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Matthew 13:18
“Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.”
King James Version (KJV)
Matthew 13:18 Context
15For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them. 16But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear. 17For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them. 18Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower. 19When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side. 20But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it; 21Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.
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Translation Details for Matthew 13:18
Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.
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Wesley's Notes for Matthew 13:18
13:16 But blessed are your eyes - For you both see and understand. You know how to prize the light which is given you. #Luke 10:23|.
13:19 When any one heareth the word, and considereth it not - The first and most general cause of unfruitfulness. The wicked one cometh - Either inwardly; filling the mind with thoughts of other things; or by his agent. Such are all they that introduce other subjects, when men should be considering what they have heard.
13:20 The seed sown on stony places, therefore sprang up soon, because it did not sink deep, #Mt 13:5|. He receiveth it with joy - Perhaps with transport, with ecstacy: struck with the beauty of truth, and drawn by the preventing grace of God.
People's Bible Notes for Matthew 13:18
Mt 13:18-23 Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower. In order to understand the parable we must listen to the explanation given in Mt 13:18-23. Christ is the great Sower, and all whom he sends forth to preach are sowers under him. The seed sown is His Word, the Gospel of the Kingdom. The soil is human hearts. Four kinds of human hearts are described: (1) The "wayside" hearer; the light, flippant, indifferent hearer upon whom no impression is produced. (2) The "stony" hearer; the heart that exhibits an evanescent feeling at the appeal of the gospel; but upon whom no permanent impression is made. (3) The "thorny soil"; the heart that takes in the Word, but is so full of worldly cares that these presently gain the mastery. This describes the world-serving hearer. (4) The "good soil"; the good and honest heart; the heart that receives and retains the truth. In such a heart the seed will grow and the new life will be manifest. Three things, then, are needful: (1) A Sower. (2) Good Seed, the pure word of God. (3) A good and "honest" heart. A dishonest man cannot be converted until he casts out his dishonesty. He who cavils at and deceitfully entreats the word of God will not be profited.
ΒΆ Heare ye therefore the parable of the sower.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
"Hear then the parable of the sower.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Hear then ye the parable of the sower.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Give ear, then, to the story of the man who put the seed in the earth.
- Basic English Bible
*Ye*, therefore, hear the parable of the sower.
- Darby Bible
Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.
- Webster's Bible
To you then I will explain the parable of the Sower.
- Weymouth Bible
Hear, then, the parable of the farmer.
- World English Bible
Therfor here ye the parable of the sowere.
- Wycliffe Bible
`Ye, therefore, hear ye the simile of the sower:
- Youngs Literal Bible