Matthew 13:3

Jesus begins teaching in parables, starting with a farmer who went out to sow seed.

Cross-references · 26

• Mark 4:2–9And He taught them many things in parables, and in His teaching He said,
• Mark 4:13Then Jesus said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? Then how will you understand any of the parables?
• Ps 78:2I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the beginning,
• Luke 8:5–8“A farmer went out to sow his seed. And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, where it was trampled, and the birds of the air devoured it.
• Matt 13:10–13Then the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Why do You speak to the people in parables?”
• Ezek 24:3–14Now speak a parable to this rebellious house and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Put the pot on the fire; put it on and pour in the water.
• 2 Sam 12:1–7Then the LORD sent Nathan to David, and when he arrived, he said, “There were two men in a certain city, one rich and the other poor.
• Matt 13:53When Jesus had finished these parables, He withdrew from that place.
• Mark 4:33With many such parables Jesus spoke the word to them, to the extent that they could understand.
• Matt 13:34–35Jesus spoke all these things to the crowds in parables. He did not tell them anything without using a parable.
• Ps 49:4I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will express my riddle with the harp:
• Mark 12:12At this, the leaders sought to arrest Jesus, for they knew that He had spoken this parable against them. But fearing the crowd, they left Him and went away.
• Judg 9:8–20One day the trees set out to anoint a king for themselves. They said to the olive tree, ‘Reign over us.’
• Matt 24:32Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its branches become tender and sprout leaves, you know that summer is near.
• Luke 8:10He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to others I speak in parables, so that, ‘though seeing, they may not see; though hearing, they may not understand.’
• Luke 12:41“Lord,” said Peter, “are You addressing this parable to us, or to everyone else as well?”
• Ezek 17:2“Son of man, pose a riddle; speak a parable to the house of Israel
• Mark 12:1Then Jesus began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a wine vat, and built a watchtower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey.
• Ezek 20:49Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD, they are saying of me, ‘Is he not just telling parables?’”
• Hab 2:6Will not all of these take up a taunt against him, speaking with mockery and derision: ‘Woe to him who amasses what is not his and makes himself rich with many loans! How long will this go on?’
• Isa 5:1–7I will sing for my beloved a song of his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.
• Mark 3:23So Jesus called them together and began to speak to them in parables: “How can Satan drive out Satan?
• John 16:25I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. An hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you this way, but will tell you plainly about the Father.
• Mic 2:4In that day they will take up a proverb against you and taunt you with this bitter lamentation: ‘We are utterly ruined! He has changed the portion of my people. How He has removed it from me! He has allotted our fields to traitors.’”
• Luke 15:3–7Then Jesus told them this parable:
• Matt 22:1Once again, Jesus spoke to them in parables:

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