes away, and went into the house. His disciples came to him, saying, “Explain to us the parable of the darnel weeds of the field.”
  • Matt 9:28When he had come into the house, the blind men came to him. Jesus said to them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” They told him, “Yes, Lord.”
  • Mark 2:13He went out again by the seaside. All the multitude came to him, and he taught them.

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Christ at the center

Matthew presents Jesus as the promised King — son of David, son of Abraham — the new Moses and true Israel in whom every prophecy reaches 'that it might be fulfilled.'

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