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Source language
Original Greek   
καὶ ἐλάλησεν αὐτοῖς πολλὰ ἐν παραβολαῖς λέγων· Ἰδοὺ ἐξῆλθεν ὁ σπείρων τοῦ σπείρειν.
Greek - Transliteration via code library   
kai elalesen autois polla en parabolais legon* Idou exelthen o speiron tou speirein.

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
et locutus est eis multa in parabolis dicens ecce exiit qui seminat seminare

King James Variants
American King James Version   
And he spoke many things to them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;
King James 2000 (out of print)   
And he spoke many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;
Authorized (King James) Version   
And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;
New King James Version   
Then He spoke many things to them in parables, saying: “Behold, a sower went out to sow.
21st Century King James Version   
And He spoke many things unto them in parables, saying, “Behold, a sower went forth to sow.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
And he spake to them many things in parables, saying, Behold, the sower went forth to sow;
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
And he was speaking much with them in parables and he said, “Behold, a sower went out to sow.
Darby Bible Translation   
And he spoke to them many things in parables, saying, Behold, the sower went out to sow:
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
And he spoke to them many things in parables, saying: Behold the sower went forth to sow.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
And he spake to them many things in parables, saying, Behold, the sower went forth to sow;
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
And he told them many things in parables, saying: “A sower went out to sow.
God's Word   
Then he used stories as illustrations to tell them many things. He said, "Listen! A farmer went to plant seed.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
Then He told them many things in parables, saying: "Consider the sower who went out to sow.
International Standard Version   
Then he began to tell them many things in parables. He said, "Listen! A farmer went out to sow.
NET Bible   
He told them many things in parables, saying: "Listen! A sower went out to sow.
New American Standard Bible   
And He spoke many things to them in parables, saying, "Behold, the sower went out to sow;
New International Version   
Then he told them many things in parables, saying: "A farmer went out to sow his seed.
New Living Translation   
He told many stories in the form of parables, such as this one: "Listen! A farmer went out to plant some seeds.
Webster's Bible Translation   
And he spoke many things to them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;
Weymouth New Testament   
He then spoke many things to them in figurative language. "The sower goes out," He said, "to sow.
The World English Bible   
He spoke to them many things in parables, saying, "Behold, a farmer went out to sow.
EasyEnglish Bible   
Jesus used stories to teach them many things. He said to them: ‘Listen to me! A farmer went out to plant seeds in his field.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
and he spake to them many things in similes, saying: `Lo, the sower went forth to sow,
New Life Version   
Jesus taught them many things by using picture-stories. He said, “A man went out to plant seeds.
Revised Geneva Translation   
Then He spoke many things to them in parables, saying, “Behold, a sower went out to sow.
The Voice Bible   
And so Jesus began to teach. On this day, He spoke in parables. Here is His first parable: Jesus: Once there was a sower who scattered seeds.
Living Bible   
where an immense crowd soon gathered. He got into a boat and taught from it while the people listened on the beach. He used many illustrations such as this one in his sermon: “A farmer was sowing grain in his fields.
New Catholic Bible   
Then he told them many things in parables. He said: “A sower went out to sow.
Legacy Standard Bible   
And He spoke many things to them in parables, saying, “Behold, the sower went out to sow;
Jubilee Bible 2000   
And he spoke many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, the sower went forth to sow;
Christian Standard Bible   
Then he told them many things in parables, saying, “Consider the sower who went out to sow.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
And He told them many things in parables (stories by way of illustration and comparison), saying, A sower went out to sow.
New Century Version   
Then Jesus used stories to teach them many things. He said: “A farmer went out to plant his seed.
The Message   
At about that same time Jesus left the house and sat on the beach. In no time at all a crowd gathered along the shoreline, forcing him to get into a boat. Using the boat as a pulpit, he addressed his congregation, telling stories. “What do you make of this? A farmer planted seed. As he scattered the seed, some of it fell on the road, and birds ate it. Some fell in the gravel; it sprouted quickly but didn’t put down roots, so when the sun came up it withered just as quickly. Some fell in the weeds; as it came up, it was strangled by the weeds. Some fell on good earth, and produced a harvest beyond his wildest dreams.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
He told them many things in parables, saying: “Listen, a sower went out to sow.
