Mark 4:3

Mark 4:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:
• New International Version (NIV)“Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Listen! Behold, a sower went out to sow.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Listen! Behold, a sower went out to sow.

Context of Mark 4:3

1He began to teach again by the sea. And such a very large crowd gathered to Him that He got into a boat in the sea and sat down; and the whole crowd was by the sea on the land. 2And He was teaching them many things in parables, and was saying to them in His teaching, “Listen to this! Behold, the sower went out to sow; 4as he was sowing, some seed fell beside the road, and the birds came and ate it up. 5Other seed fell on the rocky ground where it did not have much soil; and immediately it sprang up because it had no depth of soil.

Mark 4:3 word by word

Ἀκούετε.¶ Ἰδοὺ ἐξῆλθεν ὁ σπείρων σπεῖραι·Read the interlinear

• “Listenἀκούωakouō · to hearG191
• Beholdἰδούidou · look!G2400
• the sowerσπείρωspeirō · to sowG4687
• wentἐξέρχομαιexerchomai · to go outG1831

Cross-references for Mark 4:3

• Mark 4:9And He was saying, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
• Mark 7:14After He called the crowd to Him again, He began saying to them, “Listen to Me, all of you, and understand:
• Deuteronomy 4:1“Now, O Israel, listen to the statutes and the judgments which I am teaching you to perform, so that you may live and go in and take possession of the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, is giving you.
• Psalms 34:11Come, you children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
• Psalms 45:10Listen, O daughter, give attention and incline your ear: Forget your people and your father’s house;
• Proverbs 7:24Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, And pay attention to the words of my mouth.
• Proverbs 8:32“Now therefore, O sons, listen to me, For blessed are they who keep my ways.
• Isaiah 46:3“Listen to Me, O house of Jacob, And all the remnant of the house of Israel, You who have been borne by Me from birth And have been carried from the womb;
• Isaiah 55:1“Ho! Every one who thirsts, come to the waters; And you who have no money come, buy and eat. Come, buy wine and milk Without money and without cost.
• Acts 2:14But Peter, taking his stand with the eleven, raised his voice and declared to them: “Men of Judea and all you who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you and give heed to my words.
• Hebrews 2:1For this reason we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away from it.
• James 2:5Listen, my beloved brethren: did not God choose the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him?
• Revelation 2:7He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, I will grant to eat of the tree of life which is in the Paradise of God.’
• Mark 4:14The sower sows the word.
• Ecclesiastes 11:6Sow your seed in the morning and do not be idle in the evening, for you do not know whether morning or evening sowing will succeed, or whether both of them alike will be good.
• Isaiah 28:23Give ear and hear my voice, Listen and hear my words.

Commentaries on Mark 4:3

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-9Verses 1-9 See the parable of the sower explained in the notes at Matthew 13:1-9. See the parable of the sower explained in the notes at Matthew 13:1-9.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-9The collection begins with the longest parable and its interpretation (4:13–20). The different types of soil represent different ways people respond to God’s message.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow--What means this? See on Mr 4:14. First Case: The Wayside. (Mr 4:4, 15).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