Matthew 13:1-9

The Parable of the Sower

1 That same day Jesus went out of the house ¹and sat beside the sea.

2 And great crowds gathered about him, ²so that he got into a boat and sat down. And the whole crowd stood on the beach.

3 And ³he told them many things in parables, saying: ⁴“A sower went out to sow.

4 And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them.

5 Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, since they had no depth of soil,

6 but ⁵when the sun rose they were scorched. And since they had no root, ⁶they withered away.

7 Other seeds fell among ⁷thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them.

8 Other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some ⁸a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

9 ⁹He who has ears, ^[a] let him hear. ”

Cross References

• 1. 13:1 For ver. 1-15, see Mark 4:1-12; Luke 8:4-10
• 2. 13:2 [Mark 3:9; Luke 5:1-3]
• 3. 13:3 ver. 34
• 4. 13:3 [Isa. 55:10; Amos 9:13]
• 5. 13:6 James 1:11
• 6. 13:6 John 15:6
• 7. 13:7 Jer. 4:3
• 8. 13:8 ver. 23; Gen. 26:12
• 9. 13:9 See ch. 11:15

Footnotes

• [a] 13:9 Some manuscripts add here and in verse 43 'to hear'