Mark 4:1-3

New International Reader's Version

The Story of the Farmer

4 Again Jesus began to teach by the Sea of Galilee. The crowd that gathered around him was very large. So he got into a boat. He sat down in it out on the lake. All the people were along the shore at the water’s edge. ²He taught them many things using stories. In his teaching he said, ³“Listen! A farmer went out to plant his seed.

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Mark 4:1-3

New International Version

The Parable of the Sower^(A)^(B)

4 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. ²He taught them many things by parables,^(D) and in his teaching said: ³“Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed.^(E)