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Matthew 13:3
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KJ21
And He spoke many things unto them in parables, saying, “Behold, a sower went forth to sow.
ASV
And he spake to them many things in parables, saying, Behold, the sower went forth to sow;
AMP
He told them many things in parables, saying, “Listen carefully: a sower went out to sow [seed in his field];
AMPC
And He told them many things in parables (stories by way of illustration and comparison), saying, A sower went out to sow.
BRG
And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;
CSB
Then he told them many things in parables, saying, “Consider the sower who went out to sow.
CSBA
Then he told them many things in parables, saying, ‘Consider the sower who went out to sow.
CEB
He said many things to them in parables: “A farmer went out to scatter seed.
CJB
He told them many things in parables: “A farmer went out to sow his seed.
CEV
Then he taught them many things by using stories. He said: A farmer went out to scatter seed in a field.
DARBY
And he spoke to them many things in parables, saying, Behold, the sower went out to sow:
DLNT
And He spoke many things to them in parables, saying— “Behold— the one sowing went out that he might sow.
DRA
And he spoke to them many things in parables, saying: Behold the sower went forth to sow.
ERV
Then Jesus used stories to teach them many things. He told them this story: “A farmer went out to sow seed.
EASY
Jesus used stories to teach them many things. He said to them: ‘Listen to me! A farmer went out to plant seeds in his field.
EHV
He told them many things in parables, saying: “Listen, a sower went out to sow.
ESV
And he told them many things in parables, saying: “A sower went out to sow.
ESVUK
And he told them many things in parables, saying: “A sower went out to sow.
EXB
Then Jesus used ·stories [parables] to teach them many things. He said: “A ·farmer [sower] went out to ·plant [sow] his seed.
GNV
Then he spake many things to them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow.
GW
Then he used stories as illustrations to tell them many things. He said, “Listen! A farmer went to plant seed.
GNT
He used parables to tell them many things. “Once there was a man who went out to sow grain.
HCSB
Then He told them many things in parables, saying: “Consider the sower who went out to sow.
ICB
Then Jesus used stories to teach them many things. He said: “A farmer went out to plant his seed.
ISV
Then he began to tell them many things in parables. He said, “Listen! A farmer went out to sow.
PHILLIPS
It was on the same day that Jesus went out of the house and sat down by the lake-side. Such great crowds collected round him that he went aboard a small boat and sat down while all the people stood on the beach. He told them a great deal in parables, and began: “There was once a man who went out to sow. In his sowing some of the seeds fell by the road-side and the birds swooped down and gobbled them up. Some fell on stony patches where they had very little soil. They sprang up quickly in the shallow soil, but when the sun came up they were scorched by the heat and withered away because they had no roots. Some seeds fell among thorn-bushes and the thorns grew up and choked the life out of them. But some fell on good soil and produced a crop—some a hundred times what had been sown, some sixty and some thirty times. The man who has ears should use them!”
JUB
And he spoke many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, the sower went forth to sow;
KJV
And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;
AKJV
And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;
LSB
And He spoke many things to them in parables, saying, “Behold, the sower went out to sow;
LEB
And he spoke many things to them in parables, saying, “Behold, the sower went out to sow,
TLB
where an immense crowd soon gathered. He got into a boat and taught from it while the people listened on the beach. He used many illustrations such as this one in his sermon: “A farmer was sowing grain in his fields.
MSG
At about that same time Jesus left the house and sat on the beach. In no time at all a crowd gathered along the shoreline, forcing him to get into a boat. Using the boat as a pulpit, he addressed his congregation, telling stories. “What do you make of this? A farmer planted seed. As he scattered the seed, some of it fell on the road, and birds ate it. Some fell in the gravel; it sprouted quickly but didn’t put down roots, so when the sun came up it withered just as quickly. Some fell in the weeds; as it came up, it was strangled by the weeds. Some fell on good earth, and produced a harvest beyond his wildest dreams.
MEV
Then He told them many things in parables, saying, “Listen! A sower went out to sow.
MOUNCE
And he told them many things in parables, saying: “A sower went out · to sow.
NOG
Then he used stories as illustrations to tell them many things. He said, “Listen! A farmer went to plant seed.
NABRE
And he spoke to them at length in parables, saying: “A sower went out to sow.
NASB
And He told them many things in parables, saying, “Behold, the sower went out to sow;
NASB1995
And He spoke many things to them in parables, saying, “Behold, the sower went out to sow;
NCB
Then he told them many things in parables. He said: “A sower went out to sow.
NCV
Then Jesus used stories to teach them many things. He said: “A farmer went out to plant his seed.
NET
He told them many things in parables, saying: “Listen! A sower went out to sow.
NIRV
Then he told them many things using stories. He said, “A farmer went out to plant his seed.
NIV
Then he told them many things in parables, saying: “A farmer went out to sow his seed.
NIVUK
Then he told them many things in parables, saying: ‘A farmer went out to sow his seed.
NKJV
Then He spoke many things to them in parables, saying: “Behold, a sower went out to sow.
NLV
Jesus taught them many things by using picture-stories. He said, “A man went out to plant seeds.
NLT
He told many stories in the form of parables, such as this one: “Listen! A farmer went out to plant some seeds.
NMB
And he spoke many things to them in similitudes, saying, Behold, the sower went forth to sow.
NRSVA
And he told them many things in parables, saying: ‘Listen! A sower went out to sow.
NRSVACE
And he told them many things in parables, saying: ‘Listen! A sower went out to sow.
NRSVCE
And he told them many things in parables, saying: “Listen! A sower went out to sow.
NRSVUE
And he told them many things in parables, saying: “Listen! A sower went out to sow.
NTFE
He had much to say to them, and he said it all in parables. “Listen!” he said. “Once there was a sower who went out to sow.
OJB
And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach told them many things in meshalim (parables), saying Hinei! The Sower went out to sow [seeds].
RGT
Then He spoke many things to them in parables, saying, “Behold, a sower went out to sow.
RSV
And he told them many things in parables, saying: “A sower went out to sow.
RSVCE
And he told them many things in parables, saying: “A sower went out to sow.
TLV
And He told them many things in parables, saying, “Behold, a sower went out to spread some seed.
VOICE
And so Jesus began to teach. On this day, He spoke in parables. Here is His first parable: Jesus: Once there was a sower who scattered seeds.
WEB
He spoke to them many things in parables, saying, “Behold, a farmer went out to sow.
WE
He taught the people many things by telling them stories. He said, `Listen, a man went out to sow some seed.
WYC
And he spake to them many things in parables, and said [saying], Lo! he that soweth, went out to sow his seed.
YLT
and he spake to them many things in similes, saying: `Lo, the sower went forth to sow,
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