Mounce Reverse Interlinear New Testament   
And he told them many things in parables, saying: “A sower went out · to sow.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
And he told them many things in parables, saying: “Listen! A sower went out to sow.
New Matthew Bible   
And he spoke many things to them in similitudes, saying, Behold, the sower went forth to sow.
Good News Translation®   
He used parables to tell them many things. “Once there was a man who went out to sow grain.
Wycliffe Bible   
And he spake to them many things in parables, and said [saying], Lo! he that soweth, went out to sow his seed.
New Testament for Everyone   
He had much to say to them, and he said it all in parables. “Listen!” he said. “Once there was a sower who went out to sow.
Contemporary English Version   
Then he taught them many things by using stories. He said: A farmer went out to scatter seed in a field.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
And he told them many things in parables, saying: “A sower went out to sow.
J.B. Phillips New Testament   
It was on the same day that Jesus went out of the house and sat down by the lake-side. Such great crowds collected round him that he went aboard a small boat and sat down while all the people stood on the beach. He told them a great deal in parables, and began: “There was once a man who went out to sow. In his sowing some of the seeds fell by the road-side and the birds swooped down and gobbled them up. Some fell on stony patches where they had very little soil. They sprang up quickly in the shallow soil, but when the sun came up they were scorched by the heat and withered away because they had no roots. Some seeds fell among thorn-bushes and the thorns grew up and choked the life out of them. But some fell on good soil and produced a crop—some a hundred times what had been sown, some sixty and some thirty times. The man who has ears should use them!”
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
And he told them many things in parables, saying: “Listen! A sower went out to sow.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
And he told them many things in parables, saying: ‘Listen! A sower went out to sow.
Common English Bible © 2011   
He said many things to them in parables: “A farmer went out to scatter seed.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
He told them many things in parables, saying, “Listen carefully: a sower went out to sow [seed in his field];
English Standard Version Anglicised   
And he told them many things in parables, saying: “A sower went out to sow.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
And he spoke to them at length in parables, saying: “A sower went out to sow.
New American Standard Bible   
And He told them many things in parables, saying, “Behold, the sower went out to sow;
The Expanded Bible   
Then Jesus used ·stories [parables] to teach them many things. He said: “A ·farmer [sower] went out to ·plant [sow] his seed.
Tree of Life Version   
And He told them many things in parables, saying, “Behold, a sower went out to spread some seed.
Revised Standard Version   
And he told them many things in parables, saying: “A sower went out to sow.
New International Reader's Version   
Then he told them many things using stories. He said, “A farmer went out to plant his seed.
BRG Bible   
And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;
Complete Jewish Bible   
He told them many things in parables: “A farmer went out to sow his seed.
Worldwide English (New Testament)   
He taught the people many things by telling them stories. He said, `Listen, a man went out to sow some seed.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
And he told them many things in parables, saying: ‘Listen! A sower went out to sow.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach told them many things in meshalim (parables), saying Hinei! The Sower went out to sow [seeds].
Names of God Bible   
Then he used stories as illustrations to tell them many things. He said, “Listen! A farmer went to plant seed.
Modern English Version   
Then He told them many things in parables, saying, “Listen! A sower went out to sow.
Easy-to-Read Version   
Then Jesus used stories to teach them many things. He told them this story: “A farmer went out to sow seed.
International Children’s Bible   
Then Jesus used stories to teach them many things. He said: “A farmer went out to plant his seed.
Lexham English Bible   
And he spoke many things to them in parables, saying, “Behold, the sower went out to sow,
New International Version - UK   
Then he told them many things in parables, saying: ‘A farmer went out to sow his seed.
Disciples Literal New Testament   
And He spoke many things to them in parables, saying— “Behold— the one sowing went out that he might sow.