Mark 4 : 14

EN The farmer sows the word.

ES El que siembra es el que siembra la palabra.

ZH-HANS 撒种之人所撒的就是道。

ZH-HANT 撒種之人所撒的就是道。

Critical apparatus

3 variants · 3 witnesses

𝔊 grk ℙ syr 𝔙 vul

construction All three attest

Greek NT ὁ σπείρων

Peshitta ܙܪܘܥܐ ܕܙܪܥ

Vulgate Qui

Greek uses an articular present participle (ὁ σπείρων, 'the one sowing'); the Peshitta employs a double construction with the agent-noun ܙܪܘܥܐ ('the sower') followed by a relative ܕܙܪܥ ('who sows'), reinforcing the subject; the Vulgate reduces this to a bare relative pronoun (Qui), which then carries over into the following finite verb.

𝔊 grk ℙ syr 𝔙 vul

grammar All three attest

Greek NT τὸν λόγον

Peshitta ܡܠܬܐ

Vulgate verbum

Greek marks the direct object with the article + accusative (τὸν λόγον); both the Peshitta (ܡܠܬܐ) and the Vulgate (verbum) render the noun without an article, an expected feature since Latin lacks the definite article and Syriac here uses the emphatic state without further determination.

𝔊 grk ℙ syr 𝔙 vul

construction All three attest

Greek NT σπείρει

Peshitta ܙܪܥ

Vulgate seminat seminat

The Greek and Peshitta place the finite verb 'sows' (σπείρει / ܙܪܥ) at the end of the clause; the Vulgate transmits the verb twice (seminat... seminat), echoing the participle-as-relative within the first seminat and repeating it as the main verb, a stylistic doubling not present in the Greek or Syriac.