14The farmer sows the word.


In Context

11 He told them, "The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those on the outside everything is said in parables

12 so that, " 'they may be ever seeing but never perceiving, and ever hearing but never understanding; otherwise they might turn and be forgiven!' "

13 Then Jesus said to them, "Don't you understand this parable? How then will you understand any parable?

14 The farmer sows the word.

15 Some people are like seed 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.

16 Others, like seed sown on rocky places, hear the word and at once receive it with joy.

Mark 4:14 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:14The sower soweth the word.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:14He that soweth, soweth the word.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:14The sower soweth the word.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:14The sower sows the word:

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:14The sower soweth the word.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:14The sower soweth the word.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:14The farmer sows the word.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:14He who is sowing doth sow the word;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:14The sower sows the word.