13 1 The parable of the Sower. 11 and 34 Why Jesus spake in parables. 18 The exposition of the parable. 24 The parable of the tares. 31 Of the mustard seed. 33 Of the leaven. 44 Of the hidden treasure. 45 Of the pearl. 47 Of the draw net cast into the sea. 53 Christ is not received of his countrymen the Nazarites.

The (A)same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side.

[a]And great multitudes resorted unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat down: and the whole multitude stood on the shore.

Then he spake many things to them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow.

And as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up.

And some fell upon stony ground, where they had not much earth, and anon they sprung up, because they had no depth of earth.

And when the sun was up, they were parched, and for lack of rooting withered away.

And some fell among thorns, and the thorns sprung up, and choked them.

And some again fell in good ground, and brought forth fruit, one corn an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, and another thirtyfold.

He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 13:2 Christ showeth in putting forth this parable of the Sower, that the seed of life which is sown in the world, cometh not on so well in one as in another, and the reason is, for that men for the most part either do not receive it, or suffer it not to ripen.

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