Matthew 13:1 Cross References - Goodspeed

¹ That same day Jesus went out of his house and was sitting on the seashore.

²⁸ When he had gone indoors, the blind men came up to him, and he said to them, "Do you believe that I can do this?" They said to him, "Yes, sir."

¹ That same day Jesus went out of his house and was sitting on the seashore. ² And such great crowds gathered about him that he got into a boat and sat down in it, while all the people stood on the shore. ³ And he told them many things in figures, and said to them, "A sower went out to sow, ⁴ and as he was sowing, some of the seed fell by the path and the birds came and ate it up, ⁵ and some fell on rocky ground where there was not much soil and it sprang up at once, because the soil was not deep, ⁶ but when the sun came up it was scorched and withered up, because it had no root. ⁷ And some of it fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it out. ⁸ And some fell on good soil, and yielded some a hundred, some sixty, and some thirty-fold. ⁹ Let him who has ears listen!" ¹⁰ His disciples came up and said to him, "Why do you speak to them in figures?" ¹¹ He answered, "You are permitted to know the secrets of the Kingdom of Heaven, but they are not. ¹² For people who have will have more given to them, and will be plentifully supplied, and from people who have nothing even what they have will be taken away. ¹³ This is why I speak to them in figures, because though they look they do not see, and though they listen they do not hear or understand. ¹⁴ They are a fulfilment of Isaiah's prophecy, " 'You will listen and listen, and never understand, And you will look and look, and never see! ¹⁵ For this nation's mind has grown dull, And they hear faintly with their ears, And they have shut their eyes, So as never to see with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their minds, and turn back, And let me cure them!'

³⁶ Then he left the crowds and went into his house. And his disciples came up to him and said, "Explain to us the figure of the weeds in the field."

¹³ He went out of the town again and along the shore, and all the people came to him and he taught them.

¹ Then he began again to teach by the seashore. And a crowd gathered around him so great that he got into a boat and sat in it, a little way from the shore, while all the people were on the land close to the water. ² He taught them many lessons in figures, and said to them in the course of his teaching, ³ "Listen: A sower went out to sow, ⁴ and as he was sowing, some of the seed chanced to fall by the path, and the birds came and ate it up. ⁵ Some of it fell on rocky ground, and where there was not much soil, and it sprang up at once because the soil was not deep, ⁶ but when the sun came up, it was scorched, and withered up, because it had no root. ⁷ Some of the seed fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it out, and it yielded no grain. ⁸ And some fell on good soil, and came up and grew and yielded thirty, sixty, even a hundredfold." ⁹ And he said, "Let him who has ears be sure to listen!" ¹⁰ When he was by himself, those who stayed about him with the Twelve asked him about the figures he had used. ¹¹ And he said to them, "To you has been intrusted the secret of the reign of God, but to those outsiders, everything is offered in figures, ¹² so that " 'They may look and look and yet not see, And listen and listen and yet not understand, Lest possibly they should turn and be forgiven.' ",

⁴ When a great throng was gathering and people were coming to him from one town after another, he said in his figurative way, ⁵ "A sower went out to sow his seed. As he was sowing, some of the seed fell by the path and was trodden on, and the wild birds ate it up. ⁶ And some of it fell upon the rock, and when it sprang up it withered, because it had no moisture. ⁷ And some fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up with it and choked it out. ⁸ And some fell on good soil, and grew up and yielded a hundred fold!" As he said this he called out, "Let him who has ears to hear with, listen!" ⁹ His disciples asked him what this figure meant. ¹⁰ And he said, "You are permitted to know the secrets of the Kingdom of God, but they are given to others in the form of figures, so that they may look and yet not see, and hear and yet not understand.