# General Information:
Jesus begins to explain the parable he told in [Mark 4:3-8](./03.md).
# 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/translate/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])