Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
The farmer sows the word.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
The sower soweth the word.
Holman Bible
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.
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 Then he told them, "You don't understand this parable, so how can you understand any of the parables? 14 The farmer sows the word. 15 Some people are like the seeds along the path, where the word is sown. When they hear it, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word that was sown in them.
Names
Cross References
Matthew 13:37
He answered, "The person who sowed good seed is the Son of Man,
Mark 2:2
Such a large crowd gathered that there wasn't room for them, even in front of the door. Jesus was speaking his message to them
Isaiah 32:20
How happy you will be, sowing your seed beside every stream, and letting your cattle and donkeys range freely!"
Matthew 13:19
When anyone hears the word about the kingdom yet doesn't understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is what was sown along the path.
Mark 4:3
"Listen! A farmer went out to sow.
Luke 1:2
just as they were passed down to us by those who had been eyewitnesses and servants of the word from the beginning,
Luke 8:11
"Now this is what the parable means. The seed is God's word.
Acts 8:4
Now those who were scattered went from place to place preaching the word.
Colossians 1:5-6
based on the hope laid up for you in heaven. Some time ago you heard about this hope through the word of truth, the gospel
1 Peter 1:23-25
For you have been born again, not by a seed that perishes but by one that cannot perish by the living and everlasting word of God.