The Parable of the Sower Explained
Mark 4:18
In 9 translations
- BSB
- Others are like the seeds sown among the thorns. They hear the word,
- KJV
- And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word,
- WEB
- Others are those who are sown among the thorns. These are those who have heard the word,
- ASV
- And others are they that are sown among the thorns; these are they that have heard the word,
- LSV
- And these are they who are sown toward the thorns: these are they who are hearing the word,
- YLT
- 'And these are they who toward the thorns are sown: these are they who are hearing the word,
- DBY
- And others are they who are sown among the thorns: these are they who have heard the word,
- DRC
- And others there are who are sown among thorns: these are they that hear the word,
- GNV
- Also they that receiue the seede among the thornes, are such as heare the word:
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Where the editions differ
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ἄλλοι (“another”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read οὗτοί (“these”).
- In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Textus Receptus include οὗτοί εἰσιν (“These are”); Byzantine text do not include this wording.
- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ἀκούσαντες (“hearing”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἀκούοντες (“hearing”).
SBLGNT apparatus (3)
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- SBLGNT: ἄλλοι. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἄλλοι; Robinson–Pierpont read οὗτοί.
- SBLGNT: οὗτοί εἰσιν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read οὗτοί εἰσιν; Robinson–Pierpont omit this wording.
- SBLGNT: ἀκούσαντες. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἀκούσαντες; Robinson–Pierpont read ἀκούοντες.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- καὶ ἄλλοι εἰσὶν οἱ εἰς τὰς ἀκάνθας σπειρόμενοι· οὗτοί εἰσιν οἱ τὸν λόγον ἀκούσαντες,
- RP2018
- Καὶ οὗτοί εἰσιν οἱ εἰς τὰς ἀκάνθας σπειρόμενοι, οἱ τὸν λόγον ἀκούοντες,
- TR-Boyd
- Καὶ οὗτοί εἰσιν οἱ εἰς τὰς ἀκάνθας σπειρόμενοι, οὗτοί εἰσιν οἱ τὸν λόγον ἀκούοντες,οὗτοί εἰσιν ¦ — SCR
- SCR1894
- και ουτοι εισιν οι εις τας ακανθας σπειρομενοι οι τον λογον ακουοντες
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Cross-references most cited first
- Jeremiah 4:3For this is what the LORD says to the men of Judah and Jerusalem: “Break up your unplowed ground, and do not sow among the thorns.
- Luke 8:14The seeds that fell among the thorns are those who hear, but as they go on their way, they are choked by the worries, riches, and pleasures of this life, and their fruit does not mature.
- Matthew 13:22The seed sown among the thorns is the one who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
- Mark 4:7Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the seedlings, and they yielded no crop.
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