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Matthew 13:3 KJV
Matthew · chapter 13 · verse 3
And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;Matthew 13:3 · King James Version
Matthew 13:3 in context
1The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side.
2And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore.
3And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;
4And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:
5Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- parablesparabolēa placing of one thing by the side of another, juxtaposition, as of ships in battle…G3850 →
- sayinglegōto say, to speak, affirm over, maintain, to teach, to exhort, advise, to command, direct…G3004 →
- Beholdidoubehold, see, loG2400 →
- spakelaleōto utter a voice or emit a sound, to speak, to use the tongue or the faculty of speech…G2980 →
- sowerspeirōto sow, scatter, seed, metaph. of proverbial sayingsG4687 →
- forthexerchomaito go or come forth of, with mention of the place out of which one goes, or the point…G1831 →
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We have here Christ preaching, and may observe, 1. When Christ preached this sermon; it was the same day that he preached the sermon in the foregoing chapter: so unwearied was he in doing good, and working the works of him that sent him.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-23