14 (A)The sower sows the word.

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14 The farmer sows the word.(A)

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Christ Is Preached in Samaria

Therefore (A)those who were scattered went everywhere 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 anyone hears the word (A)of the kingdom, and does not understand it, then the wicked one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is he who received seed by the wayside.

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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 (A)having been born again, not of [a]corruptible seed but [b]incorruptible, (B)through the word of God which lives and abides [c]forever, 24 because

(C)“All flesh is as grass,
And all [d]the glory of man as the flower of the grass.
The grass withers,
And its flower falls away,
25 (D)But the [e]word of the Lord endures forever.”

(E)Now this is the word which by the gospel was preached to you.

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  1. 1 Peter 1:23 perishable
  2. 1 Peter 1:23 imperishable
  3. 1 Peter 1:23 NU omits forever
  4. 1 Peter 1:24 NU its glory as
  5. 1 Peter 1:25 spoken word

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

The Parable of the Sower Explained(A)

11 (B)“Now the parable is this: The seed is the (C)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 to them: “He who sows 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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“Listen! Behold, a sower went out to sow.

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

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[a]Immediately many gathered together, so that there was no longer room to receive them, not even near the door. And He preached the word to them.

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  1. Mark 2:2 NU omits Immediately

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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because of the hope (A)which is laid up for you in heaven, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel, which has come to you, (B)as it has also in all the world, and (C)is bringing forth [a]fruit, as it is also among you since the day you heard and knew (D)the grace of God in truth;

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  1. Colossians 1:6 NU, M add and growing

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 you who sow beside all waters,
Who send out freely the feet of (A)the ox and the donkey.

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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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just as those who (A)from the beginning were (B)eyewitnesses and ministers of the word (C)delivered them to us,

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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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