The Parable of the Sower Explained
Mark 4:14
In 9 translations
- BSB
- The farmer sows the word.
- KJV
- ¶ The sower soweth the word.
- WEB
- The farmer sows the word.
- ASV
- The sower soweth the word.
- LSV
- He who is sowing sows the word;
- YLT
- He who is sowing doth sow the word;
- DBY
- The sower sows the word:
- DRC
- He that soweth, soweth the word.
- GNV
- The sower soweth the worde.
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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Greek has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.
Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- ὁ σπείρων τὸν λόγον σπείρει.
- RP2018
- Ὁ σπείρων τὸν λόγον σπείρει.
- TR-Boyd
- Ὁ σπείρων τὸν λόγον σπείρει.
- SCR1894
- ο σπειρων τον λογον σπειρει
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
SermonSowerInstabilityApostasyWord of GodMark, the Gospel According toMinister, ChristianJesus, the Christ
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Cross-references most cited first
- Acts 8:4Those who had been scattered preached the word wherever they went.
- Matthew 13:19When anyone hears the message of the kingdom but does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the seed sown along the path.
- Luke 8:11Now this is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God.
- Matthew 13:37He replied, “The One who sows the good seed is the Son of Man.
- 1 Peter 1:23–25For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God. For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers…
- Mark 2:2they gathered in such large numbers that there was no more room, not even outside the door, as Jesus spoke the word to them.
- Mark 4:3“Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed.
- Colossians 1:5–6the faith and love proceeding from the hope stored up for you in heaven, of which you have already heard in the word of truth, the gospel that has come to you. All over the world this gospel is bearing fruit and…
- Isaiah 32:20Blessed are those who sow beside abundant waters, who let the ox and donkey range freely.
- Luke 1:2just as they were handed down to us by the initial eyewitnesses and servants of the word.
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).