Top Verses from Matthew 13  

Jesus told them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field." (NIV)

Another parable He set forth before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. (AMP)

Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field: (KJV)

That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the lake. (NIV)

THAT SAME day Jesus went out of the house and was sitting beside the sea. (AMP)

The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side. (KJV)

"The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field." (NIV)

The kingdom of heaven is like something precious buried in a field, which a man found and hid again; then in his joy he goes and sells all he has and buys that field. (AMP)

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field. (KJV)

He told them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field." (NIV)

Another story by way of comparison He set forth before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field. (AMP)

Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field: (KJV)

"Isn't this the carpenter's son? Isn't his mother's name Mary, and aren't his brothers James, Joseph, Simon and Judas?" (NIV)

Is not this the carpenter's Son? Is not His mother called Mary? And are not His brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas? (AMP)

Is not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas? (KJV)

But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear. (NIV)

But blessed (happy, fortunate, and to be envied) are your eyes because they do see, and your ears because they do hear. (AMP)

But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear. (KJV)

Truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it. (NIV)

Truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous men [men who were upright and in right standing with God] yearned to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it. (AMP)

For 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. (KJV)

But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away. (NIV)

Yet it has no real root in him, but is temporary (inconstant, lasts but a little while); and when affliction or trouble or persecution comes on account of the Word, at once he is caused to stumble [he is repelled and begins to distrust and desert Him Whom he ought to trust and obey] and he falls away. (AMP)

Yet 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. (KJV)

The seed falling on rocky ground refers to people who hear the word and at once receive it with joy. (NIV)

As for what was sown on thin (rocky) soil, this is he who hears the Word and at once welcomes and accepts it with joy (AMP)

But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it; (KJV)

"But the seed falling on good soil refers to people who hear the word and understand it. They produce a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown." (NIV)

As for what was sown on good soil, this is he who hears the Word and grasps and comprehends it; he indeed bears fruit and yields in one case a hundred times as much as was sown, in another sixty times as much, and in another thirty. (AMP)

But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. (KJV)