The Parable of the Sower Explained
Matthew 13:18
In 9 translations
- BSB
- Consider, then, the parable of the sower:
- KJV
- ¶ Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.
- WEB
- “Hear, then, the parable of the farmer.
- ASV
- Hear then ye the parable of the sower.
- LSV
- You, therefore, hear the allegory of the sower:
- YLT
- 'Ye, therefore, hear ye the simile of the sower:
- DBY
- Ye, therefore, hear the parable of the sower.
- DRC
- Hear you therefore the parable of the sower.
- GNV
- Heare ye therefore ye parable of ye sower.
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Where the editions differ
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read σπείραντος (“having sown”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read σπείροντος (“[who] is sowing”).
SBLGNT apparatus (1)
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- SBLGNT: σπείραντος. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read σπείραντος; Robinson–Pierpont read σπείροντος.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- Ὑμεῖς οὖν ἀκούσατε τὴν παραβολὴν τοῦ σπείραντος.
- RP2018
- Ὑμεῖς οὖν ἀκούσατε τὴν παραβολὴν τοῦ σπείροντος.
- TR-Boyd
- Ὑμεῖς οὖν ἀκούσατε τὴν παραβολὴν τοῦ σπείροντος.
- SCR1894
- υμεις ουν ακουσατε την παραβολην του σπειροντος
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- Luke 8:11–15Now this is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God. The seeds along the path are those who hear, but the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be…
- Matthew 13:11–12He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them. Whoever has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what he has will…
- Mark 4:13–20Then Jesus said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? Then how will you understand any of the parables? The farmer sows the word. Some are like the seeds along the path, where the word is sown. As soon as they…
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