Commentaries:
People's Commentary (NT)
Matthew 13:3
And he spake many things unto them in parables. Of which only
samples are preserved, even by Matthew, and still fewer in the other
Gospels.
Parables. Narratives designed to convey spiritual instruction.
The parable differs from the proverb in being a "narrative", from the
fable is being "true to nature", from the myth in being "undeceptive",
from the allegory in that it "veils the spiritual truth".
Behold, a sower went forth to sow. It is "the sower" in the
original. There was grain land on every side, and the figure was
familiar to every hearer. There are no farm houses in Palestine. All
live in towns or villages. Hence, the farmers "go forth" to sow.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Matthew 13:3
Mark 4:1
Luke 8:5-15
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