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 unto them, Know ye not this parable? How then will ye understand all the parables? 14 The sower sows the word. 15 And these are those by the way side, in whom the word is sown, but when they have heard, Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in their hearts.

Cross References

Matthew 13:37

He answered and said unto them, He that sows the good seed is the Son of man;

Mark 2:2

And soon many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive them, no, not so much as about the door; and he preached the word unto them.

Isaiah 32:20

Blessed are ye that sow upon all waters, ye that plow with the ox and with the ass.

Matthew 13:19

When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, then the wicked one comes and catches away that which was sown in his heart. This is he who was planted beside the way.

Mark 4:3

Hearken; Behold, the sower went out to sow;

Luke 1:2

even as those who were eyewitnesses from the beginning taught us and thus were ministers of the word,

Luke 8:11

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

Acts 8:4

But those that were scattered abroad went everywhere preaching the word of the gospel.

Colossians 1:5-6

for the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens, of which ye have already heard by the word of the truth of the gospel,

1 Peter 1:23-25

being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which lives and abides for ever.

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