Mark 4:3

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A man went out to put seed in the earth:

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  • Deut 4:1 : 1 And now give ear, O Israel, to the laws and the decisions which I am teaching you, and do them; so that life may be yours, and you may go in and take for yourselves the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, is giving you.
  • Matt 13:26 : 26 But when the green stem came up and gave fruit, the evil plants were seen at the same time.
  • Mark 4:26-29 : 26 And he said, Such is the kingdom of God, as if a man put seed in the earth, 27 And went to sleep and got up, night and day, and the seed came to growth, though he had no idea how. 28 The earth gives fruit by herself; first the leaf, then the head, then the full grain. 29 But when the grain is ready, he quickly sends men to get it cut, because the time for cutting has come.
  • Luke 8:5-8 : 5 A man went out to put in seed, and while he was doing it, some was dropped by the wayside and it was crushed under foot, and was taken by the birds of heaven. 6 And some went on the rock, and when it came up it became dry and dead because it had no water. 7 And some went among thorns, and the thorns came up with it and it had no room for growth. 8 And some falling on good earth, came up and gave fruit a hundred times as much. And with these words he said in a loud voice, He who has ears, let him give ear.
  • John 4:35-38 : 35 You would say, Four months from now is the time of the grain-cutting. Take a look, I say to you, at the fields; they are even now white for cutting. 36 He who does the cutting now has his reward; he is getting together fruit for eternal life, so that he who did the planting and he who gets in the grain may have joy together. 37 In this the saying is a true one, One does the planting, and another gets in the grain. 38 I sent you to get in grain which you had no hand in planting: other men did that work, and you take the reward.
  • 1 Cor 3:6-9 : 6 I did the planting, Apollos did the watering, but God gave the increase. 7 So then the planter is nothing, and the waterer is nothing; but God who gives the increase. 8 Now the planter and the waterer are working for the same end: but they will have their separate rewards in the measure of their work. 9 For we are workers with God: you are God's planting, God's building.
  • Heb 2:1-3 : 1 For this reason there is the more need for us to give attention to the things which have come to our ears, for fear that by chance we might be slipping away. 2 Because if the word which came through the angels was fixed, and in the past every evil act against God's orders was given its full punishment; 3 What will come on us, if we do not give our minds to such a great salvation? a salvation of which our fathers first had knowledge through the words of the Lord, and which was made certain to us by those to whom his words came;
  • Jas 2:5 : 5 Give ear, my dear brothers; are not those who are poor in the things of this world marked out by God to have faith as their wealth, and for their heritage the kingdom which he has said he will give to those who have love for him?
  • Rev 2:7 : 7 He who has ears, let him give ear to what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give of the fruit of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of God.
  • Rev 2:11 : 11 He who has ears, let him give ear to what the Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes will not come under the power of the second death.
  • Rev 2:29 : 29 He who has ears, let him give ear to what the Spirit says to the churches.
  • Acts 2:14 : 14 But Peter, getting up, with the eleven, said in a loud voice, O men of Judaea, and all you who are living in Jerusalem, take note of this and give ear to my words.
  • Mark 7:14-15 : 14 And turning to the people again, he said to them, Give ear to me all of you, and let my words be clear to you: 15 There is nothing outside the man which, going into him, is able to make him unclean: but the things which come out of the man are those which make the man unclean.
  • Mark 4:9 : 9 And he said to them, Whoever has ears, let him give ear.
  • Mark 4:14 : 14 The seed is the word.
  • Mark 4:23 : 23 If any man has ears, let him give ear.
  • Ps 34:11 : 11 Come, children, give attention to me; I will be your teacher in the fear of the Lord.
  • Ps 45:10 : 10 O daughter, give thought and attention, and let your ear be open; no longer keep in mind your people, and your father's house;
  • Prov 7:24 : 24 So now, my sons, give ear to me; give attention to the sayings of my mouth;
  • Prov 8:32 : 32 Give ear to me then, my sons: for happy are those who keep my ways.
  • Eccl 11:6 : 6 In the morning put your seed into the earth, and till the evening let not your hand be at rest; because you are not certain which will do well, this or that--or if the two will be equally good.
  • Isa 28:23-26 : 23 Let your ears be open to my voice; give attention to what I say. 24 Is the ploughman for ever ploughing? does he not get the earth ready and broken up for the seed? 25 When the face of the earth has been levelled, does he not put in the different sorts of seed, and the grain in lines, and the barley in its place, and the spelt at the edge? 26 For his God is his teacher, giving him the knowledge of these things.
  • Isa 46:3 : 3 Give ear to me, O family of Jacob, and all the rest of the people of Israel, who have been supported by me from their birth, and have been my care from their earliest days:
  • Isa 46:12 : 12 Give ear to me, you feeble-hearted, who have no faith in my righteousness:
  • Isa 55:1-2 : 1 Ho! everyone in need, come to the waters, and he who has no strength, let him get food: come, get bread without money; wine and milk without price. 2 Why do you give your money for what is not bread, and the fruit of your work for what will not give you pleasure? Give ear to me, so that your food may be good, and you may have the best in full measure.
  • Matt 13:3 : 3 And he gave them teaching in the form of a story, saying, A man went out to put seed in the earth;
  • Matt 13:24 : 24 And he gave them another story, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a man who put good seed in his field:

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  • Matt 13:3-5
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    3 And he gave them teaching in the form of a story, saying, A man went out to put seed in the earth;

    4 And while he did so, some seeds were dropped by the wayside, and the birds came and took them for food:

    5 And some of the seed went among the stones, where it had not much earth, and straight away it came up because the earth was not deep:

  • Mark 4:13-15
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    13 And he said to them, If you are not clear about this story, how will you be clear about the others?

