The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side. Luk 8:4-10Mat 13:1-15Mrk 4:1-12Mat 13:36Mat 9:28Mrk 2:13 And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore. Luk 5:3Gen 49:10Luk 8:4-8Mat 15:30Mat 4:25Mrk 4:1 And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow; Mrk 4:2-9Mrk 4:13Psa 78:22Sa 12:1-7Ezk 24:3-14Mat 13:10-13Mat 13:34-35Mat 13:53 And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up: Mat 13:18-19 Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth: Ezk 36:26Ezk 11:19Zec 7:12Amo 6:12Mat 13:20 And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away. Jas 1:11-12Mat 13:21Luk 8:13Col 1:23Eph 3:17Isa 49:10Col 2:7Mat 7:26-27 And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them: Mrk 4:18-19Jer 4:3-4Gen 3:18Mat 13:22 But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold. Jhn 15:8Luk 8:15Gen 26:12Mat 13:23Gal 5:22-23Php 1:11Rom 7:18 Who hath ears to hear, let him hear. Mat 11:15Rev 2:11Rev 2:7Rev 2:17Mat 13:16Mrk 4:23Mrk 4:9Mrk 7:14-15 And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables? Mrk 4:33-34Mrk 4:10 He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. 1Co 2:9-101Co 2:14Mat 19:11Jas 1:51Jn 2:271Jn 2:20Col 1:26-27Eph 1:9 For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath. Mat 25:29Mrk 4:24-25Luk 8:18Luk 19:24-26Jhn 15:2-5Mat 21:43Rev 2:5Isa 5:4-7 Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. Ezk 12:2Jer 5:21Isa 42:18-202Co 4:3-4Deu 29:3-4Jhn 3:19-20Mat 13:16Isa 44:18 And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive: Isa 6:9-10Ezk 12:22Co 3:14Luk 8:10Act 28:25-27Mrk 4:12Jhn 12:39-40Rom 11:8-10 For this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them. Isa 6:10Mrk 4:12Zec 7:11Jhn 8:43-442Ti 2:25-26Isa 29:10-12Jer 17:14Mal 4:2 But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear. Luk 10:23-24Eph 1:17-18Mat 16:17Jhn 20:29Act 26:182Co 4:6Luk 2:29-30Mat 5:3-11 For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them. Jhn 8:56Heb 11:131Pe 1:10-12Luk 10:24Eph 3:5-6Heb 11:39-40
¶ Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower. Luk 8:11-15Mat 13:11-12Mrk 4:13-20 When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side. Luk 8:11-15Heb 2:1Mat 13:381Jn 5:18Mat 4:231Jn 3:12Pro 2:1-61Jn 2:13-14 But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it; Ezk 33:31-32Psa 106:12-13Jhn 5:352Ch 24:2Isa 58:2Psa 78:34-371Sa 11:13-152Ch 24:14 Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended. Mat 11:62Pe 1:8-9Eph 3:17Hos 6:4Jhn 15:5-7Job 19:28Pro 12:3Jhn 12:25-26 He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful. 1Ti 6:17Luk 8:141Ti 6:9-10Mrk 4:18-19Luk 12:152Ti 4:10Ecc 5:10-111Jn 2:15-16 But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. Php 1:11Mat 12:33Jhn 15:16Gal 5:22-23Jhn 15:1-8Mat 13:8Psa 92:13-15Col 1:6
¶ Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field: Mat 25:1Mat 13:47Mat 20:1Mat 22:2Mat 13:37Luk 13:20Luk 13:18Mat 13:33 But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. 1Pe 5:82Pe 2:1Act 20:30-31Mat 13:39Heb 12:15Rev 12:9Mat 25:52Co 11:13-15 But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. Mrk 4:26-29 So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares? Rom 16:172Co 6:12Co 5:18-201Co 12:28-291Co 16:102Co 6:41Co 1:11-131Co 15:12-34 He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up? 1Co 5:3-71Th 5:14Luk 9:49-542Co 2:6-11Jud 1:22-23 But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them. Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn. Mat 3:121Ti 5:241Co 4:5Jhn 15:6Mal 3:18Mat 13:39-43Mat 25:32Luk 3:17
