Mark 4:3

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

Mark 4:3 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 4:3

Hearken, behold, there went out a sower to sow.
] By whom is meant Jesus Christ, who came forth from God as a teacher, and went out into the land of Judea to preach the Gospel, which is sowing spiritual things among men; and this may be also applicable to any faithful minister of the word.

Mark 4:3 In-Context

1 And 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.

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

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

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 .

5 And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up , because it had no depth of earth: