Matthew 13:3

Overview - Matthew 13
1	The parable of the sower and the seed;
18	the exposition of it.
24	The parable of the tares;
31	of the mustard seed;
33	of the leaven;
36	exposition of the parable of the tares.
44	The parable of the hidden treasure;
45	of the pearl;
47	of the drag net cast into the sea.
53	Christ is contemned of his own countrymen.

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Matthew 13:3 (King James Version)
And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;

in: Matthew 13:10-13 Matthew 13:34 Matthew 13:35 Matthew 13:53 ; 22:1 24:32 Judges 9:8-20 ; 2 Samuel 12:1-7 ; Psalms 49:4 ; 78:2; Isaiah 5:1-7 ; Ezekiel 17:2 ; 20:49 24:3-14 Micah 2:4 ; Habakkuk 2:6 ; Mark 3:23; Mark 4:2 Mark 4:13 Mark 4:33 ; Mark 12:1 Mark 12:12 Luke 8:10 ; 12:41 15:3-7 John 16:25 ; *marg:
parables: A parable, [parabole ,] from [para ,] near, and; [ballo ,] I cast, or put, has been; justly defined to be a comparison or similitude, in which one thing is compared with another, especially spiritual things with natural, by which means those spiritual things are better understood, and make a deeper impression on a honest and attentive mind. In a parable, a resemblance in the principal incidents is all that is required; smaller matters being considered as a sort of drapery. Maimonides, in Moreh Nevochim, gives an excellent rule on this head: "Fix it as a principle to attach yourself to the grand object of the parable, without attempting to make a particular application of all the circumstances and terms which it comprehends."* a sower.