Parallel Verses

Amplified

The sower sows the word [of God, the good news regarding the way of salvation].

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.

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.

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 Then He said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How will you understand and grasp the meaning of all the parables? 14 The sower sows the word [of God, the good news regarding the way of salvation]. 15 These [in the first group] are the ones along the road where the word is sown; but when they hear, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word which has been sown in them.


Cross References

Matthew 13:37

He answered, “The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man,

Mark 2:2

So many people gathered together that there was no longer room [for them], not even near the door; and Jesus was discussing with them the word [of God].

Isaiah 32:20


Blessed (happy, fortunate) are you who cast your seed upon all waters [when the river overflows its banks and irrigates the land],
You who allow the ox and the donkey to roam freely.

Matthew 13:19

When anyone hears the word of the kingdom [regarding salvation] and does not understand and grasp it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the one on whom seed was sown beside the road.

Mark 4:3

“Listen! A sower went out to sow seed;

Luke 1:2

exactly as they were handed down to us by those [with personal experience] who from the beginning [of Christ’s ministry] were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word [that is, of the teaching concerning salvation through faith in Christ],

Luke 8:11

“Now [the meaning of] the parable is this: The seed is the word of God [concerning eternal salvation].

Acts 8:4

Now those [believers] who had been scattered went from place to place preaching the word [the good news of salvation through Christ].

Colossians 1:5-6

because of the [confident] hope [of experiencing that] which is reserved and waiting for you in heaven. You previously heard of this hope in the message of truth, the gospel [regarding salvation]

1 Peter 1:23-25

for you have been born again [that is, reborn from above—spiritually transformed, renewed, and set apart for His purpose] not of seed which is perishable but [from that which is] imperishable and immortal, that is, through the living and everlasting word of God.

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