Bible Cross References
I tell
Matthew 13:1-17
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On the same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea.
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And great crowds were gathered together to Him, so that He got into the boat and sat; and the crowd stood on the shore.
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And He spoke to them many things in parables, saying: "Behold, a sower went out to sow.
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And as he sowed, some seed fell alongside the road; and the birds came and devoured them.
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But others fell on the stony ground, where it did not have much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth.
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But when the sun rose, it was scorched, and because it had no root, it withered away.
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But others fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up and choked them out.
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But others fell on good ground and it was yielding fruit: some a hundred[fold], some sixty, some thirty.
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He who has ears to hear, let him hear!"
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And the disciples approached and said to Him, "Why do You speak to them in parables?"
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He answered and said to them, "To you it has been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.
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For whoever has, to him more shall be given, and he shall be in abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has shall be taken away from him.
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Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.
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And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which says: 'Hearing you shall hear and by no means understand, and seeing you shall see and by no means perceive.
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For the heart of this people has become dull, and their ears are hard of hearing, and their eyes have closed, lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, lest they should understand with their hearts and turn back, that I should heal them.'
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"But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears, because they hear.
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For assuredly I say to you, that many prophets and righteous [men] desired to see what you see, and they did not see, and to hear what you hear, and they did not hear."
Matthew 13:34-17
Matthew 13:35-17
Luke 8:10
And He said, "To you it has been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest [they are] in parables, that 'Seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.'
John 16:1
"These things I have spoken to you, so that you should not be made to stumble.
John 16:13
However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own [authority], but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will announce to you things to come.
John 16:25
"These things I have spoken to you in figures of speech; but the time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures of speech, but I will tell you plainly about the Father.
John 16:29
His disciples said to Him, "See, now You are speaking plainly, and using no figure of speech!
2 Corinthians 3:12
Therefore, having such hope, we use great boldness of speech--
that preach
Proverbs 1:20-23
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Wisdom sings aloud in passages, and in the broad places speaks boldly.
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And she makes proclamation on the top of the walls, and sits by the gates of princes; and at the gates of the city boldly says,
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So long as the simple cleave to justice, they shall not be ashamed: but the foolish being lovers of haughtiness, having become ungodly have hated knowledge, and have become subject to reproofs.
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Behold, I will bring forth to you the utterance of my breath, and I will instruct you in my speech.
Proverbs 8:1-5
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You shall proclaim wisdom, that understanding may be obedient to you.
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For she is on lofty heights, and stands in the midst of the ways.
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For she sits by the gates of princes, and sings in the entrances, [saying],
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You, O men, I exhort; and utter my voice to the sons of men.
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O you simple, understand prudence, and you that are untaught, take in knowledge.
Acts 5:20
"Go, stand in the temple and speak to the people all the words of this life."
Acts 5:28
saying, "Did we not give you strict orders not to continue teaching in this name? And behold, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and you want to bring on us the blood of this Man!"
Acts 17:17
Therefore he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and with the [Gentile] worshippers, and in the marketplace daily with those coming by.