Parallel Verses

Noyes New Testament

And he spoke many things to them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow.

New American Standard Bible

And He spoke many things to them in parables, saying, “Behold, the sower went out to sow;

King James Version

And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;

Holman Bible

Then He told them many things in parables, saying: “Consider the sower who went out to sow.

International Standard Version

Then he began to tell them many things in parables. He said, "Listen! A farmer went out to sow.

A Conservative Version

And he spoke many things to them in parables, saying, Behold, the man who sows went forth to sow.

American Standard Version

And he spake to them many things in parables, saying, Behold, the sower went forth to sow;

Amplified

He told them many things in parables, saying, “Listen carefully: a sower went out to sow [seed in his field];

An Understandable Version

And He spoke many things to them in parables [i.e., brief stories to illustrate His teaching], saying, "Once a farmer went out [to his field] to plant grain.

Anderson New Testament

And he spoke many things to them in parables, saying: Behold, the sower went out to sow.

Bible in Basic English

And he gave them teaching in the form of a story, saying, A man went out to put seed in the earth;

Common New Testament

Then he told them many things in parables, saying: "A sower went out to sow his seed.

Daniel Mace New Testament

Then he talk'd to them much in parables, and said, a sower went out to sow.

Darby Translation

And he spoke to them many things in parables, saying, Behold, the sower went out to sow:

Godbey New Testament

And He spoke many things to them in parables, saying, Behold a sower went out to sow.

Goodspeed New Testament

And he told them many things in figures, and said to them, "A sower went out to sow,

John Wesley New Testament

And he spake many things to them in parables, saying, Behold a sower went forth to sow.

Julia Smith Translation

And he spake to them many things in parables, saying, Behold, he, the sower, went forth to sow.

King James 2000

And he spoke many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;

Lexham Expanded Bible

And he spoke many [things] to them in parables, saying, "Behold, the sower went out to sow,

Modern King James verseion

And He spoke many things to them in parables, saying, Behold, the sower went out to sow.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And he spake many things to them in similitudes, saying, "Behold, the sower went forth to sow.

Moffatt New Testament

He spoke at some length to them in parables, saying: "A sower went out to sow,

Montgomery New Testament

Then he told them many truths in parables. "Behold," he said, "the sower went forth to sow;

NET Bible

He told them many things in parables, saying: "Listen! A sower went out to sow.

New Heart English Bible

And he spoke to them many things in parables, saying, "Listen, a farmer went out to sow.

Sawyer New Testament

And he spoke to them many things in parables, saying; Behold, a sower went out to sow;

The Emphasized Bible

And he spake unto them many things, in parables, saying: Lo! the sower went forth to sow, -

Thomas Haweis New Testament

And he spake unto them many things in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went out to sow:

Twentieth Century New Testament

Then he told them many truths in parables. "The sower," he began, "went out to sow; and,

Webster

And he spoke many things to them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;

Weymouth New Testament

He then spoke many things to them in figurative language. "The sower goes out," He said, "to sow.

Williams New Testament

And in stories, by way of comparison, He told them many things, as He continued to speak: "A sower went out to sow,

World English Bible

He spoke to them many things in parables, saying, "Behold, a farmer went out to sow.

Worrell New Testament

And He spake to them many things in parables, saying, "Behold, the sower went forth to sow.

Worsley New Testament

saying, "Behold a sower went out to sow;

Youngs Literal Translation

and he spake to them many things in similes, saying: 'Lo, the sower went forth to sow,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

he spake
λαλέω 
Laleo 
Usage: 235

πολύς πολλός 
Polus 
Usage: 292


Usage: 0

in
ἐν 
En 
in, by, with, among, at, on, through,
Usage: 2128

παραβολή 
Parabole 
Usage: 38

λέγω 
Lego 
Usage: 1045

ἰδού 
Idou 
behold, lo, see
Usage: 140

a sower
σπείρω 
Speiro 
Usage: 15

ἐξέρχομαι 
Exerchomai 
go out, come, depart, go, go forth, come out, come forth,
Usage: 164

References

American

Easton

Fausets

Context Readings

The Parable Of The Sower

2 and great multitudes were gathered together to him, so that he went into a boat, and sat down; and all the multitude stood on the beach. 3 And he spoke many things to them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow. 4 And as he sowed, some seeds fell by the wayside; and the birds came and devoured them.


Cross References

Matthew 13:10-13

And the disciples came and said to him, Why dost thou speak to them in parables?

Matthew 13:34-35

All these things Jesus spoke to the multitudes in parables, and without a parable he spoke nothing to them;

Matthew 13:53

And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these parables, that he departed thence.

Mark 4:2-9

And he taught them many things in parables, and said to them in his teaching,

Mark 4:13

And he saith to them, Know ye not this parable? and how will ye know all the parables?

Mark 4:33

And with many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear.

Matthew 22:1

Jesus answered and spoke to them again in parables, and said,

Matthew 24:32

And from the figtree learn its parable. When its branch hath now become tender, and putteth forth its leaves, ye know that summer is near.

Mark 3:23

And calling them to him, he said to them in parables: How can Satan cast out Satan?

Mark 12:1

And he began to speak to them in parables: A man planted a vineyard, and set a hedge about it, and dug a winevat, and built a tower; and let it out to husbandmen, and went abroad.

Mark 12:12

And they sought to seize him, but feared the multitude; for they knew that he spoke the parable against them. And they left him, and went away.

Luke 8:5-8

A sower went forth to sow his seed; and as he sowed, some seeds fell by the wayside; and they were trodden down, and the birds of the air devoured them.

Luke 8:10

And he said, To you it hath been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God; but to others [these things are spoken] in parables; that while seeing they may not see, and while hearing they may not understand.

Luke 12:41

And Peter said to him, Lord, dost thou speak this parable to us, or also to all?

Luke 15:3-7

And he spoke to them this parable, saying,

John 16:25

These things I have spoken to you in parables. The time is coming, when I shall no more speak to you in parables, but shall tell you plainly of the Father.

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