Then he spake many things to them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow.

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Then he told them many things in parables, saying: “A farmer went out to sow his seed.

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4 The parable of the sower. 14 And the meaning thereof. 18 Thorns. 21 The candle. 26 Of him that sowed, and then slept. 31 The grain of mustard seed. 38 Christ sleepeth in the ship.

And (A)he began again to teach by the [a]seaside, and there gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat [b]in the sea, and all the people was by the seaside on the land.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 4:1 Seaside of Tiberias.
  2. Mark 4:1 In a ship which was launched into the sea.

The Parable of the Sower(A)(B)

Again Jesus began to teach by the lake.(C) The crowd that gathered around him was so large that he got into a boat and sat in it out on the lake, while all the people were along the shore at the water’s edge.

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