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And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Beholdm, a sower went forth to sow;

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Mark 4:2• ²And he taught them many things in parables. And he said to them in his doctrine, (Mark 4:2)

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Luke 8:5• ⁵The sower went out to sow his seed; and as he sowed, some fell along the way, and it was trodden under foot, and the birds of the heaven devoured it up; (Luke 8:5)

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Matt. 13:10‑13,34‑35,53• ¹⁰And the disciples came up and said to him, Why speakest thou to them in parables?
¹¹And he answering said to them, Because to you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of the heavens, but to them it is not given;
¹²for whoever has, to him shall be given, and he shall be caused to be in abundance; but he who has not, even what he has shall be taken away from him.
¹³For this cause I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear nor understand;
³⁴All these things Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables, and without a parable he did not speak to them,
³⁵so that that should be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the world's foundation.
⁵³And it came to pass when Jesus had finished these parables he withdrew thence. (Matt. 13:10‑13,34‑35,53)

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Matt. 22:1• ¹And Jesus answering spoke to them again in parables, saying, (Matt. 22:1)

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Matt. 24:32• ³²But learn the parable from the fig-tree: When already its branch becomes tender and produces leaves, ye know that the summer is near. (Matt. 24:32)

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Judg. 9:8‑20• ⁸The trees once went forth to anoint a king over them; and they said to the olive-tree, Reign over us.
⁹And the olive-tree said to them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honour God and man, and go to wave over the trees?
¹⁰And the trees said to the fig-tree, Come thou, reign over us.
¹¹But the fig-tree said to them, Should I leave my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to wave over the trees?
¹²Then said the trees to the vine, Come thou, reign over us.
¹³And the vine said to them, Should I leave my new wine, which cheers God and man, and go to wave over the trees?
¹⁴Then said all the trees to the thorn-bush, Come thou, reign over us.
¹⁵And the thorn-bush said to the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, come, put confidence in my shadow; but if not, fire shall come out of the thorn-bush and devour the cedars of Lebanon.
¹⁶Now therefore, if ye have dealt truly and sincerely in that ye have made Abimelech king, and if ye have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house, and if ye have done to him according to the deserving of his hands;
¹⁷--for my father fought for you, and endangered his life, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian;
¹⁸but ye are risen up against my father's house this day, and have slain his sons, seventy men, upon one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his handmaid, king over the citizens of Shechem, because he is your brother;
¹⁹--if ye then have dealt truly and sincerely with Jerubbaal and with his house this day, rejoice ye in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you;
²⁰but if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the citizens of Shechem and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the citizens of Shechem and from the house of Millo, and devour Abimelech. (Judg. 9:8‑20)

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2 Sam. 12:1‑7• ¹And Jehovah sent Nathan to David. And he came to him, and said to him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.
²The rich had very many flocks and herds;
³but the poor man had nothing at all, but one little ewe lamb which he had bought, and was nourishing; and it grew up with him, and together with his children: it ate of his morsel, and drank of his own cup, and slept in his bosom, and was to him as a daughter.
⁴And there came a traveller to the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that had come to him; and he took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that had come to him.
⁵Then David's anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he said to Nathan, As Jehovah liveth, the man that hath done this thing is worthy of death;
⁶and he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.
⁷And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man! Thus saith Jehovah the God of Israel: I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul; (2 Sam. 12:1‑7)

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Psa. 49:4• ⁴I will incline mine ear to a parable, I will open my riddle upon the harp. (Psa. 49:4)

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Psa. 78:2• ²I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter riddles from of old, (Psa. 78:2)

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Isa. 5:1‑7• ¹I will sing to my well-beloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard: My well-beloved had a vineyard upon a fruitful hill.
²And he dug it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine; and he built a tower in the midst of it, and also hewed out a winepress therein; and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, but it brought forth wild grapes.
³And now, inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, between me and my vineyard.
⁴What was there yet to do to my vineyard that I have not done in it? Wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?--
⁵And now, let me tell you what I am about to do to my vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it shall be eaten up; I will break down its wall, and it shall be trodden under foot;
⁶and I will make it a waste--it shall not be pruned nor cultivated, but there shall come up briars and thorns; and I will command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
⁷For the vineyard of Jehovah of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah the plant of his delight: and he looked for justice, and behold, blood-shedding; for righteousness, and behold, a cry. (Isa. 5:1‑7)

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Ezek. 17:2• ²Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel, (Ezek. 17:2)

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Ezek. 20:49• ⁴⁹And I said, Ah, Lord Jehovah! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables? (Ezek. 20:49)

