Mark 4:14 “The farmer sows the word.”

Mark 4:14

The farmer sows the word.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

The sower soweth the word.

World English Bible

The farmer sows the word.

American Standard Version

The sower soweth the word.

Geneva Bible 1599

The sower soweth the worde.

Darby Translation

The sower sows the word:

Young's Literal Translation

He who is sowing doth sow the word;

Bible in Basic English

The seed is the word.

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Cross references

“sower”

Matthew 13:19 Matthew 13:37 Luke 8:11 Mark 4:3 Isaiah 32:20

Matthew 13:19 · BSB

When anyone hears the message of the kingdom but does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the seed sown along the path.

Matthew 13:37 · BSB

He replied, “The One who sows the good seed is the Son of Man.

Luke 8:11 · BSB

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

Mark 4:3 · BSB

“Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed.

Isaiah 32:20 · BSB

Blessed are those who sow beside abundant waters, who let the ox and donkey range freely.

“the word”

1 Peter 1:23–25 Mark 2:2 Colossians 1:5 Colossians 1:6

1 Peter 1:23–25 · BSB

For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.

Mark 2:2 · BSB

they gathered in such large numbers that there was no more room, not even outside the door, as Jesus spoke the word to them.

Colossians 1:5 · BSB

the faith and love proceeding from the hope stored up for you in heaven, of which you have already heard in the word of truth, the gospel

Colossians 1:6 · BSB

that has come to you. All over the world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing, just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and truly understood the grace of God.

Also

Acts 8:4 Luke 1:2

Acts 8:4 · BSB

Those who had been scattered preached the word wherever they went.

Luke 1:2 · BSB

just as they were handed down to us by the initial eyewitnesses and servants of the word.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

13Then Jesus said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? Then how will you understand any of the parables?

15Some are like the seeds along the path, where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them.

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