Matthew 13:3

LEB⁽ⁱ⁾ ³ And he spoke many things to them in parables, saying, "Behold, the sower went out to sow,

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Matthew 13:10-13; Matthew 13:34; Matthew 13:35; Matthew 13:53; Matthew 22:1; Matthew 24:32; Judges 9:8-20; 2 Samuel 12:1-7; Psalms 49:4; Psalms 78:2
Isaiah 5:1-7; Ezekiel 17:2; Ezekiel 20:49; Ezekiel 24:3-14; Micah 2:4; Habakkuk 2:6; Mark 3:23
Mark 4:2; Mark 4:13; Mark 4:33; Mark 12:1; Mark 12:12; Luke 8:10; Luke 12:41; Luke 15:3-7; John 16:25
parables.A parable, [parabole,] from [para,] near, and [ballo,] 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.
Mark 4:2-9; Luke 8:5-8