Ecc 11:6, Isa 28:23-26, Mat 13:3, 24, 26, Mar 4:14, 26-29, Luk 8:5-8 | TSK | STEP | sow. thou knowest. prosper. Heb. be right.

Ecclesiastes 11:6

sow.

9:10; Isa 55:10; Ho 10:12; Mr 4:26-29; Joh 4:36-38; 2Co 9:6

2Ti 4:2

thou knowest.

9:1; Hag 1:6-11; 2:17-19; Zec 8:11,12; Ac 11:20,21; 1Co 3:5-7

2Co 9:10,11

prosper. Heb. be right.

Isaiah 28:23-26

1:2; De 32:1; Jer 22:29; Re 2:7,11,14,29

break.

Jer 4:3; Ho 10:11,12

in the principal, etc. or, the wheat in the principal place,and the barley in the appointed place. rye. or, spelt.

Ex 9:31,32; Eze 4:9

place. Heb. border.

For his God, etc. or, And he bindeth it in such sort as hisGod doth teach him.

Ex 28:3; 31:3-6; 36:2; Job 35:11; 39:17; Ps 144:1; Da 1:17; Jas 1:17

Matthew 13:3

in. 10-13,34,35,53; 22:1; 24:32; Jud 9:8-20; 2Sa 12:1-7; Ps 49:4; 78:2 Isa 5:1-7; Eze 17:2; 20:49; 24:3-14; Mic 2:4; Hab 2:6; Mr 3:23 Mr 4:2,13,33; 12:1,12; Lu 8:10; 12:41; 15:3-7; Joh 16:25; *marg: parables.A parable, [parabole ,] from [para ,] near, and [ballo definition 906|>,] I cast, or put, has been justly defined to be a comparison or similitude, in which one thing is compared with another, especially spiritual things with natural, by which means those spiritual things are better understood, and make a deeper impression on a honest and attentive mind. In a parable, a resemblance in the principal incidents is all that is required; smaller matters being considered as a sort of drapery. Maimonides, in Moreh Nevochim, gives an excellent rule on this head: "Fix it as a principle to attach yourself to the grand object of the parable, without attempting to make a particular application of all the circumstances and terms which it comprehends." a sower. Mr 4:2-9; Lu 8:5-8