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Mark 4:14

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¶ The sower soweth the word.
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  1. Acts 8:4Rank 1 from verse 14
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    4Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word.

  2. Matthew 13:19Rank 2 from verse 14
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    19When 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.

  3. 1 Peter 1:23–25Rank 3 from verse 14
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    23Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.

    24For 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:

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

  4. Luke 8:11Rank 4 from verse 14
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    11Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

  5. Matthew 13:37Rank 5 from verse 14
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    37He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;

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Mark 4:14

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soweth

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Sense 1: Third-person singular present form of sow, meaning to scatter or plant seed. Sense 2: Figuratively, to spread what will produce a result.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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word

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Sense 1: A spoken or written expression, saying, message, command, promise, report, or matter. Sense 2: God's revealed word.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

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4:14¶ The sower soweth the word.

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4:15And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts.

4:16And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness;

4:17And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word’s sake, immediately they are offended.

4:18And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word,

4:19And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.

4:20And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred.

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