Matthew 13:3 (KJV)

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And he spake many things unto them in parables saying Behold a sower went forth to sow
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in. Mt 13:10-13 Mt 13:34 Mt 13:35 Mt 13:53 Mt 22:1 Mt 24:32 Re 8:8-9:7 2Sa 12:1-7 Ps 49:4 Ps 78:2 Isa 5:1-7 Eze 17:2 Eze 20:49 Eze 24:3-14 Mic 2:4 Hab 2:6 Mr 3:23 Mr 4:2 Mr 4:13 Mr 4:33 Mr 12:1 Mr 12:12 Lu 8:10 Lu 12:41 Lu 15:3-7 Joh 16:25

a sower. Mr 4:2-9 Lu 8:5-8

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."

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