Parallel Verses

Noyes New Testament

The sower 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.

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.

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 saith to them, Know ye not this parable? and how will ye know all the parables? 14 The sower soweth the word. 15 And these are they by the wayside, those where the word is sown, and when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in them.

Cross References

Matthew 13:37

He answered and said, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man.

Mark 2:2

And many were gathered together, so that there was no longer room for them, even at the door; and he was speaking the word to them.

Matthew 13:19

When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, the Evil One cometh, and snatcheth away that which was sown in his heart; this man is what was sown by the wayside.

Mark 4:3

Hearken: Behold, a sower went forth to sow.

Luke 1:2

even as they were delivered to us by those who were eyewitnesses from the beginning and became ministers of the word,

Luke 8:11

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

Acts 8:4

Now those that had been scattered abroad went through the country preaching the word.

Colossians 1:5-6

on account of the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens, of which ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel,

1 Peter 1:23-25

being born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the word of God, which liveth and abideth.

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