Mark 4 · Verse 3

Mark 4:3

Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:
Mark 4:3, King James Version

Mark 4:3 in other translations

BSB“Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed.
WEB“Listen! Behold, the farmer went out to sow.
ASVHearken: Behold, the sower went forth to sow:
YLT‘Hearken, lo, the sower went forth to sow;
DARBYHearken: Behold, the sower went forth to sow.
BBEA man went out to put seed in the earth:
WebsterHearken; Behold, a sower went out to sow:

What does Mark 4:3 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
3. Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow--What means this? See on Mr 4:14. First Case: The Wayside. (Mr 4:4, 15).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Barnes' Notes
Verse 3.

(y) "Hearken" Mk 4:9,23, 7:16

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Mark 4:1-20

This parable contained instruction so important, that all capable of hearing were bound to attend to it. There are many things we are concerned to know; and if we understand not the plain truths of the gospel, how shall we learn those more difficult! It will help us to value the privileges we enjoy as disciples of Christ, if we seriously consider the deplorable state of all who have not such privileges. In the great…

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Mark 4:3 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

Ἀκούετε.¶Akouetedo listen!G191
ἸδοὺIdouBeholdG2400
ἐξῆλθενexēlthenwent outG1831
ὁhothe [one]G3588
σπείρωνspeirōnsowingG4687
σπεῖραι·speiraito sow;G4687

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Mark 4:3

  • James 2:5

    Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?

  • 1 Corinthians 3:6-9

    I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase. Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour. For we are labourers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building.

  • John 4:35-38

    Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest. And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together. And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth. I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.

  • Matthew 13:26

    But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.

  • Mark 4:26-29

    And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground; And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how. For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear. But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come.

  • Deuteronomy 4:1

    Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the Lord God of your fathers giveth you.

  • Luke 8:5-8

    A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it. And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture. And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it. And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an hundredfold. And when he had said these things, he cried, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

  • Isaiah 46:3

    Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb:

  • Revelation 2:11

    He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.

  • Mark 4:9

    And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

  • Proverbs 8:32

    Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways.

  • Isaiah 55:1-2

    Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Hearken.
9,23; 7:14,16; De 4:1; Ps 34:11; 45:10; Pr 7:24; 8:32; Isa 46:3,12
Isa 55:1,2; Ac 2:14; Heb 2:1-3; Jas 2:5; Re 2:7,11,29
there.
14,26-29; Ec 11:6; Isa 28:23-26; Mt 13:3,24,26; Lu 8:5-8
Joh 4:35-38; 1Co 3:6-9

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Context

  • Mark 4:2

    And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine,

  • Mark 4:3

    Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:

  • Mark 4:4

    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.

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Mark 4:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Oid: He aquí, el sembrador salió á sembrar.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Écoutez: Voici, un semeur sortit pour semer.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Höret! Siehe, der Säemann ging aus zu säen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Audite: ecce exiit seminans ad seminandum.