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Mark 4:3

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Jesus, the Christ;   Jesus Continued;   Minister, Christian;   Perseverance;   Sermon;   Sower;   Word of God;   Thompson Chain Reference - Parables;   Truth;   The Topic Concordance - Bearing Fruit;   Word of God;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Apocalyptic;   Christ, Christology;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Allegory;   Mark, the Gospel of;   Sower;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Agriculture;   Discourse;   Doctrines;   Ear (2);   Parable;   Physical ;   Premeditation;   Sanctify, Sanctification;   Worldliness (2);   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Sow (verb);  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Mark, the Gospel According to;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - New Testament;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“Listen! Consider the sower who went out to sow.
King James Version (1611)
Hearken, Behold, there went out a sower to sow:
King James Version
Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:
English Standard Version
"Listen! Behold, a sower went out to sow.
New American Standard Bible
"Listen to this! Behold, the sower went out to sow;
New Century Version
"Listen! A farmer went out to plant his seed.
Amplified Bible
"Listen! A sower went out to sow seed;
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Listen to this! Behold, the sower went out to sow;
Legacy Standard Bible
"Listen to this! Behold, the sower went out to sow;
Contemporary English Version
Now listen! A farmer went out to scatter seed in a field.
Complete Jewish Bible
"Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed.
Darby Translation
Hearken: Behold, the sower went forth to sow.
Easy-to-Read Version
"Listen! A farmer went out to sow seed.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Hearken: Beholde, there went out a sower to sowe.
George Lamsa Translation
Listen; Behold, a sower went out to sow.
Good News Translation
"Listen! Once there was a man who went out to sow grain.
Lexham English Bible
"Listen! Behold, the sower went out to sow.
Literal Translation
Listen! Behold, the sower went out to sow.
American Standard Version
Hearken: Behold, the sower went forth to sow:
Bible in Basic English
A man went out to put seed in the earth:
Hebrew Names Version
"Listen! Behold, the farmer went forth to sow,
International Standard Version
"Listen! A sower went out to sow.
Etheridge Translation
Listen: Behold, a sower went forth to sow;
Murdock Translation
Hear ye: Behold a sower went forth to sow.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Hearken: Beholde, there went out a sower to sowe:
English Revised Version
Hearken: Behold, the sower went forth to sow:
World English Bible
"Listen! Behold, the farmer went forth to sow,
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Behold, a sower went out to sow.
Weymouth's New Testament
"Listen: the sower goes out to sow.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Here ye. Lo! a man sowynge goith out to sowe.
Update Bible Version
Listen: Look, the sower went forth to sow:
Webster's Bible Translation
Hearken; Behold, a sower went out to sow:
New English Translation
"Listen! A sower went out to sow.
New King James Version
"Listen! Behold, a sower went out to sow.
New Living Translation
"Listen! A farmer went out to plant some seed.
New Life Bible
"Listen! A man went out to plant seed.
New Revised Standard
"Listen! A sower went out to sow.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Hearken! Lo! the sower went forth to sow;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Hear ye: Behold, the sower went out to sow.
Revised Standard Version
"Listen! A sower went out to sow.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Herken to. Beholde There wet out a sower to sowe.
Young's Literal Translation
`Hearken, lo, the sower went forth to sow;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Herken to, beholde, there wente out a sower to sowe:
Mace New Testament (1729)
give your attention to what I say, a sower went out to sow: as he sowed,
THE MESSAGE
"Listen. What do you make of this? A farmer planted seed. As he scattered the seed, some of it fell on the road and birds ate it. Some fell in the gravel; it sprouted quickly but didn't put down roots, so when the sun came up it withered just as quickly. Some fell in the weeds; as it came up, it was strangled among the weeds and nothing came of it. Some fell on good earth and came up with a flourish, producing a harvest exceeding his wildest dreams.
Simplified Cowboy Version
"A farmer went out to plant his fields.

Contextual Overview

1Once again, Jesus began to teach beside the sea, and such a large crowd gathered around Him that He got into a boat and sat in it, while all the people crowded along the shore. 2And He taught them many things in parables, and in His teaching He said, 3"Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed.4And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it. 5Some fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. 6But when the sun rose, the seedlings were scorched, and they withered because they had no root. 7Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the seedlings, and they yielded no crop. 8Still other seed fell on good soil, where it sprouted, grew up, and produced a crop-one bearing thirtyfold, another sixtyfold, and another a hundredfold." 9Then Jesus said, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear." 10As soon as Jesus was alone with the Twelve and those around Him, they asked Him about the parable.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Hearken: Mark 4:9, Mark 4:23, Mark 7:14, Mark 7:16, Deuteronomy 4:1, Psalms 34:11, Psalms 45:10, Proverbs 7:24, Proverbs 8:32, Isaiah 46:3, Isaiah 46:12, Isaiah 55:1, Isaiah 55:2, Acts 2:14, Hebrews 2:1-3, James 2:5, Revelation 2:7, Revelation 2:11, Revelation 2:29

there: Mark 4:14, Mark 4:26-29, Ecclesiastes 11:6, Isaiah 28:23-26, Matthew 13:3, Matthew 13:24, Matthew 13:26, Luke 8:5-8, John 4:35-38, 1 Corinthians 3:6-9

Cross-References

Genesis 4:1
And Adam had relations with his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain. "With the help of the LORD I have brought forth a man," she said.
Genesis 4:11
Now you are cursed and banished from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.
Numbers 18:12
I give you all the freshest olive oil and all the finest new wine and grain that the Israelites give to the LORD as their firstfruits.
1 Kings 17:7
Some time later, however, the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land.
Nehemiah 13:6
While all this was happening, I was not in Jerusalem, because I had returned to King Artaxerxes of Babylon in the thirty-second year of his reign. Some time later I obtained leave from the king

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Hearken, behold, there went out a sower to sow. By whom is meant Jesus Christ, who came forth from God as a teacher, and went out into the land of Judea to preach the Gospel, which is sowing spiritual things among men; and this may be also applicable to any faithful minister of the word.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the parable of the sower explained in the notes at Matthew 13:1-9.

See the parable of the sower explained in the notes at Matthew 13:1-9.


 
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