Matthew 13:1-9

Jesus Teaches in Parables

1 That day Jesus went out of ¹the house and was sitting ²by the sea.

2 And large crowds gathered to Him, so ³He got into a boat and sat down, and the whole crowd was standing on the beach.

3 And He spoke many things to them in ⁴parables, saying, "Behold, the sower went out to sow;

4 and as he sowed, some seeds fell beside the road, and the birds came and ate them up.

5 "Others fell on the rocky places, where they did not have much soil; and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of soil.

6 "But when the sun had risen, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.

7 "Others fell among the thorns, and the thorns came up and choked them out.

8 "And others fell on the good soil and yielded a crop, some a ⁵hundredfold, some sixty, and some thirty.

9 "⁶He who has ears, let him hear."

Cross References

• 1. Matthew 9:28; Matthew 13:36
• 2. Matthew 13:1-15: {Mark 4:1-12; Luke 8:4-10;} Mark 2:13
• 3. Luke 5:3
• 4. Matthew 13:10f; Mark 4:2f
• 5. Genesis 26:12; Matthew 13:23
• 6. Matthew 11:15; Revelation 2:7, 11, 17, 29; Revelation 3:6, 13, 22

Footnotes

• [a] Lit "Many"
• [b] Lit "upon"
• [c] Or "hear!" Or "listen!"