Parallel Verses

The Emphasized Bible

The sower, soweth the word;

New American Standard Bible

The sower sows the word.

King James Version

The sower soweth the word.

Holman Bible

The sower sows the word.

International Standard Version

The farmer sows the word.

A Conservative Version

The man who sows sows the word.

American Standard Version

The sower soweth the word.

Amplified

The sower sows the word [of God, the good news regarding the way of salvation].

An Understandable Version

A farmer planted 'the word' [i.e., the message of God].

Anderson New Testament

The sower sows the word.

Bible in Basic English

The seed is the word.

Common New Testament

The sower sows the word.

Daniel Mace New Testament

the sower is he that soweth the word.

Darby Translation

The sower sows the word:

Godbey New Testament

The sower sows the word.

Goodspeed New Testament

What the sower sows is the message.

John Wesley New Testament

The sower soweth the word. And these are they by the way-side, where the word is sown;

Julia Smith Translation

He sowing sows the word.

King James 2000

The sower sows the word.

Lexham Expanded Bible

The sower sows the word.

Modern King James verseion

The sower sows the Word.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The sower, soweth the word.

Moffatt New Testament

The sower sows the word.

Montgomery New Testament

"What the Sower sows is the Word. There are those 'on the wayside' where the Word is sown.

NET Bible

The sower sows the word.

New Heart English Bible

The farmer sows the word.

Noyes New Testament

The sower soweth the word.

Sawyer New Testament

The sower sows the word.

Thomas Haweis New Testament

The sower soweth the word.

Twentieth Century New Testament

The sower sows the Message.

Webster

The sower soweth the word.

Weymouth New Testament

"What the sower sows is the Message.

Williams New Testament

The message is what the sower sows.

World English Bible

The farmer sows the word.

Worrell New Testament

The sower sows the word.

Worsley New Testament

The sower is he that soweth the word. And these are they by the way-side:

Youngs Literal Translation

He who is sowing doth sow the word;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
σπείρω 
Speiro 
Usage: 15

σπείρω 
Speiro 
Usage: 15

Context Readings

The Parable Of The Sower Interpreted

13 And he saith unto them - Know ye not this parable? How then will ye get to know all the parables? 14 The sower, soweth the word; 15 And these are they beside the pathway where the word is sown, - and, as soon as they hear, straightway, cometh Satan, and snatcheth away the word which hath been sown into them;

Cross References

Matthew 13:37

And, he, answering, said - He that soweth the good seed, is the Son of Man;

Mark 2:2

and many were gathered together, so that no longer was there room even in the approaches to the door, - and he began speaking unto them the word;

Isaiah 32:20

How happy are ye who sow beside all waters, - Who send forth the foot of the ox and the ass.

Matthew 13:19

When anyone heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, the wicked one cometh, and catcheth up that which hath been sown in his heart, - this, is he, by the pathway, sown.

Mark 4:3

Hearken! Lo! the sower went forth to sow;

Luke 1:2

according as they who from the beginning became eye-witnesses and attendants of the Word delivered them unto us,

Luke 8:11

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

Acts 8:4

They, indeed, therefore, who were scattered abroad, passed through, telling the good-news of the word;

Colossians 1:5-6

Because of the hope that is lying by for you in the heavens, of which ye heard before, in the word of the truth of the glad-message,

1 Peter 1:23-25

Having been regenerated - Not out of corruptible seed, but incorruptible - through means of the word of a Living and Abiding God;

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