Matthew 13:3

many things. Some of these parables were repeated (and varied) on other occasions. There are no "discrepancies".

in = by. Greek. en . App-104 .

parables. Here, eight (not "seven" as sometimes alleged) are selected for the special purpose of the Holy Spirit in this Gospel. See App-96 and App-145 .

Behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6 .

a sower = the sower. As these eight parables relate to "the Kingdom of the Heavens" ( App-114 ), the sowing must relate to the proclamation of it (Matthew 13:19 ): (1) by John, "the wayside", Matthew 3:2 , Matthew 3:5 , Matthew 3:6 ; (2) by Christ, the Twelve, and the Seventy, "the stony ground", Matthew 4:12 , Mat 4:26 , Mat 4:35 ; (3) by the Twelve in the land, and Paul in the synagogues of the Dispersion (the Acts); (4) still future (Matthew 24:14 ) and on "good", because prepared ground. See App-140 ., and 145.