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Thursday, January 22nd, 2026
the Second Week after Epiphany
the Second Week after Epiphany
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New Century Version
Mark 4:14
The farmer is like a person who plants God's message in people.
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Christian Standard Bible®
The sower sows
The sower sows
King James Version (1611)
The Sower soweth the word.
The Sower soweth the word.
King James Version
The sower soweth the word.
The sower soweth the word.
English Standard Version
The sower sows the word.
The sower sows the word.
New American Standard Bible
"The sower sows the word.
"The sower sows the word.
Amplified Bible
"The sower sows the word [of God, the good news regarding the way of salvation].
"The sower sows the word [of God, the good news regarding the way of salvation].
Legacy Standard Bible
The sower sows the word.
The sower sows the word.
Berean Standard Bible
The farmer sows the word.
The farmer sows the word.
Contemporary English Version
What the farmer is spreading is really the message about the kingdom.
What the farmer is spreading is really the message about the kingdom.
Complete Jewish Bible
The sower sows the message.
The sower sows the message.
Darby Translation
The sower sows the word:
The sower sows the word:
Easy-to-Read Version
The farmer is like someone who plants God's teaching in people.
The farmer is like someone who plants God's teaching in people.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The sower soweth the worde.
The sower soweth the worde.
George Lamsa Translation
The sower who sowed, sowed the word.
The sower who sowed, sowed the word.
Good News Translation
The sower sows God's message.
The sower sows God's message.
Lexham English Bible
The sower sows the word.
The sower sows the word.
Literal Translation
The sower sows the Word.
The sower sows the Word.
American Standard Version
The sower soweth the word.
The sower soweth the word.
Bible in Basic English
The seed is the word.
The seed is the word.
Hebrew Names Version
The farmer sows the word.
The farmer sows the word.
International Standard Version
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The sower sows the word.Matthew 13:19;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
The sower who sowed, the word sowed.
The sower who sowed, the word sowed.
Murdock Translation
The sower that sowed, sowed the word.
The sower that sowed, sowed the word.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The sower, soweth the worde.
The sower, soweth the worde.
English Revised Version
The sower soweth the word.
The sower soweth the word.
World English Bible
The farmer sows the word.
The farmer sows the word.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
The sower soweth the word. And these are they by the way-side, where the word is sown;
The sower soweth the word. And these are they by the way-side, where the word is sown;
Weymouth's New Testament
"What the sower sows is the Message.
"What the sower sows is the Message.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
He that sowith, sowith a word.
He that sowith, sowith a word.
Update Bible Version
The sower sows the word.
The sower sows the word.
Webster's Bible Translation
The sower soweth the word.
The sower soweth the word.
New English Translation
The sower sows the word.
The sower sows the word.
New King James Version
The sower sows the word.
The sower sows the word.
New Living Translation
The farmer plants seed by taking God's word to others.
The farmer plants seed by taking God's word to others.
New Life Bible
What the man plants is the Word of God.
What the man plants is the Word of God.
New Revised Standard
The sower sows the word.
The sower sows the word.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The sower, soweth the word;
The sower, soweth the word;
Douay-Rheims Bible
He that soweth, soweth the word.
He that soweth, soweth the word.
Revised Standard Version
The sower sows the word.
The sower sows the word.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
The sower soweth ye worde.
The sower soweth ye worde.
Young's Literal Translation
He who is sowing doth sow the word;
He who is sowing doth sow the word;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The sower soweth the worde.
The sower soweth the worde.
Mace New Testament (1729)
the sower is he that soweth the word.
the sower is he that soweth the word.
THE MESSAGE
"The farmer plants the Word. Some people are like the seed that falls on the hardened soil of the road. No sooner do they hear the Word than Satan snatches away what has been planted in them.
"The farmer plants the Word. Some people are like the seed that falls on the hardened soil of the road. No sooner do they hear the Word than Satan snatches away what has been planted in them.
