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14 The sower sows the word.

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14 The farmer sows the word.(A)

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Philip Preaches in Samaria

Now those who were scattered went from place to place proclaiming the word.(A)

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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 of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what is sown in the heart; this is what was sown on the path.(A)

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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 You have been born anew, not of perishable but of imperishable seed, through the living and enduring word of God.[a](A) 24 For

“All flesh is like grass
    and all its glory like the flower of grass.
The grass withers,
    and the flower falls,(B)
25 but the word of the Lord endures forever.”

That word is the good news that was announced to you.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 1.23 Or through the word of the living and enduring God

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)

The Parable of the Sower Explained

11 “Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.(A)

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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, “The one 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! A sower went out to sow.

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

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So many gathered around that there was no longer room for them, not even in front of the door, and he was speaking the word to them.(A)

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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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because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. You have heard of this hope before in the word of the truth, the gospel(A) that has come to you. Just as it is bearing fruit and growing in the whole world, so it has been bearing fruit among yourselves from the day you heard it and truly comprehended the grace of God.(B)

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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 Happy will you be who sow beside every stream,
    who let the ox and the donkey range freely.(A)

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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 they were handed on to us by those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word,(A)

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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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