Mat 13:1-9, Luk 8:4-8 | ISV | STEP | The Parable about a Sower That day Jesus left the house and sat down beside the sea.

Matthew 13:1-9

1 The Parable about a Sower Mark 4:1-9; Luke 8:4-8

That day Jesus left the house and sat down beside the sea.Mark 4:1 2 Such large crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat down, while the entire crowd stood on the shore.Luke 5:3; 8:4 3 Then he began to tell them many things in parables. He said, “Listen! A sower went out to sow.Luke 8:5 4 As he was sowing, some seeds fell along the path, and birds came and ate them up. 5 Other seeds fell on stony ground, where they did not have a lot of soil. They sprouted at once because the soil wasn't deep. 6 But when the sun came up, they were scorched. Since they did not have any roots, they dried up. 7 Other seeds fell among thornbushes, and the thornbushes came up and choked them. 8 But other seeds fell on good soil and produced a crop, some a hundred, some sixty, and some thirty times what was sown. ^{▼▼The Gk. lacks what was sown}Gen 26:12 9 Let the person who has ears ^{▼▼Other mss. read ears to hear} listen!”Matt 11:15; Mark 4:9

Luke 8:4-8

4 The Parable about a Sower Matthew 13:1-9; Mark 4:1-9Now while a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to him from every city, he said in a parable:Matt 13:2; Mark 4:1 5 “A sower went out to sow his seed. As he was sowing, some seeds fell along the path, were trampled on, and the birds of the sky ate them up. 6 Others fell on stony ground, and as soon as they came up, they dried up because they had no moisture. 7 Others fell among thornbushes, and the thornbushes grew with them and choked them. 8 But others fell on good soil, and when they came up, they produced a hundred times as much as was planted.” As he said this, he called out, “Let the person who has ears to hear, listen!”