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Selected Verse: Mark 4:3 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Mr 4:3 |
King James |
Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow: |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
THE SOWER, THE SEED, AND THE SOIL. (Mar 4:3, Mar 4:14)
Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow--What means this? See on Mar 4:14.
First Case: THE WAYSIDE. (Mar 4:4, Mar 4:15). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Hearken - This word he probably spoke with a loud voice, to stop the noise and hurry of the people. |
15 And 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 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.
14 The sower soweth the word.
14 The sower soweth the word.
3 Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow: