Parallel Verses

Williams New Testament

This is what the story means: The seed is God's message.

New American Standard Bible

“Now the parable is this: the seed is the word of God.

King James Version

Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

Holman Bible

“This is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God.

International Standard Version

"Now this is what the parable means. The seed is God's word.

A Conservative Version

Now the parable is this. The seed is the word of God.

American Standard Version

Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

Amplified

“Now [the meaning of] the parable is this: The seed is the word of God [concerning eternal salvation].

An Understandable Version

Now [the meaning of] the parable is this: The seed represents the word of God.

Anderson New Testament

But the meaning of the parable is this: The seed is the word of God;

Bible in Basic English

Now this is the point of the story: The seed is the word of God.

Common New Testament

"Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

Daniel Mace New Testament

now the meaning of the parable is this: the seed sown signifies the word of God.

Darby Translation

But the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

Godbey New Testament

And this is the parable: The seed is the word of God.

Goodspeed New Testament

This is what the figure means. The seed is God's message.

John Wesley New Testament

Now the parable is this: the seed is the word of God.

Julia Smith Translation

And this is the parable: The seed is the word of God.

King James 2000

Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Now the parable means this: the seed is the word of God,

Modern King James verseion

And the parable is this: The seed is the Word of God.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The similitude is this: The seed is the word of God.

Moffatt New Testament

This is what the parable means. The seed is the word of God.

Montgomery New Testament

"This is the meaning of the parable. The seed is the word of God.

NET Bible

"Now the parable means this: The seed is the word of God.

New Heart English Bible

Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

Noyes New Testament

Now the meaning of the parable is this. The seed is the word of God.

Sawyer New Testament

But the parable signifies this; the seed is the word of God;

The Emphasized Bible

Now the parable, is this - The seed, is, the word of God.

Thomas Haweis New Testament

Now this is the parable: The seed is the word of God.

Twentieth Century New Testament

This is the parable--The seed is God's Message.

Webster

Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

Weymouth New Testament

The meaning of the parable is as follows. The seed is God's Message.

World English Bible

Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

Worrell New Testament

Now this is the parable: The seed is the word of God.

Worsley New Testament

Now this is the meaning of the parable, The seed is the word of God:

Youngs Literal Translation

'And this is the simile: The seed is the word of God,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Now
δέ 
De 
but, and, now, then, also, yet, yea, so, moreover, nevertheless, for, even, , not tr
Usage: 2184

the parable
παραβολή 
Parabole 
Usage: 38

is
ἐστί 
Esti 
ἐστί 
Esti 
is, are, was, be, have, not tr, , vr is
is, are, was, be, have, not tr, , vr is
Usage: 585
Usage: 585

οὗτος οὗτοι αὕτη αὕται 
Houtos 
this, these, he, the same, this man, she, they,
Usage: 258

σπόρος 
Sporos 
Usage: 1

the word
λόγος 
Logos 
word, saying, account, speech, Word , thing, not tr,
Usage: 256

References

American

Fausets

Hastings

Context Readings

The Parable Of The Sower Interpreted

10 So He said, "You are granted the privilege of knowing the secrets of the kingdom of God, but to others they are told in stories, so that they may look and not see, may hear and not understand. 11  This is what the story means: The seed is God's message. 12 Those along the path illustrate those who hear it, but then the devil comes and carries off the message from their hearts, so that they may not believe it and be saved.

Cross References

Matthew 13:19

When anyone hears the message of the kingdom and does not understand it, the wicked one comes and carries off the seed that was sown in his heart. This is what was sown along the path.

Mark 4:14-20

The message is what the sower sows.

James 1:21

So strip yourselves of everything impure and all the evils prevailing around you, and in humble spirit welcome the message which when rooted in your hearts is able to save your souls.

1 Corinthians 3:6-7

I did the planting, Apollos did the watering, but it was God who kept the plants growing.

1 Corinthians 3:9-12

for we belong to God as His fellow-workers; you belong to God as His field to be tilled, as His building to be built.

1 Peter 1:23-25

because you have been born anew, not from a germ that perishes but from one that does not perish, by the word of the living and everlasting God.

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