Matthew 13:3
3And ahe told them many things in parables, saying: b“A sower went out to sow.Matthew 13:10
The Purpose of the Parables
10Then the disciples came and said to him, “Why do you speak to them in parables?”Matthew 13:13
13This is why I speak to them in parables, because cseeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, dnor do they understand.Matthew 13:18
The Parable of the Sower Explained
18 e“Hear then the parable of the sower:Matthew 13:24
The Parable of the Weeds
24He put another parable before them, saying, f“The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field,Matthew 13:31
The Mustard Seed and the Leaven
31He put another parable before them, saying, g“The kingdom of heaven is like ha grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field.Matthew 13:33-36
33He told them another parable. i“The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and hid in jthree measures of flour, till it was kall leavened.”Prophecy and Parables
34 lAll these things Jesus said to the crowds in parables; indeed, he said nothing to them without a parable. 35This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet: ▼▼Some manuscripts Isaiah the prophet
n“I will open my mouth in parables;
oI will utter what has been hidden psince the foundation of the world.”
The Parable of the Weeds Explained
36Then he left the crowds and went into qthe house. And his disciples came to him, saying, r“Explain to us the parable of the weeds of the field.”Matthew 13:53
Jesus Rejected at Nazareth
53And when Jesus had finished these parables, he went away from there,Matthew 15:15
15But Peter said to him, s“Explain the parable to us.”
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