In this verse we read that, as a sower, Jesus as the sower sows “the word” like seed. Wenham1 has demonstrated that not only Mark, but also Matthew, equate “seed” and “word.” It seems that it was Jesus himself who already treated “the word” as an abbreviation for the proclamation of the gospel. His coming is directed to disseminating the word of God among people in order to save them by it.2
14 The sower sows the word.