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The Parable of the Sower

Mark 4:3

In 9 translations

BSB
“Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed.
KJV
Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:
WEB
“Listen! Behold, the farmer went out to sow.
ASV
Hearken: Behold, the sower went forth to sow:
LSV
“Listen, behold, the sower went forth to sow;
YLT
'Hearken, lo, the sower went forth to sow;
DBY
Hearken: Behold, the sower went forth to sow.
DRC
Hear ye: Behold, the sower went out to sow.
GNV
Hearken: Beholde, there went out a sower to sowe.

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
  • In STEPBible’s comparison, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include τοῦ (“of the”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

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  • SBLGNT: σπείρων. Westcott and Hort (1881), Nestle–Aland 28th edition read σπείρων; Tregelles, Robinson–Pierpont add τοῦ.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
Ἀκούετε. ἰδοὺ ἐξῆλθεν ὁ σπείρων σπεῖραι.
RP2018
Ἀκούετε· ἰδού, ἐξῆλθεν ὁ σπείρων τοῦ σπεῖραι.
TR-Boyd
Ἀκούετε· ἰδού, ἐξῆλθεν ὁ σπείρων τοῦ σπεῖραι.
SCR1894
ακουετε ιδου εξηλθεν ο σπειρων του σπειραι

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 1 Corinthians 3:6–9I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow. So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. He who plants and he who waters are one in purpose, and each…
  • John 4:35–38Do you not say, ‘There are still four months until the harvest’? I tell you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are ripe for harvest. Already the reaper draws his wages and gathers a crop for eternal…
  • Mark 4:26–29Jesus also said, “The kingdom of God is like a man who scatters seed on the ground. Night and day he sleeps and wakes, and the seed sprouts and grows, though he knows not how. All by itself the earth produces a…
  • Luke 8:5–8“A farmer went out to sow his seed. And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, where it was trampled, and the birds of the air devoured it. Some fell on rocky ground, and when it came up, the seedlings…
  • James 2:5Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?
  • Matthew 13:26When the wheat sprouted and bore grain, then the weeds also appeared.
  • Hebrews 2:1–3We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away. For if the message spoken by angels was binding, and every transgression and disobedience received its just punishment, how…
  • Mark 7:14–15Once again Jesus called the crowd to Him and said, “All of you, listen to Me and understand: Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him; but the things that come out of a man, these are what defile him.”
  • Psalms 34:11Come, children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
  • Isaiah 55:1–2“Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost! Why spend money on that which is not bread, and your labor on that…
  • Isaiah 46:12Listen to Me, you stubborn people, far removed from righteousness:
  • Proverbs 8:32Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, for blessed are those who keep my ways.
  • Proverbs 7:24Now, my sons, listen to me, and attend to the words of my mouth.
  • Psalms 45:10Listen, O daughter! Consider and incline your ear: Forget your people and your father’s house,
  • Mark 4:9Then Jesus said, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
  • Mark 4:14The farmer sows the word.

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