Mark 4:14

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

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

Cross References

Matthew 13:19

When anyone hears the message of the kingdom but does not understand it, the evil one [i.e., the devil] comes to him and grabs away what had been sown in his heart. This is the person who was scattered to the side of the road.

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.

Matthew 13:37

And He answered them, “The person who planted the good seed is the Son of man,

Mark 2:2

And there were so many people gathered to listen to His message that there was no room for any more [in the courtyard] around the doorway.

Mark 4:13

And Jesus continued to speak to them; “Do you not know what this parable means? Then how can you understand any of the other parables?

Mark 4:15

Some of the seed that fell along the roadside represents where ‘the word’ was sown [i.e., preached]. When these people have heard, immediately Satan comes and takes away ‘the word’ which had been sown in them.

Mark 4:3

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

Luke 1:2

[that is, people] who were ministers of the word and original eyewitnesses [of these events], and who passed them on to us; [and since]

Luke 8:11

Now [the meaning of] the parable is this: The seed represents the word of God.

Acts 8:4

Now the disciples, who had become scattered all over, went everywhere preaching the message [of God].