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Revised Standard Version
Mark 4:14
The sower sows the word.
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Christian Standard Bible®
The sower sows
The sower sows
King James Version (1611)
The Sower soweth the word.
The Sower soweth the word.
King James Version
The sower soweth the word.
The sower soweth the word.
English Standard Version
The sower sows the word.
The sower sows the word.
New American Standard Bible
"The sower sows the word.
"The sower sows the word.
New Century Version
The farmer is like a person who plants God's message in people.
The farmer is like a person who plants God's message in people.
Amplified Bible
"The sower sows the word [of God, the good news regarding the way of salvation].
"The sower sows the word [of God, the good news regarding the way of salvation].
Legacy Standard Bible
The sower sows the word.
The sower sows the word.
Berean Standard Bible
The farmer sows the word.
The farmer sows the word.
Contemporary English Version
What the farmer is spreading is really the message about the kingdom.
What the farmer is spreading is really the message about the kingdom.
Complete Jewish Bible
The sower sows the message.
The sower sows the message.
Darby Translation
The sower sows the word:
The sower sows the word:
Easy-to-Read Version
The farmer is like someone who plants God's teaching in people.
The farmer is like someone who plants God's teaching in people.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The sower soweth the worde.
The sower soweth the worde.
George Lamsa Translation
The sower who sowed, sowed the word.
The sower who sowed, sowed the word.
Good News Translation
The sower sows God's message.
The sower sows God's message.
Lexham English Bible
The sower sows the word.
The sower sows the word.
Literal Translation
The sower sows the Word.
The sower sows the Word.
American Standard Version
The sower soweth the word.
The sower soweth the word.
Bible in Basic English
The seed is the word.
The seed is the word.
Hebrew Names Version
The farmer sows the word.
The farmer sows the word.
International Standard Version
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Etheridge Translation
The sower who sowed, the word sowed.
The sower who sowed, the word sowed.
Murdock Translation
The sower that sowed, sowed the word.
The sower that sowed, sowed the word.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The sower, soweth the worde.
The sower, soweth the worde.
English Revised Version
The sower soweth the word.
The sower soweth the word.
World English Bible
The farmer sows the word.
The farmer sows the word.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
The sower soweth the word. And these are they by the way-side, where the word is sown;
The sower soweth the word. And these are they by the way-side, where the word is sown;
Weymouth's New Testament
"What the sower sows is the Message.
"What the sower sows is the Message.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
He that sowith, sowith a word.
He that sowith, sowith a word.
Update Bible Version
The sower sows the word.
The sower sows the word.
Webster's Bible Translation
The sower soweth the word.
The sower soweth the word.
New English Translation
The sower sows the word.
The sower sows the word.
New King James Version
The sower sows the word.
The sower sows the word.
New Living Translation
The farmer plants seed by taking God's word to others.
The farmer plants seed by taking God's word to others.
New Life Bible
What the man plants is the Word of God.
What the man plants is the Word of God.
New Revised Standard
The sower sows the word.
The sower sows the word.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The sower, soweth the word;
The sower, soweth the word;
Douay-Rheims Bible
He that soweth, soweth the word.
He that soweth, soweth the word.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
The sower soweth ye worde.
The sower soweth ye worde.
Young's Literal Translation
He who is sowing doth sow the word;
He who is sowing doth sow the word;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The sower soweth the worde.
The sower soweth the worde.
Mace New Testament (1729)
the sower is he that soweth the word.
the sower is he that soweth the word.
THE MESSAGE
"The farmer plants the Word. Some people are like the seed that falls on the hardened soil of the road. No sooner do they hear the Word than Satan snatches away what has been planted in them.
"The farmer plants the Word. Some people are like the seed that falls on the hardened soil of the road. No sooner do they hear the Word than Satan snatches away what has been planted in them.
Simplified Cowboy Version
The farmer spreads God's good news to others.
The farmer spreads God's good news to others.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"The sower sows the word.
"The sower sows the word.
Contextual Overview
1 Again he began to teach beside the sea. And a very large crowd gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat in it on the sea; and the whole crowd was beside the sea on the land. 2 And he taught them many things in parables, and in his teaching he said to them: 3 "Listen! A sower went out to sow. 4 And as he sowed, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it. 5 Other seed fell on rocky ground, where it had not much soil, and immediately it sprang up, since it had no depth of soil; 6 and when the sun rose it was scorched, and since it had no root it withered away. 7 Other seed fell among thorns and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no grain. 8 And other seeds fell into good soil and brought forth grain, growing up and increasing and yielding thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold." 9 And he said, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear." 10 And when he was alone, those who were about him with the twelve asked him concerning the parables.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
sower: Mark 4:3, Isaiah 32:20, Matthew 13:19, Matthew 13:37, Luke 8:11
the word: Mark 2:2, Colossians 1:5, Colossians 1:6, 1 Peter 1:23-25
Reciprocal: Matthew 13:18 - General Mark 4:26 - as
Cross-References
Genesis 4:5
but for Cain and his offering he had no regard. So Cain was very angry, and his countenance fell.
but for Cain and his offering he had no regard. So Cain was very angry, and his countenance fell.
Genesis 4:6
The LORD said to Cain, "Why are you angry, and why has your countenance fallen?
The LORD said to Cain, "Why are you angry, and why has your countenance fallen?
Genesis 4:11
And now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.
And now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.
Genesis 4:12
When you till the ground, it shall no longer yield to you its strength; you shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth."
When you till the ground, it shall no longer yield to you its strength; you shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth."
Genesis 4:13
Cain said to the LORD, "My punishment is greater than I can bear.
Cain said to the LORD, "My punishment is greater than I can bear.
Genesis 4:14
Behold, thou hast driven me this day away from the ground; and from thy face I shall be hidden; and I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will slay me."
Behold, thou hast driven me this day away from the ground; and from thy face I shall be hidden; and I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will slay me."
Genesis 4:15
Then the LORD said to him, "Not so! If any one slays Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold." And the LORD put a mark on Cain, lest any who came upon him should kill him.
Then the LORD said to him, "Not so! If any one slays Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold." And the LORD put a mark on Cain, lest any who came upon him should kill him.
Genesis 4:16
Then Cain went away from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
Then Cain went away from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
Genesis 4:20
Adah bore Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and have cattle.
Adah bore Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and have cattle.
Genesis 4:24
If Cain is avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy-sevenfold."
If Cain is avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy-sevenfold."
Gill's Notes on the Bible
The sower soweth the word. Though our Lord thought fit to give the above gentle rebuke to his disciples for their dulness; yet he condescends to favour them with an interpretation of the above parable, which here begins: by this it appears, that the seed in the parable, before delivered, and which fell on different sorts of ground, is the word of God, which was preached to hearers of different dispositions: the word is the word of life and truth; the word of peace and reconciliation; the word of faith and righteousness; the word of salvation; the word which publishes and declares all these to be in and by Jesus Christ.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
See the notes at Matthew 13:18-23.