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Ezek. 24:3‑14• ³And propose a parable unto the rebellious house, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Set on the pot, set it on, and also pour water into it.
⁴Gather the pieces thereof into it, every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones:
⁵take the choice of the flock; and also put a pile of wood under it, for the bones; make it boil well, and let the bones of it seethe therein.
⁶Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose rust is therein, and whose rust is not gone out of it! Bring it out piece by piece; let no lot fall upon it:
⁷for her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the bare rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust.
⁸That it might cause fury to come up to execute vengeance, I have set her blood upon the bare rock, that it should not be covered.
⁹Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Woe to the bloody city! I also will make the pile great.
¹⁰Heap on the wood, kindle the fire, boil thoroughly the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned.
¹¹Then set it empty upon its coals, that it may be hot, and the brass of it may burn, and that its filthiness may be molten in it, and that its rust may be consumed.
¹²She hath exhausted her labours, yet her great rust goeth not forth out of her: let her rust be in the fire.
¹³In thy filthiness is lewdness, for I have purged thee, and thou art not pure. Thou shalt no more be purged from thy filthiness, till I have satisfied my fury upon thee.
¹⁴I Jehovah have spoken it: it shall come to pass, and I will do it; I will not go back, neither will I spare, nor will I repent. According to thy ways, and according to thy doings, shall they judge thee, saith the Lord Jehovah. (Ezek. 24:3‑14)

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Mic. 2:4• ⁴In that day shall they take up a proverb concerning you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We are utterly spoiled: he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me! He hath distributed our fields to the rebellious. (Mic. 2:4)

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Hab. 2:6• ⁶Shall not all these take up a proverb about him, and a taunting riddle against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long?--and to him that loadeth himself with pledges! (Hab. 2:6)

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Mark 3:23• ²³And having called them to him, he said to them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan? (Mark 3:23)

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Mark 4:2,13,33• ²And he taught them many things in parables. And he said to them in his doctrine,
¹³And he says to them, Do ye not know this parable? and how will ye be acquainted with all the parables?
³³And with many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear, (Mark 4:2,13,33)

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Mark 12:1,12• ¹And he began to say to them in parables, A man planted a vineyard, and made a fence round it and dug a wine-vat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and left the country.
¹²And they sought to lay hold of him, and they feared the crowd; for they knew that he had spoken the parable of them. And they left him and went away. (Mark 12:1,12)

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Luke 8:10• ¹⁰And he said, To you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest in parables, in order that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand. (Luke 8:10)

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Luke 12:41• ⁴¹And Peter said to him, Lord, sayest thou this parable to us, or also to all? (Luke 12:41)

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Luke 15:3‑7• ³And he spoke to them this parable, saying,
⁴What man of you having a hundred sheep, and having lost one of them, does not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness and go after that which is lost, until he find it?
⁵and having found it, he lays it upon his own shoulders, rejoicing;
⁶and being come to the house, calls together the friends and the neighbours, saying to them, Rejoice with me, for I have found my lost sheep.
⁷I say unto you, that thus there shall be joy in heaven for one repenting sinner, more than for ninety and nine righteous who have no need of repentance. (Luke 15:3‑7)

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John 16:25• ²⁵These things I have spoken to you in allegories; the hour is coming that I will no longer speak to you in allegories, but will declare to you openly concerning the Father. (John 16:25)

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definition 906

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.

Mark 4:2‑9• ²And he taught them many things in parables. And he said to them in his doctrine,
³Hearken: Behold, the sower went forth to sow.
⁴And it came to pass as he sowed, one fell by the wayside, and the birds came and devoured it.
⁵And another fell on the rocky ground, where it had not much earth, and immediately it sprung up out of the ground because it had no depth of earth;
⁶and when the sun arose it was burnt up, and because of its not having any root, it withered.
⁷And another fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
⁸And another fell into the good ground, and yielded fruit, growing up and increasing; and bore, one thirty, and one sixty, and one a hundred.
⁹And he said, He that has ears to hear, let him hear. (Mark 4:2‑9)

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Luke 8:5‑8• ⁵The sower went out to sow his seed; and as he sowed, some fell along the way, and it was trodden under foot, and the birds of the heaven devoured it up;
⁶and other fell upon the rock, and having sprung up, it was dried up because it had not moisture;
⁷and other fell in the midst of the thorns, and the thorns having sprung up with it choked it;
⁸and other fell into the good ground, and having sprung up bore fruit a hundredfold. As he said these things he cried, He that has ears to hear, let him hear. (Luke 8:5‑8)

• The first is Christ's work in publishing the word among men, while He was here below. The second rather applies to our Lord sowing by means of His servants; that is, the Holy Ghost working through them according to the will of the Lord while He is above, the kingdom of heaven being then set up. (“Remarks on Matthew 13:1-30” by W. Kelly)

• Our Lord, I conceive, was alluding to Isaiah. It is not exactly the gospel of grace and salvation to the poor, wretched, and guilty, but it is one who, instead of coming to claim the fruits of the vineyard set up in Israel, has to begin an entirely new work. A sower going forth to sow marks evidently the commencement of that which did not exist before. (“Remarks on Matthew 13:1-30” by W. Kelly)

• Presents Himself as a sower, that is, as no more seeking fruit, but carrying with Him in this world what was to produce it. (“Remarks on Matthew 13:1-30” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And he spoke to them many things in parables, saying, Behold, the sower went out to sow:

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And he spoke to them many things in parables, saying, Behold, the sower went out to sow:

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)