And he began to teach[a] them many things in parables, and was saying to them in his teaching, “Listen! Behold, the sower went out to sow. And it happened that while he was sowing, some seed[b] fell on the side of the path, and the birds came and devoured it.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 4:2 The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to teach”)
  2. Mark 4:4 Literally “some of which”

And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine,

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

And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up.

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Then He taught them many things by parables, (A)and said to them in His teaching:

“Listen! Behold, a sower went out to sow. And it happened, as he sowed, that some seed fell by the wayside; and the birds [a]of the air came and devoured it.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 4:4 NU, M omit of the air