Parallel Verses

Daniel Mace New Testament

the sower is he that 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.

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
The sower
σπείρω 
Speiro 
Usage: 15

σπείρω 
Speiro 
Usage: 15

Context Readings

The Parable Of The Sower Interpreted

13 but if, said he, you don't comprehend this easy parable, how can ye understand any of the rest? 14 the sower is he that soweth the word. 15 they who receiv'd seed by the wayside, are those in whom the word is sown, who no sooner have heard it, but satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in their hearts.


Cross References

Matthew 13:37

he answered them, he that soweth the good seed, is the son of man:

Mark 2:2

so great a company assembled, that there was no room for them in the house, nor even about the door: and he preached the word unto them.

Matthew 13:19

when any one heareth the doctrine of the gospel, and considers it not, then comes the wicked one, and catches away what was sown in his heart: he is the person meant by the high-way, where some of the seed was sown: but the stony ground,

Mark 4:3

give your attention to what I say, a sower went out to sow: as he sowed,

Luke 1:2

according as they were delivered to us by persons, who were all along eye-witnesses, and had a share in the transactions themselves:

Luke 8:11

now the meaning of the parable is this: the seed sown signifies the word of God.

Acts 8:4

but they that were dispers'd, preach'd the gospel wherever they went.

Colossians 1:5-6

for the sake of that happiness, which you hope for, and is reserv'd for you in heaven, of which you have already been inform'd by the preaching of the truth, that is, the gospel:

1 Peter 1:23-25

since your regeneration is not owing to any corruptible principles, but to the unchangeable word of the immortal God.

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