Albert Barnes on Matthew 13:3
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Matthew13:3
A Sower went forth to sow. The image here is taken from an employment known to all men, and therefore intelligible to all. Nor can there be a more striking illustration of preaching the gospel, than placing the seed in the ground to spring up hereafter, and bear fruit.
Sower. One who sows or scatters seed. A farmer. It is not improbable that one was near the Saviour when he spoke this parable.
(y) "sower" Mk 4:2, Lk 8:5
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