Parable of the Sower - Wikipedia Parable of the Sower (left) in St Mary's Cathedral, Kilkenny, Ireland The Parable of the Sower (sometimes called the Parable of the Soils) is a parable of Jesus found in Matthew 13:1–23, Mark 4:1–20, Luke 8:4–15 and the extra-canonical Gospel of Thomas [1] Jesus tells of a farmer who sows seed indiscriminately