Mark 4:3

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

Ver. 3. Hearken, behold] Christ well knew the fickleness of men's spirits, and how every small matter calls them off, when most earnestly set to hear. See Trapp on " Mat 13:3 "

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the parable of the sower explained in the notes at Matthew 13:1-9 . See the parable of the sower explained in the notes at Matthew 13:1-9 ....
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(1) Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow: (1) The same doctrine of the Gospel is sown everywhere, but it it does not have the same success...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Teaching by Parables. This section illustrates the method of teaching which the evangelist regards as characteristic of this period of the ministry...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Behold . Figure of speech Asterismos (App-6), for emphasis. Greek. idou. App-133. there went out . This parable is repeated in Luke 8:4 unde...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow: No JFB commentary on these verses.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Parable of the Sower. Stilling the Tempest 1-9. Parable of the Sower ( Matthew 13:1 ; Luke 8:4 ). See on Mt.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

IV. (1-20) He began. — See Notes on Matthew 13:1-23 .
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

A sower. — Better, the sower.
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

CONTENTS. We have in this Chapter, the Parable of the Sower; of the Seed in its secret growth: and JESUS, on the Lake in a Storm. AND he be...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

WASTED SEED ‘Behold, there went out a sower to sow: and it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And he began to teach by the seaside See notes on Matthew 13:1-17 . He taught them many things by parables After the usual manner of the eastern...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

His teaching now at the seaside corresponds to Matthew 13:1-58 , but only two of the seven parables in Matthew are mentioned here, for Matthew gives...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Parable of the Sower. 1 And he began again to teach by the sea side: and ther...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“Listen. Behold a sower went out to sow.” ‘Listen.' Jesus stresses, both here at the beginning of the parable, and at the end ( Mark 4:9 ), that men...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Sermon Bible Commentary

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Hearken! Behold, there went out a sower to sow;
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The parable of the fourfold soil:
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Hearken — This word he probably spoke with a loud voice, to stop the noise and hurry of the people.

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

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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