¶ Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field: Luk 13:18-19Mat 17:20Mrk 4:30-32Luk 17:6Mat 13:24Luk 20:9Luk 19:11 Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof. Ezk 31:6Dan 4:12Ezk 17:23-24Act 21:20Dan 2:44-45Rom 15:18-19Zec 8:20-23Dan 2:34-35
¶ Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened. Gal 5:91Co 5:6-7Luk 13:21Php 2:13-15Gen 18:6Pro 4:18Job 17:9Mat 13:24 All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them: Jhn 16:25Mrk 4:33-34Mat 13:13 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world. Psa 78:2Eph 3:91Pe 1:20-21Rom 16:25-261Co 2:7Jhn 17:24Amo 3:7Col 1:25-26 Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field. Jhn 16:17-20Mat 13:11Mat 13:1Mat 15:15-16Mat 9:28Mrk 6:45Mrk 7:17Mrk 8:9 He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man; 1Co 3:5-7Act 1:8Luk 10:16Mat 13:24Mat 13:27Mat 13:41Jhn 13:20Jhn 20:21 The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one; Jhn 8:44Act 13:10Php 3:18-191Jn 3:8-101Pe 1:23Gen 3:15Jas 1:18Mat 13:19 The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels. Mat 13:49Rev 14:15-19Mat 25:31Jol 3:13Rev 19:202Th 1:7-10Mat 13:25Mat 24:3 As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world. Mat 13:39 The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; Mat 24:312Pe 2:1-2Mat 18:7Rev 21:27Heb 1:14Heb 1:6-7Mat 13:49Rev 5:11-12 And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. Mat 13:50Luk 16:23-24Mat 8:12Rev 20:10Rev 20:14-15Rev 19:20Dan 3:6Mrk 9:43-49 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear. Dan 12:3Luk 12:321Co 15:41-54Mat 11:15Mat 25:34Rev 21:22-23Rev 21:3-5Jas 2:5
¶ Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field. Pro 2:2-5Col 2:3Php 3:7-9Mat 6:21Luk 14:33Heb 11:24-26Mat 19:29Pro 16:16
¶ Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls: Pro 8:10-11Mat 16:26Pro 3:13-18Job 28:18Mat 13:24Pro 8:18-20Ecc 12:13Mat 22:5 Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it. Luk 18:28-30Eph 3:8Act 20:24Col 2:3Mat 13:44Pro 2:41Co 3:21-231Jn 5:11-12
¶ Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind: Jhn 15:62Ti 3:2-5Mat 22:9-101Jn 4:1-62Ti 4:3-4Mrk 1:171Co 10:1-122Co 12:20-21 Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away. Mat 13:30Mat 3:12Mat 13:40-43 So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just, Rev 20:12-15Mat 13:39Mat 24:312Th 1:7-10Mat 22:12-14Mat 25:19-33Mat 25:5-12 And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. Luk 13:27-28Rev 14:10-11Mat 13:42Mat 8:12Mat 24:50-51Rev 16:10-11 Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things? They say unto him, Yea, Lord. Mrk 4:34Mat 13:11Mat 13:191Jn 5:20Act 8:30-31Luk 9:44-45Mat 15:17Mat 16:11 Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old. 1Jn 2:7-8Tit 1:92Ti 3:16-172Co 3:4-6Mat 12:35Tit 2:6-71Ti 3:15-16Ezr 7:10
¶ And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed thence. Mat 7:28Mrk 4:33-35 And when he was come into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, and said, Whence hath this man this wisdom, and these mighty works? Jhn 7:15-16Mat 7:28Mrk 6:1-6Luk 4:16-30Mat 2:23Mat 4:23Psa 22:22Act 13:46 Is not this the carpenter’s son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas? Jhn 6:42Mrk 6:3Luk 3:23Luk 4:22Mrk 15:47Gal 1:19Jhn 19:25Luk 24:10 And his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence then hath this man all these things? And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house. Jhn 4:44Luk 4:24Mat 11:6Isa 53:3Isa 49:7Jhn 6:611Co 1:23-28Act 7:51-52 And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief. Mrk 6:5-6Rom 11:20Heb 3:12-19Luk 4:25-29Heb 4:6-11