Parallel Bible results for "Matthew 13:1-9"

Matthew 13:1-9

1 On that day Jesus went out of the house [and] was sitting by the sea.

1 That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the lake.

2 And large crowds gathered close around him, so that he got into a boat to sit down, and all the crowd was standing on the shore.

2 Such large crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat in it, while all the people stood on the shore.

3 And he spoke many [things] to them in parables, saying, "Behold, the sower went out to sow,

3 Then he told them many things in parables, saying: “A farmer went out to sow his seed.

4 and while he was sowing, {some seed} fell on the side of the path, and the birds came [and] devoured it.

4 As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up.

5 And other [seed] fell on the rocky ground, where it did not have much soil, and it sprang up at once because it did not have [any] depth of soil.

5 Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow.

6 But [when] the sun rose it was scorched, and because it did not have [enough] root, it withered.

6 But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.

7 And other [seed] fell among the thorn plants, and the thorn plants came up and choked it.

7 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants.

8 But other [seed] fell on the good soil and produced grain, this one a hundred [times as much] and this one sixty and this one thirty.

8 Still other seed fell on good soil, where it produced a crop—a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown.

9 The one who has ears, let him hear!"

9 Whoever has ears, let them hear.”