Mark 4:3

3 "Listen! Behold, the sower went out 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 again he began to teach beside the sea, and a very large crowd was gathered to him, so that he got into a boat [and] sat on the sea, and the whole crowd was at the sea on the land.

2 And he began to teach them many [things] in parables, and was saying to them in his teaching,

3 "Listen! Behold, the sower went out to sow.

4 And it happened that while [he] was sowing, {some seed} fell on the side of the path, and the birds came and devoured it.

5 And other [seed] fell on the rocky ground where it did not have much soil, and it sprang up at once, because it did not have [any] depth of soil.