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World English Bible
Mark 4:14
The farmer 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.
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.
Revised Standard Version
The sower sows the word.
The sower sows 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 by the seaside. A great multitude was gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat in the sea, and sat down. All the multitude were on the land by the sea. 2 He taught them many things in parables, and told them in his teaching, 3 "Listen! Behold, the farmer went forth to sow, 4 and it happened, as he sowed, some seed fell by the road, and the birds came and devoured it. 5 Others fell on the rocky ground, where it had little soil, and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of soil. 6 When the sun had risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away. 7 Others fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit. 8 Others fell into the good ground, and yielded fruit, growing up and increasing. Some brought forth thirty times, some sixty times, and some one hundred times as much." 9 He said, "Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear." 10 When he was alone, those who were around him with the twelve asked him about 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 he didn't respect Cain and his offering. Cain was very angry, and the expression on his face fell.
but he didn't respect Cain and his offering. Cain was very angry, and the expression on his face fell.
Genesis 4:6
Yahweh said to Cain, "Why are you angry? Why has the expression of your face fallen?
Yahweh said to Cain, "Why are you angry? Why has the expression of your face fallen?
Genesis 4:11
Now you are cursed because of the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.
Now you are cursed because of the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.
Genesis 4:12
From now on, when you till the ground, it won't yield its strength to you. You shall be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth."
From now on, when you till the ground, it won't yield its strength to you. You shall be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth."
Genesis 4:13
Cain said to Yahweh, "My punishment is greater than I can bear.
Cain said to Yahweh, "My punishment is greater than I can bear.
Genesis 4:14
Behold, you have driven me out this day from the surface of the ground. I will be hidden from your face, and I will be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth. It will happen that whoever finds me will kill me."
Behold, you have driven me out this day from the surface of the ground. I will be hidden from your face, and I will be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth. It will happen that whoever finds me will kill me."
Genesis 4:15
Yahweh said to him, "Therefore whoever slays Cain, vengeance will be taken on him sevenfold." Yahweh appointed a sign for Cain, lest any finding him should strike him.
Yahweh said to him, "Therefore whoever slays Cain, vengeance will be taken on him sevenfold." Yahweh appointed a sign for Cain, lest any finding him should strike him.
Genesis 4:16
Cain went out from Yahweh's presence, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.
Cain went out from Yahweh's presence, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.
Genesis 4:20
Adah gave birth to Jabal, who was the father of those who dwell in tents and have cattle.
Adah gave birth to Jabal, who was the father of those who dwell in tents and have cattle.
Genesis 4:24
If Cain will be avenged seven times, Truly Lamech seventy-seven times.
If Cain will be avenged seven times, Truly Lamech seventy-seven times.
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.
