Mark 4:4

Mark 4:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And as he sowed, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And it happened, as he sowed, that some seed fell by the wayside; and the birds of the air came and devoured it.

Context of Mark 4:4

2And he taught them many things by parables, and said to them in his doctrine, 3Hearken; Behold, a sower went out to sow: And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it. 5And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth: 6But when the sun had risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.

Mark 4:4 word by word

καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ σπείρειν, ὃ μὲν ἔπεσεν παρὰ τὴν ὁδόν, καὶ ἦλθεν τὰ πετεινὰ καὶ κατέφαγεν αὐτό.Read the interlinear

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• passγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
• asἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• sowedσπείρωspeirō · to sowG4687
• someὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• someμένmen · on the other handG3303
• fellπίπτωpiptō petō · to collapseG4098
• byπαράpara · from/with/besideG3844
• sideὁδόςhodos · roadG3598
• fowlsπετεινόςpeteinon · birdG4071
• airοὐρανόςouranos · heavenG3772
• cameἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
• devouredκατεσθίωkatesthiō · to devourG2719
• itαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846

Cross-references for Mark 4:4

• Mark 4:15And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts.
• Genesis 15:11And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.
• Matthew 13:4And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them:
• Luke 8:5A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it.

Commentaries on Mark 4:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4The fowls - , of the air, is the common reading; but it should be omitted, on the authority of nine uncial MSS., upwards of one hundred others, and almost all the versions. Bengel and Griesbach have left it out of the text. It seems to have been inserted in Mark, from Luke 8:5.Read the comment
• 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. 44. And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the wayside--by the side of the hard path through the field, where the soil was not broken up. and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up--Not only could the seed not get beneath the surface, but "it was trodden down" (Lu 8:5), and afterwards picked up and devoured by the fowls. What means this? See on Mr 4:15. Second Case: The Stony or rather, Rocky Ground. (Mr 4:5, 16).Read the comment

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• Sermon
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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