Parallel Verses

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.

The Emphasized Bible

The sower, soweth 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 said to them, "Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables? 14 The sower sows the word. 15 And these are the ones along the path, where the word is sown: when they hear, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word that is sown in them.

Cross References

Matthew 13:37

He answered, "The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man.

Mark 2:2

And many were gathered together, so that there was no more room, not even at the door. And he was preaching the word to them.

Isaiah 32:20

Happy are you who sow beside all waters, who let the feet of the ox and the donkey range free.

Matthew 13:19

When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown along the path.

Mark 4:3

"Listen! A sower went out to sow.

Luke 1:2

just as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word have delivered them to us,

Luke 8:11

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

Acts 8:4

Now those who were scattered went about preaching the word.

Colossians 1:5-6

because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in the word of the truth, the gospel,

1 Peter 1:23-25

since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God;

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