Mar 4:1-9, Luk 8:4-8 | ISV | STEP | The Parable about a Sower Then Jesus began to teach again beside the sea. Such a large crowd gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat in it, while the entire crowd remained beside the sea on the shore.

Mark 4:1-9

1 The Parable about a Sower Matthew 13:1-9; Luke 8:4-8

Then Jesus ^{▼▼Lit. he} began to teach again beside the sea. Such a large crowd gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat in it, ^{▼▼Lit. on the sea} while the entire crowd remained beside the sea on the shore.Matt 13:1; Luke 8:4 2 He began teaching them many things in parables. While he was teaching them he said,Mark 12:38 3 “Listen! A sower went out to sow. 4 As he was sowing, some seeds fell along the path, and birds came and ate them up. 5 Others fell on stony ground, where they did not have a lot of soil. They sprouted at once because the soil wasn't deep. 6 But when the sun came up, they were scorched. Since they did not have any roots, they dried up. 7 Others fell among thornbushes, and the thornbushes came up and choked them, and they did not produce anything. 8 But others fell on good soil and produced a crop. They grew up, increased in size, and produced thirty, sixty, or one hundred times what was sown.” ^{▼▼The Gk. lacks what was sown}John 15:5; Col 1:6 9 He added, “Let the person who has ears to hear, listen!”

Luke 8:4-8

4 The Parable about a Sower Matthew 13:1-9; Mark 4:1-9Now while a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to him from every city, he said in a parable:Matt 13:2; Mark 4:1 5 “A sower went out to sow his seed. As he was sowing, some seeds fell along the path, were trampled on, and the birds of the sky ate them up. 6 Others fell on stony ground, and as soon as they came up, they dried up because they had no moisture. 7 Others fell among thornbushes, and the thornbushes grew with them and choked them. 8 But others fell on good soil, and when they came up, they produced a hundred times as much as was planted.” As he said this, he called out, “Let the person who has ears to hear, listen!”