Mark 4:3

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

Hearken! Lo! the sower went forth to sow;

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“Listen! Consider the sower who went out to sow.

King James Version (1611)
Hearken, Behold, there went out a sower to sow:

King James Version
Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:

English Standard Version
"Listen! Behold, a sower went out to sow.

New American Standard Bible
"Listen to this! Behold, the sower went out to sow;

New Century Version
"Listen! A farmer went out to plant his seed.

Amplified Bible
"Listen! A sower went out to sow seed;

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Listen to this! Behold, the sower went out to sow;

Legacy Standard Bible
"Listen to this! Behold, the sower went out to sow;

Berean Standard Bible
"Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed.

Contemporary English Version
Now listen! A farmer went out to scatter seed in a field.

Complete Jewish Bible
"Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed.

Darby Translation
Hearken: Behold, the sower went forth to sow.

Easy-to-Read Version
"Listen! A farmer went out to sow seed.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Hearken: Beholde, there went out a sower to sowe.

George Lamsa Translation
Listen; Behold, a sower went out to sow.

Good News Translation
"Listen! Once there was a man who went out to sow grain.

Lexham English Bible
"Listen! Behold, the sower went out to sow.

Literal Translation
Listen! Behold, the sower went out to sow.

American Standard Version
Hearken: Behold, the sower went forth to sow:

Bible in Basic English
A man went out to put seed in the earth:

Hebrew Names Version
"Listen! Behold, the farmer went forth to sow,

International Standard Version
"Listen! A sower went out to sow.

Etheridge Translation
Listen: Behold, a sower went forth to sow;

Murdock Translation
Hear ye: Behold a sower went forth to sow.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Hearken: Beholde, there went out a sower to sowe:

English Revised Version
Hearken: Behold, the sower went forth to sow:

World English Bible
"Listen! Behold, the farmer went forth to sow,

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Behold, a sower went out to sow.

Weymouth's New Testament
"Listen: the sower goes out to sow.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Here ye. Lo! a man sowynge goith out to sowe.

Update Bible Version
Listen: Look, the sower went forth to sow:

Webster's Bible Translation
Hearken; Behold, a sower went out to sow:

New English Translation
"Listen! A sower went out to sow.

New King James Version
"Listen! Behold, a sower went out to sow.

New Living Translation
"Listen! A farmer went out to plant some seed.

New Life Bible
"Listen! A man went out to plant seed.

New Revised Standard
"Listen! A sower went out to sow.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Hear ye: Behold, the sower went out to sow.

Revised Standard Version
"Listen! A sower went out to sow.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Herken to. Beholde There wet out a sower to sowe.

Young's Literal Translation
`Hearken, lo, the sower went forth to sow;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Herken to, beholde, there wente out a sower to sowe:

Mace New Testament (1729)
give your attention to what I say, a sower went out to sow: as he sowed,

THE MESSAGE
"Listen. What do you make of this? A farmer planted seed. As he scattered the seed, some of it fell on the road and birds ate it. Some fell in the gravel; it sprouted quickly but didn't put down roots, so when the sun came up it withered just as quickly. Some fell in the weeds; as it came up, it was strangled among the weeds and nothing came of it. Some fell on good earth and came up with a flourish, producing a harvest exceeding his wildest dreams.

Simplified Cowboy Version
"A farmer went out to plant his fields.

Contextual Overview

¹ And, again, began he to be teaching by the sea; and there come together unto him a very great multitude, so that, he, into a boat, entering, was sitting upon the sea, - -and, all the multitude, were, near the sea upon the land. ² And he began to teach them, in parables, many things, and was saying unto them, in his teaching - ³ Hearken! Lo! the sower went forth to sow; ⁴ And it came to pass, as he sowed, some, indeed, fell by the pathway, and the birds came, and devoured it; ⁵ And, some, fell on the rocky places, evenwhere it had not much earth, - and, straightway, it sprang forth, by reason of its not having depth of earth; ⁶ and, when the sun arose, it was scorched, - and, by reason of its not having root, it was dried up; ⁷ And, some, fell among the thorns, and the thorns came up and choked it, and, fruit, it yielded not; ⁸ And, other, fell into the good ground, and was yielding fruit, coming up and growing, - and was bearing, thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold, ⁹ And he was saying - He that hath ears to hear, let him hear! ¹⁰ And when he was alone they who were about him with the twelve questioned him as to the parables;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Hearken: Mark 4:9, Mark 4:23, Mark 7:14, Mark 7:16, Deuteronomy 4:1, Psalms 34:11, Psalms 45:10, Proverbs 7:24, Proverbs 8:32, Isaiah 46:3, Isaiah 46:12, Isaiah 55:1, Isaiah 55:2, Acts 2:14, Hebrews 2:1-3, James 2:5, Revelation 2:7, Revelation 2:11, Revelation 2:29

there: Mark 4:14, Mark 4:26-29, Ecclesiastes 11:6, Isaiah 28:23-26, Matthew 13:3, Matthew 13:24, Matthew 13:26, Luke 8:5-8, John 4:35-38, 1 Corinthians 3:6-9

Cross-References

Genesis 4:1
Now, the man, having come to know Eve his wife, - she conceived and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a Man, even Yahweh!

Genesis 4:11
Now therefore, accursed, art thou, - from the ground which hath opened her mouth, to receive the shed-blood of thy brother at thy hand.

Numbers 18:12
All the best of oil, and all the best of new-wine and corn, - the firstfruits thereof which they shall give unto Yahweh, unto thee, have I given them.

1 Kings 17:7
But it came to pass, at the end of certain days, that the torrent dried up, - because there had been no rain in the land.

Nehemiah 13:6
But, throughout all this time , was I not in Jerusalem, - for, in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon, I came unto the king, and, at the end of certain days, obtained I leave of the king;

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Hearken, behold, there went out a sower to sow. By whom is meant Jesus Christ, who came forth from God as a teacher, and went out into the land of Judea to preach the Gospel, which is sowing spiritual things among men; and this may be also applicable to any faithful minister of the word.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the parable of the sower explained in the notes at Matthew 13:1-9.

See the parable of the sower explained in the notes at Matthew 13:1-9.