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

Matthew 13:1-9

1 On the same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the sea.

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

2 And great multitudes were gathered together to Him, so that He got into a boat and sat; and the whole multitude stood 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 Then He spoke many things to them in parables, saying: "Behold, a 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 as he sowed, some seed fell by the wayside; and the birds came and devoured them.

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

5 Some fell on stony places, where they did not have much earth; and they immediately sprang up because they had no depth of earth.

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 was up they were scorched, and because they had no root they withered away.

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

7 And some fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up and choked them.

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

8 But others fell on good ground and yielded a crop: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

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

9 He who has ears to hear, let him hear!"

9 Whoever has ears, let them hear.”