Parallel Verses
Goodspeed New Testament
What the sower sows is the message.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
The sower soweth the word.
Holman Bible
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
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.
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;
Themes
Bearing fruit » The sowing of God’s word
Christian ministers » Compared to sowers
Devil/devils » What satan does
Jesus Christ » Parables of » The sower
Jesus Christ » History of » Parable of the sower (at lake galilee)
The bible » Purpose » Contains seed-corn for the sower
The word of God » Compared » To seed
The word of God » The sowing of God’s word
Interlinear
Word Count of 37 Translations in Mark 4:14
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Parable Of The Sower Interpreted
13 And Jesus said, "If you do not understand this figure, then how will you understand my other figures? 14 What the sower sows is the message. 15 The ones by the path are those into whose hearts the message falls, and as soon as they hear it Satan comes and carries off the message that has been sown in their hearts.
Names
Cross References
Matthew 13:37
He answered, "The sower who sows the good seed is the Son of Man.
Mark 2:2
and such a crowd gathered that after a while there was no room even around the door, and he was telling them his message.
Matthew 13:19
When anyone hears the teaching of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and robs him of the seed that has been sown in his mind. That is what was sown along the path.
Mark 4:3
"Listen: A sower went out to sow,
Luke 1:2
just as the original eye-witnesses who became teachers of the message have handed it down to us.
Luke 8:11
This is what the figure means. The seed is God's message.
Acts 8:4
Those who were scattered went from place to place preaching the good news of the message.
Colossians 1:5-6
and for the hope of what is stored up for you in heaven. You first heard of it long ago when the true message of the gospel
1 Peter 1:23-25
for you have been born anew from a germ not perishable, but imperishable, through the message of the living, everlasting God.