Matthew 13:18 Cross References - Lamsa

¹⁸ Now you listen to the parable of the seed.

¹¹ He answered and said to them, Because to you it is granted to know the mystery of the kingdom of heaven, but it is not granted to them. ¹² For to him who has, shall be given and it shall increase to him; but to him who has not, even that which he has shall be taken away from him.

¹³ And he said to them, Do you not know this parable? how then will you know all the parables? ¹⁴ The sower who sowed, sowed the word. ¹⁵ Those on the roadside are those in whom the word is sown; and when they have heard it, Satan comes immediately and takes away the word which is sown in their hearts. ¹⁶ And those which were sown upon the rock, are those who when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with joy; ¹⁷ And they have no root in themselves, but last for a while; and when trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they soon stumble. ¹⁸ And those which were sown among thistles are those who have heard the word, ¹⁹ And the thoughts of this world, and the deception of wealth, and the lusts of other things, enter in and choke the word, and bear no fruit. ²⁰ And those which were sown in good soil, are those who hear the word, and receive it and bear fruit, one thirty, and one sixty, and one a hundred.

¹¹ This is the parable. The seed is the word of God. ¹² Those on the roadside are those who hear the word; and the enemy comes and takes away the word from their heart, so that they may not believe and be saved. ¹³ Those on the rock are those who when they have heard, receive the word with joy; and yet they have no root, but their belief is for a while, and in time of trial they stumble. ¹⁴ That which fell among the thistles are those who hear the word, and then choke themselves with worries and riches and worldly covetousness, and bear no fruit. ¹⁵ But that in good soil, these are those who hear the word with pure and good heart, and keep it, and bear fruit with patience.