Mark 4:15

Mark 4:15

The Parable of the Sower Explained

13 And He said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables?

14 ^aThe sower sows the word.

15 And these are the ones by the wayside where the word is sown. When they hear, Satan comes immediately and takes away the word that was sown in their hearts.

16 These likewise are the ones sown on stony ground who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with gladness;

17 and they have no root in themselves, and so endure only for a time. Afterward, when tribulation or persecution arises for the word’s sake, immediately they stumble.

18 Now these are the ones sown among thorns; they are the ones who hear the word,

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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Where the word is sown (opou speiretai o logov). Explanatory detail only in Mark.

Satan (Satanav) where Matthew 13:19 has

the evil one (o ponhrov) and Luke 8:12

the devil (o diabolov).

Sown in them (esparmenon eiv autouv). Within them, not just among them, "in his heart" (Matt.).

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