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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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.
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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;
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.
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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 13:18
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 13:26
But when the green stem came up and gave fruit, the evil plants were seen at the same time.
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.
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 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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Isaiah 28:23
Let your ears be open to my voice; give attention to what I say.
Matthew 13:9
He who has ears, let him give ear.
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.
Mark 4:9
And he said to them, Whoever has ears, let him give ear.
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 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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