The Parable of the Sower

Mark 4:1

In 9 translations

BSB: Once again Jesus began to teach beside the sea, and such a large crowd gathered around Him that He got into a boat and sat in it, while all the people crowded along the shore.
KJV: And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land.
WEB: Again he began to teach by the seaside. A great multitude was gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat in the sea and sat down. All the multitude were on the land by the sea.
ASV: And again he began to teach by the sea side. And there is gathered unto him a very great multitude, so that he entered into a boat, and sat in the sea; and all the multitude were by the sea on the land.
LSV: And again He began to teach by the sea, and there was gathered to Him a great multitude, so that He, having gone into the boat, sat in the sea, and all the multitude was near the sea, on the land,
YLT: And again he began to teach by the sea, and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he, having gone into the boat, sat in the sea, and all the multitude was near the sea, on the land,
DBY: And again he began to teach by the sea. And a great crowd was gathered together to him, so that going on board ship he sat in the sea, and all the crowd were close to the sea on the land.
DRC: And again he began to teach by the sea side; and a great multitude was gathered together unto him, so that he went up into a ship, and sat in the sea; and all the multitude was upon the land by the sea side.
GNV: And hee began againe to teache by the sea side, and there gathered vnto him a great multitude, so that hee entred into a shippe, and sate in the sea, and all the people was by the sea side on the land.

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NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read συνάγεται (“are gathered together”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read συνήχθη (“were gathered together”).
NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read πλεῖστος (“greatest”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read πολύς (“great”).
NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ἦσαν (“was”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἦν (“was”).

Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (3)

Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place εἰς elsewhere in this verse.
Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place πλοῖον elsewhere in this verse.
In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include τὸ (“the”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.

SBLGNT apparatus (4)

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SBLGNT: συνάγεται. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read συνάγεται; Robinson–Pierpont read συνήχθη.
SBLGNT: πλεῖστος. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read πλεῖστος; Robinson–Pierpont read πολύς.
SBLGNT: εἰς πλοῖον ἐμβάντα. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read εἰς πλοῖον ἐμβάντα; Robinson–Pierpont read ἐμβάντα εἰς τὸ πλοῖον.
SBLGNT: ἦσαν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἦσαν; Robinson–Pierpont read ἦν.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT: Καὶ πάλιν ἤρξατο διδάσκειν παρὰ τὴν θάλασσαν. καὶ συνάγεται πρὸς αὐτὸν ὄχλος πλεῖστος, ὥστε αὐτὸν εἰς πλοῖον ἐμβάντα καθῆσθαι ἐν τῇ θαλάσσῃ, καὶ πᾶς ὁ ὄχλος πρὸς τὴν θάλασσαν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἦσαν.
RP2018: Καὶ πάλιν ἤρξατο διδάσκειν παρὰ τὴν θάλασσαν. Καὶ συνήχθη πρὸς αὐτὸν ὄχλος πολύς, ὥστε αὐτὸν ἐμβάντα εἰς τὸ πλοῖον καθῆσθαι ἐν τῇ θαλάσσῃ· καὶ πᾶς ὁ ὄχλος πρὸς τὴν θάλασσαν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἦν.
TR-Boyd: Καὶ πάλιν ἤρξατο διδάσκειν παρὰ τὴν θάλασσαν. Καὶ συνήχθη πρὸς αὐτὸν ὄχλος πολύς, ὥστε αὐτὸν ἐμβάντα εἰς τὸ πλοῖον καθῆσθαι ἐν τῇ θαλάσσῃ· καὶ πᾶς ὁ ὄχλος πρὸς τὴν θάλασσαν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἦν.
SCR1894: και παλιν ηρξατο διδασκειν παρα την θαλασσαν και συνηχθη προς αυτον οχλος πολυς ωστε αυτον εμβαντα εις το πλοιον καθησθαι εν τη θαλασση και πας ο οχλος προς την θαλασσαν επι της γης ην

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Cross-references most cited first

Mark 2:13Once again Jesus went out beside the sea. All the people came to Him, and He taught them there.
Luke 5:1–3On one occasion, while Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret with the crowd pressing in on Him to hear the word of God, He saw two boats at the edge of the lake. The fishermen had left them and were washing…
Luke 8:4–10While a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from town after town, He told them this parable: “A farmer went out to sow his seed. And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, where it was…
Matthew 13:1–15That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the sea. Such large crowds gathered around Him that He got into a boat and sat down, while all the people stood on the shore. And He told them many things in…
Mark 3:7So Jesus withdrew with His disciples to the sea, accompanied by a large crowd from Galilee, Judea,

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