Verse 26

He also said, "The kingdom of God is like this: A man scatters seed on the ground.

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  • Matt 13:24 : 24 Jesus presented another parable to them: "The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.
  • Eccl 11:6 : 6 Sow your seed in the morning and do not withhold your hand in the evening, for you do not know which will prosper—whether this or that, or if both will equally thrive.
  • John 4:36-38 : 36 The one who reaps is receiving wages and gathering fruit for eternal life, so that the one who sows and the one who reaps may rejoice together. 37 For in this the saying is true: 'One sows, and another reaps.' 38 I sent you to reap what you have not worked for; others have labored, and you have entered into their labor.
  • 1 Pet 1:23-25 : 23 For you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God. 24 For, "All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flower of the grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls off, 25 but the word of the Lord endures forever." And this is the word that was proclaimed to you.
  • Prov 11:18 : 18 The wicked person earns deceptive wages, but the one who sows righteousness receives a sure reward.
  • Eccl 11:4 : 4 Whoever watches the wind will not sow, and whoever looks at the clouds will not reap.
  • John 12:24 : 24 Truly, truly, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains by itself alone. But if it dies, it produces much fruit.
  • 1 Cor 3:6-9 : 6 I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. 7 So then, neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth. 8 The one who plants and the one who waters are one, and each will receive their reward according to their own labor. 9 For we are God’s coworkers; you are God’s field, God’s building.
  • Jas 3:18 : 18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
  • Isa 28:24-26 : 24 Does the plowman plow all day to sow? Does he continually break up and harrow his ground? 25 When he has leveled its surface, does he not sow black cumin and scatter cumin? Does he not plant wheat in rows, barley in its place, and spelt in its own plot? 26 His God instructs him and teaches him the proper way.
  • Isa 32:20 : 20 Blessed are you who sow beside all waters, letting the oxen and the donkey roam freely.
  • Matt 3:2 : 2 and saying, 'Repent, because the kingdom of heaven has come near.'
  • Matt 4:17 : 17 From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, 'Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.'
  • Matt 13:3 : 3 Then he spoke many things to them in parables, saying, "Listen! A sower went out to sow.
  • Matt 13:11 : 11 Jesus replied, "The mysteries of the kingdom of heaven have been given to you to know, but not to them.
  • Matt 13:31 : 31 He told them another parable: 'The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and planted in his field.'
  • Matt 13:33 : 33 He told them another parable: 'The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into about fifty pounds of flour until it worked all through the dough.'
  • Mark 4:3-4 : 3 Listen! A sower went out to sow. 4 As he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up.
  • Mark 4:14-20 : 14 The sower sows the word. 15 These are the ones along the path where the word is sown: When they hear, immediately Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in their hearts. 16 In a similar way, these are the ones sown on rocky ground: when they hear the word, they immediately receive it with joy. 17 But they have no root in themselves; they are short-lived. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they immediately fall away. 18 Others are like the seed sown among thorns: these are the ones who hear the word, 19 but the worries of this age, the deceitfulness of wealth, and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. 20 But those sown on good ground are the ones who hear the word, welcome it, and produce fruit—some thirty, some sixty, and some a hundred times what was sown.
  • Luke 8:5 : 5 A sower went out to sow his seed. As he was sowing, some fell along the path; it was stepped on, and the birds of the sky devoured it.
  • Luke 8:11 : 11 Now this is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God.
  • Luke 13:18 : 18 Then Jesus said, 'What is the kingdom of God like? What shall I compare it to?