of the flesh. Forasmuch as we because of our sins could not enter in unto Him, He therefore came forth to us." Rabanus Maurus: "Or, He went forth, when having left Judea, He passed by the Apostles to the Gentiles." Jerome: "Or, He was within while He was yet in the house, and spake sacraments to His disciples. He went therefore forth from the house, that He might sow seed among the multitudes." Chrysostom: "When you hear the words, the sower went out to sow, do not suppose that is a tautology. For the sower goes out oftentimes for other ends; as, to break up the ground, to pluck up noxious weeds, to root up thorns, or perform any other species of industry, but this man went forth to sow. What then becomes of that seed? three parts of it perish, and one is preserved; but not all in the same manner, but with a certain difference, as it follows, And as he sowed, some fell by the wayside." References External links Other translations of Matthew 13:3 at BibleHub 13:3