Simplified Cowboy Version
The farmer spreads God's good news to others.
The farmer spreads God's good news to others.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"The sower sows the word.
"The sower sows the word.
Contextual Overview
1 Again Jesus began teaching by the lake. A great crowd gathered around him, so he sat down in a boat near the shore. All the people stayed on the shore close to the water. 2 Jesus taught them many things, using stories. He said, 3 "Listen! A farmer went out to plant his seed. 4 While he was planting, some seed fell by the road, and the birds came and ate it up. 5 Some seed fell on rocky ground where there wasn't much dirt. That seed grew very fast, because the ground was not deep. 6 But when the sun rose, the plants dried up because they did not have deep roots. 7 Some other seed fell among thorny weeds, which grew and choked the good plants. So those plants did not produce a crop. 8 Some other seed fell on good ground and began to grow. It got taller and produced a crop. Some plants made thirty times more, some made sixty times more, and some made a hundred times more." 9 Then Jesus said, "Let those with ears use them and listen!" 10 Later, when Jesus was alone, the twelve apostles and others around him asked him about the stories.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
sower: Mark 4:3, Isaiah 32:20, Matthew 13:19, Matthew 13:37, Luke 8:11
the word: Mark 2:2, Colossians 1:5, Colossians 1:6, 1 Peter 1:23-25
Reciprocal: Matthew 13:18 - General Mark 4:26 - as
Cross-References
Genesis 4:5
but he did not accept Cain and his gift. So Cain became very angry and felt rejected.
but he did not accept Cain and his gift. So Cain became very angry and felt rejected.
Genesis 4:6
The Lord asked Cain, "Why are you angry? Why do you look so unhappy?
The Lord asked Cain, "Why are you angry? Why do you look so unhappy?
Genesis 4:11
And now you will be cursed in your work with the ground, the same ground where your brother's blood fell and where your hands killed him.
And now you will be cursed in your work with the ground, the same ground where your brother's blood fell and where your hands killed him.
Genesis 4:12
You will work the ground, but it will not grow good crops for you anymore, and you will wander around on the earth."
You will work the ground, but it will not grow good crops for you anymore, and you will wander around on the earth."
Genesis 4:13
Then Cain said to the Lord , "This punishment is more than I can stand!
Then Cain said to the Lord , "This punishment is more than I can stand!
Genesis 4:14
Today you have forced me to stop working the ground, and now I must hide from you. I must wander around on the earth, and anyone who meets me can kill me."
Today you have forced me to stop working the ground, and now I must hide from you. I must wander around on the earth, and anyone who meets me can kill me."
Genesis 4:15
The Lord said to Cain, "No! If anyone kills you, I will punish that person seven times more." Then the Lord put a mark on Cain warning anyone who met him not to kill him.
The Lord said to Cain, "No! If anyone kills you, I will punish that person seven times more." Then the Lord put a mark on Cain warning anyone who met him not to kill him.
Genesis 4:16
So Cain went away from the Lord and lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
So Cain went away from the Lord and lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
Genesis 4:20
Adah gave birth to Jabal, who became the first person to live in tents and raise cattle.
Adah gave birth to Jabal, who became the first person to live in tents and raise cattle.
Genesis 4:24
If Cain's killer is punished seven times, then Lamech's killer will be punished seventy-seven times."
If Cain's killer is punished seven times, then Lamech's killer will be punished seventy-seven times."
Gill's Notes on the Bible
The sower soweth the word. Though our Lord thought fit to give the above gentle rebuke to his disciples for their dulness; yet he condescends to favour them with an interpretation of the above parable, which here begins: by this it appears, that the seed in the parable, before delivered, and which fell on different sorts of ground, is the word of God, which was preached to hearers of different dispositions: the word is the word of life and truth; the word of peace and reconciliation; the word of faith and righteousness; the word of salvation; the word which publishes and declares all these to be in and by Jesus Christ.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
See the notes at Matthew 13:18-23.
