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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-96and 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 (Mat_13:19): (1) by John, "the wayside", Mat_3:2, Mat_3:5, Mat_3:6; (2) by Christ, the Twelve, and the Seventy, "the stony ground", Mat_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 (Mat_24:14) and on "good", because prepared ground. See App-140., and 145.