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Mark 4:3 KJV
Mark · chapter 4 · verse 3
Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:Mark 4:3 · King James Version
Mark 4:3 in context
1And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land.
2And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine,
3Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:
4And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up.
5And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- Hearkenakouōto be endowed with the faculty of hearing, not deaf, to hear, to attend to, consider what…G191 →
- Beholdidoubehold, see, loG2400 →
- sowerspeirōto sow, scatter, seed, metaph. of proverbial sayingsG4687 →
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The foregoing chapter began with Christ's entering into the synagogue (Mar 4:1); this chapter begins with Christ's teaching again by the sea side. Thus he changed his method, that if possible all might be reached and wrought upon.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-20