en_tn_condensed/mrk/04/14.md

General Information:

Jesus begins to explain the parable he told in Mark 4:3-8.

The sower

"The farmer who sows his seed"

sows the word

The "word" represents God's message. Sowing the message represents teaching it. Alternate translation: "the one who teaches people God's message" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy and rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor)