Mark 4:3 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

³ “Listen carefully! A farmer went out to plant seed,

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ Give attention to this! Behold, a sower went out to sow.

American Standard Version (1901)

³ Hearken: Behold, the sower went forth to sow:

Common English Bible

³ “Listen to this! A farmer went out to scatter seed.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ "Listen. Behold, the sower went out to sow.

Mark 4:3 Cross References

James 2:5

Listen, my dearly loved brothers; did not God choose those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be wealthy in faith and to inherit the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him?

Matthew 13:26

But when the [green] shoots sprouted up and produced grain, weeds appeared also.

Revelation 2:29

The person who has an ear should listen to what the Holy Spirit is saying to the churches.”

Revelation 2:11

“The person who has an ear should listen to what the Holy Spirit is saying to the churches. The person who has victory [in the Christian life] will not be harmed at all by the second death [i.e., the lake of fire. See 21:8].

Revelation 2:7

“The person who has an ear should listen to what the Holy Spirit is saying to the churches. To the person who has victory [in the Christian life] I will give [the opportunity] to eat from the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of God.” [Note: “Paradise” is equivalent to heaven. See II Cor. 12:4].

Acts 2:14

But Peter [responded by] standing up with the eleven [other] apostles and, lifting up his voice, began to speak. He said, “People of Judea and all who live in Jerusalem, listen to what I am saying so you will understand this situation.

Mark 4:23

If anyone has ears to hear with, he ought to listen to this carefully.”

Mark 4:14

A farmer planted ‘the word’ [i.e., the message of God].

Mark 4:9

And Jesus said, “Whoever has ears to hear with ought to listen [to this] carefully.”

Matthew 13:24

[Then] Jesus told them another parable, saying, “The kingdom of heaven is similar to a person who sowed seed in his field,

Matthew 13:3

And He spoke many things to them in parables [i.e., brief stories to illustrate His teaching], saying, “once a farmer went out [to his field] to plant grain.

Mark 4:2

He taught the people many things using parables [to illustrate His lessons]. In His teaching He said to them,

Mark 4:4

and it happened, as he sowed [i.e., scattering the seed by hand], some of it fell by the side of the road and birds came and ate it.