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

Matthew 13:1-9

1 On that day Jesus went out of the house, and sat by the seaside.

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

2 Great multitudes gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat, and sat, and all the multitude stood on the beach.

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 He spoke to them many things in parables, saying, "Behold, the farmer went forth to sow.

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

4 As he sowed, some seeds fell by the roadside, 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 Others fell on rocky ground, where they didn't have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, because they had no deepness 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 When the sun had risen, they were scorched. 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 Others fell on thorns. The thorns grew up and choked them:

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

8 and others fell on good soil, and yielded fruit: some one hundred times, some sixty, and 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.”

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