Matthew 13:1 Cross References - Moffatt

¹ That same day Jesus went out of the house and seated himself by the seaside;

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

¹ That same day Jesus went out of the house and seated himself by the seaside; ² but, as great crowds gathered to him, he entered a boat and sat down, while all the crowd stood on the beach. ³ He spoke at some length to them in parables, saying: "A sower went out to sow, ⁴ and as he sowed some seeds fell on the road and the birds came and ate them up. ⁵ Some other seeds fell on stony soil where they had not much earth, and shot up at once because they had no depth of soil; ⁶ but when the sun rose they got scorched and withered away because they had no root. ⁷ Some other seeds fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up and choked them. ⁸ Some other seeds fell on good soil and bore a crop, some a hundredfold, some sixty, and some thirtyfold. ⁹ He who has an ear, let him listen to this." ¹⁰ Then the disciples came up and said to him, "Why do you speak in parables?" ¹¹ He replied, "Because it is granted you to understand the open secrets of the Realm of heaven, but it is not granted to these people. ¹² For he who has, to him shall more be given and richly given, but whoever has not, from him shall be taken even what he has. ¹³ This is why I speak to them in parables, because for all their seeing they do not see and for all their hearing they do not hear or understand. ¹⁴ In their case the prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled: You will hear and hear but never understand, you will see and see but never perceive. ¹⁵ For the heart of this people is obtuse, their ears are heavy of hearing, their eyes they have closed, lest they see with their eyes and hear with their ears, lest they understand with their heart and turn again, and I cure them.

³⁶ Then he left the crowds and went indoors. And his disciples came up to him saying, "Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field."

¹³ Then he went out again by the seaside, and all the crowd came to him and he taught them.

¹ Once more he proceeded to teach by the seaside, and a crowd gathered round him greater than ever, so he entered a boat on the sea and sat down, while all the crowd stayed on shore. ² He gave them many lessons in parables, and said to them in the course of his teaching: ³ "Listen, a sower went out to sow, ⁴ and as he sowed it chanced that some seed fell on the road, and the birds came and ate it up; ⁵ some other seed fell on stony soil where it had not much earth, and it shot up at once because it had no depth of earth, ⁶ but when the sun rose it got scorched and withered away, because it had no root; ⁷ some other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up and choked it, so it bore no crop; ⁸ some other seed fell on good soil and bore a crop that sprang up and grew, yielding at the rate of thirty, sixty, and a hundredfold." ⁹ He added, "Anyone who has ears to hear, let him listen to this." ¹⁰ When he was by himself his adherents and the twelve asked him about the parable, ¹¹ and he said to them: "The open secret of the Realm of God is granted to you, but these outsiders get everything by way of parables, ¹² so that for all their seeing they may not perceive, and for all their hearing they may not understand, lest they turn and be forgiven."

⁴ As a large crowd was gathering and as people were resorting to him from town after town, he addressed them in a parable. ⁵ "A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some seed fell on the road and was trampled down, and the wild birds ate it up; ⁶ some other seed dropped on the rock, but it withered away when it sprang up because it had no moisture; ⁷ some other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up along with it and choked it; ⁸ some other seed fell on sound soil, and springing up bore a crop, a hundredfold." When he said this he called out, "He who has an ear, let him listen to this." ⁹ The disciples questioned him about the meaning of the parable; ¹⁰ so he said, "It is granted you to understand the open secrets of the Reign of God, but the others get it in parables, so that for all their seeing they may not see, and for all their hearing they may not understand.