Matthew 13:1 Cross References - MNT

¹ On that same day, after Jesus had left the house, he took his seat on the seashore;

²⁸ And when he had gone indoors, they came to him. "Do you believe that I can do this?" asked Jesus. "Yes, Lord," they answered.

¹ On that same day, after Jesus had left the house, he took his seat on the seashore; ² and such a great crowd gathered about him that he got into a boat and sat in it, while all the crowd stood on the beach. ³ Then he told them many truths in parables. "Behold," he said, "the sower went forth to sow; ⁴ and as he sowed, some seed fell by the roadside, and the birds came and ate it. ⁵ Some fell on rocky ground where there was not much earth. Now because it had no depth of soil, it sprang up at once; ⁶ but when the sun rose it was scorched, and withered away because it had no root. ⁷ Some fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up and choked it. ⁸ But some fell on good soil, and bore a crop, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. ⁹ He who has ears, let him hear!" ¹⁰ Now when his disciples came up to him, they said, ¹¹ "Why do you speak to them in parables?" Jesus answered. "To you it has been granted to understand the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven; but to them it has not been granted. ¹² "For whoever holds, to him shall more be given, and he shall have abundance; but whoever does not hold, from him shall be taken away even what he holds. ¹³ "This is why 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 is being fulfilled that prophecy of Isaiah which says. "Hearing you will hear and not understand; Seeing you will see and not perceive; ¹⁵ For the heart of his people is made fat, Their ears are dull of hearing; Their eyes, too, have they closed, Lest some day their eyes should perceive, And their ears should hear, And their heart should understand and turn, And I should heal them.

³⁶ After he had sent the people away and gone into the house, his disciples came to him and said, "Explain to us the parable about the weeds in the field."

¹³ Then Jesus went again to the seaside, and the whole crowd kept coming to him, and he taught them.

¹ Afterwards Jesus began to teach by the seaside, and a vast multitude of people gathered about him, so that he went on board a boat on the sea, and sat there, while all the people stayed on shore, at the water's edge. ² Then he began teaching them in parables many things. In his teaching he said to them. ³ "Listen! the Sower once went out to sow, ⁴ and as he sowed, it happened that some seed fell on the road, and birds came and picked it up; ⁵ some other seed fell on stony soil, where it had not much earth; and it sprang up quickly because it had no depth of soil, ⁶ but when the sun rose it was scorched and withered away because it had no root. ⁷ Other seed fell among the thorns, and the thorns sprang up and choked it, so that it yielded no crop. ⁸ But some seed fell into good soil and yielded a crop that sprang up and increased, yielding thirty, sixty, or a hundredfold. ⁹ "Any one who has ears to hear," he added, "let him listen to this." ¹⁰ When he was alone his followers and the Twelve began asking about the parables. ¹¹ He went on to say to them. "The secret truth concerning the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to those outside everything is told in parables, ¹² so that, "for all their looking they may not see, and for all their hearing, they may not understand, lest perchance they should turn and be pardoned.

⁴ As a great crowd was gathering, and men of town after town kept restoring to him, he spoke a parable to them. ⁵ "A sower went out to sow his seed, and as he sowed some fell by the wayside, and was trodden under foot, and the wild birds ate it up. ⁶ "Some other seed dropped on the rock, as soon as it grew it withered away, because it had no moisture. ⁷ "Another part fell among the thorns; and the thorns grew with it and choked it. ⁸ "But some fell on good soil, and grew up, and brought forth fruit, a hundredfold." When he said this, he called out, "Whoever has ears to hear with, let him listen." ⁹ Then his disciples began to interrupt him, saying, "What does this parable mean?" ¹⁰ He answered. "To you it is given to understand the mysteries of the kingdom of God; But all others are taught in parables so that seeing they shall not see, and hearing they shall not hear.