14 The sower soweth the word.

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14 The farmer sows the word.(A)

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Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word.

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Philip in Samaria

Those who had been scattered(A) preached the word wherever they went.(B)

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19 When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.

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19 When anyone hears the message about the kingdom(A) and does not understand it, the evil one(B) comes and snatches away what was sown in their heart. This is the seed sown along the path.

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23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.

24 For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:

25 But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.

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23 For you have been born again,(A) not of perishable seed, but of imperishable,(B) through the living and enduring word of God.(C) 24 For,

“All people are like grass,
    and all their glory is like the flowers of the field;
the grass withers and the flowers fall,
25     but the word of the Lord endures forever.”[a](D)

And this is the word that was preached to you.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 1:25 Isaiah 40:6-8 (see Septuagint)

11 Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

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11 “This is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God.(A)

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37 He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;

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37 He answered, “The one who sowed the good seed is the Son of Man.(A)

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Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:

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“Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed.(A)

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And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive them, no, not so much as about the door: and he preached the word unto them.

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They gathered in such large numbers(A) that there was no room left, not even outside the door, and he preached the word to them.

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For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;

Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth:

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the faith and love that spring from the hope(A) stored up for you in heaven(B) and about which you have already heard in the true message(C) of the gospel that has come to you. In the same way, the gospel is bearing fruit(D) and growing throughout the whole world(E)—just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and truly understood God’s grace.

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20 Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth thither the feet of the ox and the ass.

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20 how blessed you will be,
    sowing(A) your seed by every stream,(B)
    and letting your cattle and donkeys range free.(C)

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Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;

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just as they were handed down to us by those who from the first(A) were eyewitnesses(B) and servants of the word.(C)

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