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Mark 4:14
14The sower sows the word.
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Context of Mark 4:14
12so that they may indeed look, and yet not perceive; they may indeed listen, and yet not understand; otherwise, they might turn back and be forgiven.” 13Then he said to them, “Don’t you understand this parable? How then will you understand all of the parables? The sower sows the word. 15Some are like the word sown on the path. When they hear, immediately Satan comes and takes away the word sown in them. 16And others are like seed sown on rocky ground. When they hear the word, immediately they receive it with joy.
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Cross-references for Mark 4:14
- Mark 4:3“Listen! Consider the sower who went out to sow.
- Isaiah 32:20You will be happy as you sow seed beside abundant water, and as you let oxen and donkeys range freely.
- Matthew 13:19When anyone hears the word about the kingdom and doesn’t understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the one sown along the path.
- Luke 8:11“This is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God.
- Mark 2:2So many people gathered together that there was no more room, not even in the doorway, and he was speaking the word to them.
- Colossians 1:5because of the hope reserved for you in heaven. You have already heard about this hope in the word of truth, the gospel
- 1 Peter 1:23because you have been born again — not of perishable seed but of imperishable — through the living and enduring word of God.
Commentaries on Mark 4:14
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14-20Verses 14-20 See the notes at Matthew 13:18-23.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14-20The explanation of the parable of the four soils uses an allegory (a story where each part has a deeper meaning). The farmer represents someone who shares God’s word (4:14). The four types of soil represent different ways people respond to that message. The main point of the parable is that people should be like good soil and listen to God’s word (4:9). Only those who produce a crop (show a changed life) and continue faithfully to the end will be saved…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. The sower soweth the word--or, as in Luke (Lu 8:11), "Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God." But who is "the sower?" This is not expressed here because if "the word of God" be the seed, every scatterer of that precious seed must be regarded as a sower. It is true that in the parable of the tares it is said, "He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man," as "He that soweth the tares is the devil" (Mt 13:37, 38). But these are only…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Mark 4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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