Mark 4:1, 2 |Matt. 13:1-3 |Luke 8:4 | | 1 And again he began| 1 On that day went | to teach by the sea | Jesus out of the | side. And there is | house, and sat by | 8 And when a great gathered unto him a | 2 the sea side. And | multitude came very great | there were gathered | together, and they multitude, so that | unto him great | of every city he entered a boat, | multitudes, so that | resorted unto him, and sat in the sea; | he entered into a | and all the | boat, and sat; and | multitude were by | all the multitude | the sea on the land.| stood on the beach. | 2 And he taught them | 3 And he spake to them| many things in | many things in | he spake by a parables, and said | parables, saying, | parable: unto them in his | | teaching, Hearken: | | [Footnote a: We have met various _separate_ parables heretofore, but here is a _group_ of at least ten. Two other great groups will occur hereafter, one group given in Luke only, and the last group during the last week of our Lord's public ministry.] _1. To the Crowds by the Sea_ (a) Parable of the Sower Mark 4:3-25 |Matt. 13:3-23 |Luke 8:5-18 | | 3 Behold, the sower | 3 Behold, the sower | 5 The sower went went forth to sow: | went forth to sow; | forth to sow his 4 and it came to pass,| 4 and as he sowed, | seed: and as he as he sowed, some | some _seeds_ fell by| sowed, some fell by _seed_ fell by the | the way side, and | the way side; and way side, and the | the birds came and | it was trodden birds came and | 5 devoured them: and | under foot, and 5 devoured it. And | others fell upon the| the birds of the other fell on the | rocky places, where | heaven devoured rocky _ground_, | they had not much | 6 it. And other fell where it had not | earth: and | on the rock; and much earth; and | straightway they | as soon as it straightway it | sprang up, because | grew, it withered sprang up, because | they had no deepness| away, because it it had no deepness | 6 of earth: and when | had no moisture. 6 of earth: and when | the sun was risen, | the sun was risen, | they were scorched; | it was scorched; and| and because they had| 7 And other fell because it had no | no root, they | amidst the thorns; root, it withered | 7 withered away. And | and the thorns 7 away. And other fell| others fell upon the| grew with it, and among the thorns, | thorns; and the | 8 choked it. And