Matthew 13:3
Modern Translations
New International Version
Then he told them many things in parables, saying: "A farmer went out to sow his seed.

New Living Translation
He told many stories in the form of parables, such as this one: “Listen! A farmer went out to plant some seeds.

English Standard Version
And he told them many things in parables, saying: “A sower went out to sow.

Berean Study Bible
And He told them many things in parables, saying, “A farmer went out to sow his seed.

New American Standard Bible
And He told them many things in parables, saying, “Behold, the sower went out to sow;

NASB 1995
And He spoke many things to them in parables, saying, "Behold, the sower went out to sow;

NASB 1977
And He spoke many things to them in parables, saying, “Behold, the sower went out to sow;

Amplified Bible
He told them many things in parables, saying, “Listen carefully: a sower went out to sow [seed in his field];

Christian Standard Bible
Then he told them many things in parables, saying, “Consider the sower who went out to sow.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then He told them many things in parables, saying: "Consider the sower who went out to sow.

Contemporary English Version
Then he taught them many things by using stories. He said: A farmer went out to scatter seed in a field.

Good News Translation
He used parables to tell them many things. "Once there was a man who went out to sow grain.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Then he used stories as illustrations to tell them many things. He said, "Listen! A farmer went to plant seed.

International Standard Version
Then he began to tell them many things in parables. He said, "Listen! A farmer went out to sow.

NET Bible
He told them many things in parables, saying: "Listen! A sower went out to sow.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;

New King James Version
Then He spoke many things to them in parables, saying: “Behold, a sower went out to sow.

King James 2000 Bible
And he spoke many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;

New Heart English Bible
And he spoke to them many things in parables, saying, "Look, a farmer went out to sow.

World English Bible
He spoke to them many things in parables, saying, "Behold, a farmer went out to sow.

American King James Version
And he spoke many things to them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;

American Standard Version
And he spake to them many things in parables, saying, Behold, the sower went forth to sow;

A Faithful Version
And He spoke many things to them in parables, saying, "Behold, the sower went out to sow.

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

English Revised Version
And he spake to them many things in parables, saying, Behold, the sower went forth to sow;

Webster's Bible Translation
And he spoke many things to them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Then he spake many things to them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sowe.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And he spake many thynges to them in parables, saying: Beholde, the sower went foorth to sowe.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
And he spake many thinges vnto the in symilitudes, sayenge: Beholde, The sower wente forth to sowe:

Tyndale Bible of 1526
And he spake many thynges to the in similitudes sayinge: Beholde ye sower wet forth to sowe.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and He spoke to them many things in allegories, saying, “Behold, the sower went forth to sow,

Berean Literal Bible
And He spoke to them many things in parables, saying, "Behold, the one sowing went out to sow.

Young's Literal Translation
and he spake to them many things in similes, saying: 'Lo, the sower went forth to sow,

Smith's Literal Translation
And he spake to them many things in parables, saying, Behold, he, the sower, went forth to sow.

Literal Emphasis Translation
And He spoke many things to them in parables, saying, Behold, the one sowing went out to sow.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he spoke to them many things in parables, saying: Behold the sower went forth to sow.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And he spoke many things to them in parables, saying: “Behold, a sower went out to sow seed.

Translations from Aramaic
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And he was speaking much with them in parables and he said, “Behold, a sower went out to sow.

Lamsa Bible
And he spoke many things to them in parables, and said, Behold the sower went out to sow;

NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
And he spoke many things to them in parables, saying: Behold, the sower went out to sow.

Godbey New Testament
And He spoke many things to them in parables, saying, Behold a sower went out to sow.

Haweis New Testament
And he spake unto them many things in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went out to sow:

Mace New Testament
Then he talk'd to them much in parables, and said, a sower went out to sow.

Weymouth New Testament
He then spoke many things to them in figurative language. "The sower goes out," He said, "to sow.

Worrell New Testament
And He spake to them many things in parables, saying, "Behold, the sower went forth to sow.

Worsley New Testament
saying, "Behold a sower went out to sow;
















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