Parallel Verses

Julia Smith Translation

He sowing sows 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;

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 says to them, Know ye not this parable? and how will ye know all parables? 14 He sowing sows the word. 15 And these are they by the way, where the word is sown; and when they hear, quickly comes Satan, and takes away the word sown in their hearts.

Cross References

Matthew 13:37

And he having answered, said to them, He sowing the good seed is the Son of man:

Mark 2:2

And quickly many were gathered together, so as no more to have room, neither at the door: and he spake the word to them.

Isaiah 32:20

Happy ye sowing upon all waters, sending the foot of the ox and the ass.

Matthew 13:19

Every one hearing, and not understanding, the evil one comes, and carries off that sown in his heart. This is he having sown by the way.

Mark 4:3

Hear ye; behold, he sowing went out to sow:

Luke 1:2

As they delivered to us, who from the beginning being eyewitnesses, and servants of the word;

Luke 8:11

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

Acts 8:4

Truly therefore the dispersed passed through announcing good news the word.

Colossians 1:5-6

By the hope laid up for you in the heavens, which ye heard before in the word of the truth of the good news;

1 Peter 1:23-25

Begotten again, not of corrupted seed, but uncorrupted, by the word of God, living and remaining forever.

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