Bible Cross References
he began
Mark 2:13
Jesus went back again to the shore of Lake Galilee. A crowd came to him, and he started teaching them.
Matthew 13:1
That same day Jesus left the house and went to the lakeside, where he sat down to teach.
Matthew 13:2-9
2
The crowd that gathered around him was so large that he got into a boat and sat in it, while the crowd stood on the shore.
3
He used parables to tell them many things. "Once there was a man who went out to sow grain.
4
As he scattered the seed in the field, some of it fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up.
5
Some of it fell on rocky ground, where there was little soil. The seeds soon sprouted, because the soil wasn't deep.
6
But when the sun came up, it burned the young plants; and because the roots had not grown deep enough, the plants soon dried up.
7
Some of the seed fell among thorn bushes, which grew up and choked the plants.
8
But some seeds fell in good soil, and the plants bore grain: some had one hundred grains, others sixty, and others thirty."
9
And Jesus concluded, "Listen, then, if you have ears!"
Luke 8:4-8
4
People kept coming to Jesus from one town after another; and when a great crowd gathered, Jesus told this parable:
5
"Once there was a man who went out to sow grain. As he scattered the seed in the field, some of it fell along the path, where it was stepped on, and the birds ate it up.
6
Some of it fell on rocky ground, and when the plants sprouted, they dried up because the soil had no moisture.
7
Some of the seed fell among thorn bushes, which grew up with the plants and choked them.
8
And some seeds fell in good soil; the plants grew and bore grain, one hundred grains each." And Jesus concluded, "Listen, then, if you have ears!"
so that
Luke 5:1-3
1
One day Jesus was standing on the shore of Lake Gennesaret while the people pushed their way up to him to listen to the word of God.
2
He saw two boats pulled up on the beach; the fishermen had left them and were washing the nets.
3
Jesus got into one of the boats---it belonged to Simon---and asked him to push off a little from the shore. Jesus sat in the boat and taught the crowd.