3"Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed.
3"Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed.
1 Again Jesus began to teach by the lake. The crowd that gathered around him was so large that he got into a boat and sat in it out on the lake, while all the people were along the shore at the water's edge.
2 He taught them many things by parables, and in his teaching said:
3 "Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed.
4 As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up.
5 Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow.
4:3Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:
4:3Hear ye: Behold, the sower went out to sow.
4:3Hearken: Behold, the sower went forth to sow:
4:3Hearken: Behold, the sower went forth to sow.
4:3Hearken: Behold, the sower went forth to sow:
4:3Hearken; Behold, a sower went out to sow:
4:3|Listen! Behold, the farmer went out to sow,
4:3'Hearken, lo, the sower went forth to sow;
4:3Listen; Behold, there went out a sower to sow: