The Parable of the Sower
Matthew 13:4
In 9 translations
- BSB
- And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it.
- KJV
- And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:
- WEB
- As he sowed, some seeds fell by the roadside, and the birds came and devoured them.
- ASV
- and as he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the birds came and devoured them:
- LSV
- and in his sowing, some indeed fell by the way, and the birds having come, devoured them,
- YLT
- and in his sowing, some indeed fell by the way, and the fowls did come and devour them,
- DBY
- and as he sowed, some [grains] fell along the way, and the birds came and devoured them;
- DRC
- And whilst he soweth some fell by the way side, and the birds of the air came and ate them up.
- GNV
- And as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the foules came and deuoured them vp.
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Where the editions differ
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort read ἐλθόντα (“having come”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἦλθεν (“it came”); Tregelles read ἦλθον (“they came”).
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- In STEPBible’s comparison, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include καὶ (“and”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)
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- SBLGNT: ἐλθόντα τὰ πετεινὰ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἐλθόντα τὰ πετεινὰ; Robinson–Pierpont read ἦλθεν τὰ πετεινὰ καὶ; Tregelles read ἦλθον τὰ πετεινὰ καὶ.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- καὶ ἐν τῷ σπείρειν αὐτὸν ἃ μὲν ἔπεσεν παρὰ τὴν ὁδόν, καὶ ἐλθόντα τὰ πετεινὰ κατέφαγεν αὐτά.
- RP2018
- Καὶ ἐν τῷ σπείρειν αὐτόν, ἃ μὲν ἔπεσεν παρὰ τὴν ὁδόν, καὶ ἦλθεν τὰ πετεινὰ καὶ κατέφαγεν αὐτά.
- TR-Boyd
- Καὶ ἐν τῷ σπείρειν αὐτόν, ἃ μὲν ἔπεσε παρὰ τὴν ὁδόν, καὶ ἦλθε τὰ πετεινὰ καὶ κατέφαγεν αὐτά.
- SCR1894
- και εν τω σπειρειν αυτον α μεν επεσεν παρα την οδον και ηλθεν τα πετεινα και κατεφαγεν αυτα
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Cross-references most cited first
- Matthew 13:18–19Consider, then, the parable of the sower: When 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.
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