    14 The seed is the word.

    15 And these are they by the wayside, where the word is planted; and when they have given ear, the Evil One comes straight away and takes away the word which has been planted in them.

  • Mark 4:4-9
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    4 And while he was doing it, some was dropped by the wayside, and the birds came and took it for food.

    5 And some went on the stones, where it had not much earth; and it came up straight away, because the earth was not deep:

    6 And when the sun was high, it was burned; and because it had no root, it became dry and dead.

    7 And some went among the thorns, and the thorns came up, and it had no room for growth and gave no fruit.

    8 And some, falling on good earth, gave fruit, coming up and increasing, and giving thirty, sixty, and a hundred times as much.

    9 And he said to them, Whoever has ears, let him give ear.

  • Luke 8:4-9
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    4 And when a great number of people came together, and men from every town went out to him, he gave them teaching in the form of a story:

    5 A man went out to put in seed, and while he was doing it, some was dropped by the wayside and it was crushed under foot, and was taken by the birds of heaven.

    6 And some went on the rock, and when it came up it became dry and dead because it had no water.

    7 And some went among thorns, and the thorns came up with it and it had no room for growth.

    8 And some falling on good earth, came up and gave fruit a hundred times as much. And with these words he said in a loud voice, He who has ears, let him give ear.

    9 And his disciples put questions to him about the point of the story.

  • Matt 13:18-19
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    18 Give ear, then, to the story of the man who put the seed in the earth.

    19 When the word of the kingdom comes to anyone, and the sense of it is not clear to him, then the Evil One comes, and quickly takes away that which was put in his heart. He is the seed dropped by the wayside.

  • Mark 4:26-33
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    26 And he said, Such is the kingdom of God, as if a man put seed in the earth,

    27 And went to sleep and got up, night and day, and the seed came to growth, though he had no idea how.

    28 The earth gives fruit by herself; first the leaf, then the head, then the full grain.

    29 But when the grain is ready, he quickly sends men to get it cut, because the time for cutting has come.

    30 And he said, What picture may we give of the kingdom of God, or with what story may we make it clear?

    31 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is put in the earth, is smaller than all the seeds on the earth,

    32 But when it is planted, it comes up, and becomes taller than all the plants, and puts out great branches, so that the birds of heaven are able to take rest in its shade.

    33 And with a number of such stories he gave them his teaching, as they were able to take it:

  • Matt 13:23-25
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    23 And the seed which was put in good earth, this is he who gives ear to the word, and gets the sense of it; who gives fruit, some a hundred, some sixty, some thirty times as much.

    24 And he gave them another story, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a man who put good seed in his field:

    25 But while men were sleeping, one who had hate for him came and put evil seeds among the grain, and went away.

  • Luke 8:11
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    11 Now this is the point of the story: The seed is the word of God.

  • Mark 4:17-18
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    17 And they have no root in themselves, but go on for a time; then, when trouble comes or pain, because of the word, they quickly become full of doubts.

    18 And others are those planted among the thorns; these are they who have given ear to the word,

  • Mark 4:1-2
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    1 And again he was teaching by the seaside. And a very great number of people had come to him, so that he got into a boat on the sea and took his seat; and all the people were on the land by the seaside.

    2 And he gave them teaching about a number of things in the form of stories, and said to them in his teaching, Give ear:

  • Matt 13:37
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    37 And he made answer and said, He who puts the good seed in the earth is the Son of man;

  • Matt 13:8-9
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    8 And some, falling on good earth, gave fruit, some a hundred, some sixty, some thirty times as much.

    9 He who has ears, let him give ear.

  • Mark 4:23
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    23 If any man has ears, let him give ear.

  • Matt 13:31
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    31 He put another story before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and put in his field:

  • Mark 12:1
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    1 And he gave them teaching in the form of stories. A man had a vine-garden planted, and put a wall about it, and made a place for crushing out the wine, and put up a tower, and let it out to field-workers, and went into another country.

  • Mark 4:20
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    20 And these are they who were planted on the good earth; such as give ear to the word, and take it into their hearts, and give fruit, thirty and sixty and a hundred times as much.

  • John 4:37
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    37 In this the saying is a true one, One does the planting, and another gets in the grain.

  • Matt 13:27
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    27 And the servants of the master of the house came and said to him, Sir, did you not put good seed in your field? how then has it evil plants?

  • Luke 20:9
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    9 And he gave the people this story: A man made a vine-garden and gave the use of it to some field-workers and went into another country for a long time.

  • Jer 4:3
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    3 For this is what the Lord says to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem: Get your unworked land ploughed up, do not put in your seeds among thorns.

  • Matt 11:15
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    15 He who has ears, let him give ear.

  • Luke 8:15
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    15 And those in the good earth are those who, having given ear to the word, keep it with a good and true heart, and in quiet strength give fruit.

  • Luke 12:16
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    16 And he said to them, in a story, The land of a certain man of great wealth was very fertile: