Parallel Verses
Weymouth New Testament
"What the sower sows is the Message.
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.
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.
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 "Do you all miss the meaning of this parable?" He added; "how then will you understand the rest of my parables?" 14 "What the sower sows is the Message. 15 Those who receive the seed by the way-side are those in whom the Message is sown, but, when they have heard it, Satan comes at once and carries away the Message sown in them.
Names
Cross References
Matthew 13:37
"The sower of the good seed," He replied, "is the Son of Man;
Mark 2:2
and such numbers of people came together that there was no longer room for them even round the door. He was speaking His Message to them,
Matthew 13:19
When a man hears the Message concerning the Kingdom and does not understand it, the Evil one comes and catches away what has been sown in his heart. This is he who has received the seed by the road-side.
Mark 4:3
"Listen: the sower goes out to sow.
Luke 1:2
on the authority of those who were from the beginning eye-witnesses and were devoted to the service of the divine Message,
Luke 8:11
The meaning of the parable is as follows. The seed is God's Message.
Acts 8:4
Those, however, who were scattered abroad went from place to place spreading the Good News of God's Message;
Colossians 1:5-6
on account of the hope treasured up for you in Heaven. Of this hope you have already heard in the Message of the truth of the Good News.
1 Peter 1:23-25
For you have been begotten again by God's ever-living and enduring word from a germ not of perishable, but of imperishable life.