Mark 4:3
“Consider well the meaning of this illustration: A man/farmer went out to his field to sow some seeds.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:
In Context
2Then he taught them many parables. While he was teaching them, he told them this:
Cross References
Psalms 34:11You ◄who are my students/whom I teach►, come and listen to me, and I will teach you how to revere Yahweh.
Proverbs 7:24My son, listen to what I say; pay careful attention to my words.
Ecclesiastes 11:6Start planting your seeds in the morning, and do not stop planting them until the evening, because you do not know which ones will grow better, the ones you plant in the morning or the ones you plant later in the day, or whether both will grow well.
Isaiah 46:3Yahweh says, “You descendants of Jacob who were exiled, I am not like the gods of Babylonia that must be carried; instead, it is as though I have carried you since you first became a nation [MET]. I carried you even before you became a nation.
Isaiah 55:1“All you people who are in exile, listen to me! It is as though [MET] you are thirsty, so come and get water from me! It is as though you have no money, but you can come and get things from me that are like wine and milk! You can get what you need from me, and you will not need to give me any money for them!
Matthew 13:24Jesus also told the crowd another parable, by which he tried to explain that although God [MTY/EUP] is a king, he will not immediately judge and punish all the wicked people. Jesus said, “ God is like a landowner who sent his servants to sow good wheat seed in his field.
Matthew Henry on Mark 4:2-21
The Parable of the Sower. 1 And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land. 2 And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine, 3 Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow: 4 And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up. 5 And some fell on stony ground, where it had… Read the whole commentary →