Mark 4:26

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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?

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  • Mark 4:27-33
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    27He sleeps and rises—night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows—he doesn’t know how.

    28The soil produces a crop by itself—first the blade, then the head, and then the full grain on the head.

    29As soon as the crop is ready, he sends for the sickle because the harvest has come.

    30He also said, 'To what can we compare the kingdom of God? Or with what parable can we illustrate it?'

    31It is like a mustard seed, which, when sown on the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth.

    32But when it is sown, it grows up and becomes larger than all the garden plants, and puts out large branches, so that the birds of the sky can nest in its shade.

    33With many such parables, he spoke the word to them, as much as they were able to understand.

  • Matt 13:22-27
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    22The seed sown among thorns is the one who hears the word, but the worries of this age and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, making it unfruitful.

    23But the seed sown on good soil is the one who hears and understands the word. This person produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty, or thirty times what was sown.

    24Jesus presented another parable to them: "The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.

    25But while people were sleeping, his enemy came, sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away.

    26When the wheat sprouted and formed heads, the weeds also appeared.

    27The servants of the landowner came to him and said, 'Master, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Then where did the weeds come from?'

  • Mark 4:13-14
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    13He said to them, "Don’t you understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables?

    14The sower sows the word.

  • Luke 13:18-20
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    18Then Jesus said, 'What is the kingdom of God like? What shall I compare it to?

    19It is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the birds perched in its branches.'

    20Again he asked, 'What shall I compare the kingdom of God to?

  • Matt 13:31-33
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    31He told them another parable: 'The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and planted in his field.'

    32Though it is the smallest of all seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds come and perch in its branches.

    33He 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.'

  • Luke 8:8-11
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    8Still other seed fell on good soil, grew up, and produced a crop a hundred times what was sown. As He said this, He cried out, "Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear."

    9Then His disciples asked Him, "What does this parable mean?"

    10And He said, "The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to others, I speak in parables so that, ‘Though seeing, they may not see; though hearing, they may not understand.’

    11Now this is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God.

  • Mark 4:3-5
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    3Listen! A sower went out to sow.

    4As he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up.

    5Other seed fell on rocky ground, where it didn’t have much soil. It sprang up quickly because the soil was shallow.

  • Luke 8:5
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    5A 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.

  • Matt 13:37-38
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    37He replied, 'The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man.'

    38The field is the world, and the good seed represents the children of the kingdom. The weeds are the children of the evil one.

  • Matt 13:3-5
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    3Then he spoke many things to them in parables, saying, "Listen! A sower went out to sow.

    4As he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and ate them.

    5Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where there was not much soil. They sprouted quickly because the soil was not deep.

  • Luke 12:16
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    16And He told them a parable, saying, "The land of a certain rich man produced a bountiful harvest.

  • Mark 4:7-9
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    7Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, so it didn’t produce any grain.

    8Still other seed fell on good soil. It grew, producing fruit that increased and yielded thirty, sixty, and a hundred times what was sown.

    9Then Jesus said, "Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear."

  • Matt 13:18-19
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    18So listen to the parable of the sower.

    19When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in their heart. This is the seed sown along the path.

  • Mark 4:25
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    25For whoever has, more will be given to him; and whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

  • Matt 25:14
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    14For it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his own servants and entrusted his belongings to them.

  • Mark 4:20
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    20But 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 17:6
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    6The Lord replied, 'If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.'

  • Matt 13:44
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    44The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field.

  • Matt 13:8
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    8Still other seeds fell on good soil and yielded a crop—some one hundred, some sixty, and some thirty times what was sown.

  • Eccl 11:6
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    6Sow 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.

  • 1 Cor 15:37
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    37And what you sow, you do not sow the body that will be, but a bare seed—perhaps of wheat or something else.

  • Mark 4:11
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    11He answered them, "The mystery of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to those outside, everything is spoken in parables.

  • Mark 12:1
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    1He began to speak to them in parables. A man planted a vineyard, built a fence around it, dug a pit for the winepress, and constructed a tower. Then he leased it to farmers and went on a journey.