The Parable of the Sower Explained
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k "Hear then the parable of the sower:
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When anyone hears the word of l the kingdom and m does not understand it, n the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown along the path.
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As for what was sown on rocky ground, this is the one who hears the word and immediately o receives it with joy,
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yet he has no root in himself, but p endures for a while, and when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately q he falls away.
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As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but r the cares of s the world and t the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it proves unfruitful.
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As for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and m understands it. He indeed u bears fruit and yields, in one case v a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty."
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Cross References
Matthew 13:18 - 23
Hear then the parable of the sower:
Mark 4:13 - 20
And he said to them, "Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables?
Luke 8:11 - 15
Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
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Cross References
Matthew 13:18 - 23
Hear then the parable of the sower:
Mark 4:13 - 20
And he said to them, "Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables?
Luke 8:11 - 15
Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
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Cross References
Matthew 13:38
The field is the world, and the good seed is the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one.
Matthew 4:23
And he went throughout all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction among the people.
Matthew 8:12
While the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
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Cross References
Matthew 13:13
This is why I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.
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Cross References
John 17:15
I do not ask that you take them out of the worl...
Ephesians 6:16
In all circumstances take up the shield of fait...
2 Thessalonians 3:3
But the Lord is faithful. He will establish you...
1 John 2:13 - 14
I am writing to you, fathers, because you know ...
1 John 3:12
We should not be like Cain, who was of the evil...
1 John 5:18 - 19
We know that everyone who has been born of God ...
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Cross References
Isaiah 58:2
Yet they seek me daily and delight to know my ways, as if they were a nation that did righteousness and did not forsake the judgment of their God; they ask of me righteous judgments; they delight to draw near to God.
Ezekiel 33:31 - 32
And they come to you as people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear what you say but they will not do it; for with lustful talk in their mouths they act; their heart is set on their gain.
Mark 6:20
For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and he kept him safe. When he heard him, he was greatly perplexed, and yet he heard him gladly.
John 5:35
He was a burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.
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Cross References
Galatians 1:6
I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel -
Hosea 6:4
What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? Your love is like a morning cloud, like the dew that goes early away.
Galatians 5:7
You were running well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth?
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Cross References
Matthew 11:6
And blessed is the one who is not offended by me.
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Cross References
Matthew 6:25
Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
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Cross References
2 Timothy 4:10
For Demas, in love with this present world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.
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Cross References
1 Timothy 6:9 - 10
But those who desire to be rich fall into tempt...
1 Timothy 6:17
As for the rich in this present age, charge the...
Matthew 19:23
And Jesus said to his disciples, "Truly, I say ...
Mark 10:23
And Jesus looked around and said to his discipl...
Acts 5:1 - 11
But a man named Ananias, with his wife Sapphira...
Hebrews 3:13
But exhort one another every day, as long as it...
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Cross References
Matthew 13:19
When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown along the path.
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Cross References
Hosea 14:8
O Ephraim, what have I to do with idols? It is I who answer and look after you. I am like an evergreen cypress; from me comes your fruit.
John 15:5
I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.
John 15:16
You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.
Philippians 1:11
Filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
Colossians 1:6
Which has come to you, as indeed in the whole world it is bearing fruit and growing - as it also does among you, since the day you heard it and understood the grace of God in truth.
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Cross References
Matthew 13:8
Other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
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