Parallel Verses
Moffatt New Testament
The sower sows the word.
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.
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.
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 he said to them, "You do not understand this parable? Then how are you to understand the other parables? 14 The sower sows the word. 15 As for those 'on the road,' when the seed is sown there ??as soon as they hear it, Satan at once comes and carries off the word sown within them.
Names
Cross References
Matthew 13:37
So he replied, "He who sows the good seed is the Son of man;
Mark 2:2
and a large number at once gathered, till there was no more room for them, not even at the door. He was speaking the word to them,
Matthew 13:19
When anyone hears the word of the Realm and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart; that is the man who is sown 'on the road.'
Mark 4:3
"Listen, a sower went out to sow,
Luke 1:2
exactly as these have been handed down to us by the original eyewitnesses who were in the service of the Gospel Message,
Luke 8:11
This is what the parable means. The seed is the word of God.
Acts 8:4
Now those who were scattered went through the land preaching the gospel.
Colossians 1:5-6
due to the hope which is laid up for you in heaven. You heard of this hope originally in the message of the Truth, in that gospel
1 Peter 1:23-25
You are born anew of immortal, not of mortal seed, by the living, lasting word of God;