Matthew 13:3
And he gave them teaching in the form of a story, saying, A man went out to put seed in the earth;
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Matthew 13:3
And he gave them teaching in the form of a story, saying, A man went out to put seed in the earth;
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Matthew 13:1
On that day Jesus went out of the house and was seated by the seaside.
Matthew 13:2
And great numbers of people came together to him, so that he got into a boat; and the people took up their position by the sea.
Luke 8:4
And when a great number of people came together, and men from every town went out to him, he gave them teaching in the form of a story:
Luke 8:5
A man went out to put in seed, and while he was doing it, some was dropped by the wayside and it was crushed under foot, and was taken by the birds of heaven.
Luke 8:6
And some went on the rock, and when it came up it became dry and dead because it had no water.
Luke 8:7
And some went among thorns, and the thorns came up with it and it had no room for growth.
Luke 8:8
And some falling on good earth, came up and gave fruit a hundred times as much. And with these words he said in a loud voice, He who has ears, let him give ear.
Mark 4:1
And again he was teaching by the seaside. And a very great number of people had come to him, so that he got into a boat on the sea and took his seat; and all the people were on the land by the seaside.
Mark 4:2
And he gave them teaching about a number of things in the form of stories, and said to them in his teaching, Give ear:
Judges 9:8
One day the trees went out to make a king for themselves; and they said to the olive-tree, Be king over us.
Mark 4:9
And he said to them, Whoever has ears, let him give ear.
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Mark 4:3
A man went out to put seed in the earth:
Mark 4:4
And while he was doing it, some was dropped by the wayside, and the birds came and took it for food.
Matthew 13:24
And he gave them another story, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a man who put good seed in his field:
Isaiah 28:23
Let your ears be open to my voice; give attention to what I say.
Matthew 13:18
Give ear, then, to the story of the man who put the seed in the earth.
Matthew 13:19
When the word of the kingdom comes to anyone, and the sense of it is not clear to him, then the Evil One comes, and quickly takes away that which was put in his heart. He is the seed dropped by the wayside.
Matthew 13:37
And he made answer and said, He who puts the good seed in the earth is the Son of man;
Mark 4:14
The seed is the word.
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Proverbs 31:14
She is like the trading-ships, getting food from far away.
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Matthew 13:4
And while he did so, some seeds were dropped by the wayside, and the birds came and took them for food:
Matthew 13:5
And some of the seed went among the stones, where it had not much earth, and straight away it came up because the earth was not deep:
Matthew 13:6
And when the sun was high, it was burned; and because it had no root it became dry and dead.
Matthew 13:7
And some seeds went among thorns, and the thorns came up and they had no room for growth:
Matthew 13:8
And some, falling on good earth, gave fruit, some a hundred, some sixty, some thirty times as much.
Matthew 13:9
He who has ears, let him give ear.
Matthew 13:49
So will it be in the end of the world: the angels will come and take out the bad from the good,
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Matthew 13:34
All these things Jesus said to the people in the form of stories; and without a story he said nothing to them:
Matthew 13:35
That it might come true which was said by the prophet, Opening my mouth, I will give out stories; I will give knowledge of things kept secret from before all time.
Psalms 49:4
I will put my teaching into a story; I will make my dark sayings clear with music.
Psalms 78:2
Opening my mouth I will give out a story, even the dark sayings of old times;
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Mark 4:26
And he said, Such is the kingdom of God, as if a man put seed in the earth,
Mark 4:27
And went to sleep and got up, night and day, and the seed came to growth, though he had no idea how.
Mark 4:28
The earth gives fruit by herself; first the leaf, then the head, then the full grain.
Mark 4:29
But when the grain is ready, he quickly sends men to get it cut, because the time for cutting has come.
Ecclesiastes 11:6
In the morning put your seed into the earth, and till the evening let not your hand be at rest; because you are not certain which will do well, this or that--or if the two will be equally good.
Isaiah 55:10
For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, and does not go back again, but gives water to the earth, and makes it fertile, giving seed to the planter, and bread for food;
Matthew 13:26
But when the green stem came up and gave fruit, the evil plants were seen at the same time.
John 4:35
You would say, Four months from now is the time of the grain-cutting. Take a look, I say to you, at the fields; they are even now white for cutting.
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Matthew 13:10
And the disciples came and said to him, Why do you say things to them in the form of stories?
Matthew 13:13
For this reason I put things into the form of stories; because they see without seeing, and give ear without hearing, and the sense is not clear to them.
Matthew 13:15
For the heart of this people has become fat and their ears are slow in hearing and their eyes are shut; for fear that they might see with their eyes and give hearing with their ears and become wise in their hearts and be turned again to me, so that I might make them well.
Matthew 13:16
But a blessing be on your eyes, because they see; and on your ears, because they are open.
John 10:6
In this Jesus was teaching them in the form of a story: but what he said was not clear to them.
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Matthew 3:2
Saying, Let your hearts be turned from sin; for the kingdom of heaven is near.
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Matthew 4:17
From that time Jesus went about preaching and saying, Let your hearts be turned from sin, for the kingdom of heaven is near.
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