Mark 4:3

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Listen; behold, a sower went out to sow:

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  • Deut 4:1 : 1 Now therefore listen, O Israel, to the statutes and the judgments, which I teach you, to do them, that you may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers gives you.
  • Matt 13:26 : 26 When the wheat sprouted and formed heads, then the weeds also appeared.
  • Mark 4:26-29 : 26 And he said, The kingdom of God is as if a man should cast seed into the ground; 27 and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he does not know how. 28 For the earth yields fruit by itself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear. 29 But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come.
  • Luke 8:5-8 : 5 A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the wayside; and it was trampled, and the birds of the air devoured it. 6 And some fell on rock; and as soon as it sprang up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture. 7 And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it. 8 And others fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bore fruit a hundredfold. When he had said these things, he cried, He who has ears to hear, let him hear.
  • John 4:35-38 : 35 Do you not say, There are still four months and then comes the harvest? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are already white for harvest. 36 And he who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit for eternal life, that both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together. 37 For in this the saying is true, One sows and another reaps. 38 I sent you to reap that for which you have not labored; others have labored, and you have entered into their labors.
  • 1 Cor 3:6-9 : 6 I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the growth. 7 So then neither is he that plants anything, neither he that waters; but God that gives the growth. 8 Now he that plants and he that waters are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labor. 9 For we are workers together with God: you are God's field, you are God's building.
  • Heb 2:1-3 : 1 Therefore we ought to give more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip. 2 For if the word spoken by angels was steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward; 3 How shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation, which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by those that heard him;
  • Jas 2:5 : 5 Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him?
  • Rev 2:7 : 7 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give to eat from the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.
  • Rev 2:11 : 11 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes shall not be hurt by the second death.
  • Rev 2:29 : 29 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
  • Acts 2:14 : 14 But Peter, standing with the eleven, lifted up his voice and said to them, 'Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen to my words:
  • Mark 7:14-15 : 14 And when he had called all the people to him, he said to them, Listen to me, every one of you, and understand: 15 There is nothing that enters a man from outside which can defile him; but the things which come out of him, those are what defile a man.
  • Mark 4:9 : 9 And he said to them, He who has ears to hear, let him hear.
  • Mark 4:14 : 14 The sower sows the word.
  • Mark 4:23 : 23 If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.
  • Ps 34:11 : 11 Come, you children, listen to me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
  • Ps 45:10 : 10 Listen, O daughter, and consider, and incline your ear; forget your own people, and your father's house;
  • Prov 7:24 : 24 Therefore listen to me now, O children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
  • Prov 8:32 : 32 Now therefore listen to me, O children, for blessed are those who keep my ways.
  • Eccl 11:6 : 6 In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening do not withhold your hand, for you do not know which will prosper, either this or that, or whether both will be equally good.
  • Isa 28:23-26 : 23 Give ear, and hear my voice; listen, and hear my speech. 24 Does the plowman plow all day to sow? does he open and break the clods of his ground? 25 When he has leveled its surface, does he not sow the black cumin and scatter the cumin, plant the wheat in rows, the barley in its appointed place, and the spelt in its place? 26 For his God instructs him in right judgment, his God teaches him.
  • Isa 46:3 : 3 Listen to me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, who have been carried by me from birth, who are carried from the womb:
  • Isa 46:12 : 12 Listen to me, you stouthearted, that are far from righteousness:
  • Isa 55:1-2 : 1 Ho, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat. Yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. 2 Why do you spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat what is good, and let your soul delight itself in abundance.
  • Matt 13:3 : 3 And He told them many things in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went out to sow.
  • Matt 13:24 : 24 He put another parable before them: The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.

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  • Matt 13:3-5
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    3And He told them many things in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went out to sow.

    4And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them.

    5Some fell on rocky places, where there was not much soil, and they immediately sprang up because the soil was shallow.

  • Mark 4:13-15
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    13And he said to them, Do you not know this parable? How then will you know all parables?

    14The sower sows the word.

    15And these are the ones by the wayside where the word is sown; but when they hear it, Satan comes immediately, and takes away the word that was sown in their hearts.

  • Mark 4:4-9
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    4And it happened, as he sowed, some fell by the wayside, and the birds of the air came and devoured it.

    5And some fell on stony ground, where it did not have much earth; and immediately it sprang up because it had no depth of earth.

    6But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.

    7And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.

    8And other fell on good ground, and yielded fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, some sixty, and some a hundred.

    9And he said to them, He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

  • Luke 8:4-9
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    4And when a large crowd had gathered together, and people were coming to him from every city, he spoke by a parable:

    5A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the wayside; and it was trampled, and the birds of the air devoured it.

    6And some fell on rock; and as soon as it sprang up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture.

    7And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it.

    8And others fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bore fruit a hundredfold. When he had said these things, he cried, He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

    9And his disciples asked him, saying, What does this parable mean?

  • Matt 13:18-19
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    18Listen then to what the parable of the sower means.

    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 4:26-33
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    26And he said, The kingdom of God is as if a man should cast seed into the ground;

    27and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he does not know how.

    28For the earth yields fruit by itself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.

    29But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come.

    30And he said, To what shall we liken the kingdom of God? Or with what comparison shall we compare it?

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

    32but when it is sown, it grows up and becomes greater than all herbs, and shoots out large branches, so that the birds of the air may nest under its shade.

    33And with many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it.

  • Matt 13:23-25
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    23But the seed falling on good soil refers to someone who hears the word and understands it. This is the one who produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty, or thirty times what was sown.

    24He put another parable before them: The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.

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

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

  • Mark 4:17-18
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    17and have no root in themselves, and so endure only for a time. Afterward, when affliction or persecution arises for the word's sake, immediately they are offended.

    18And these are the ones sown among thorns; they are the ones who hear the word,

  • Mark 4:1-2
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    1And he began again to teach by the seaside, and a great multitude gathered around him, so that he entered a ship and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was on the land by the sea.

    2And he taught them many things by parables, and said to them in his doctrine,

  • Matt 13:37
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    37He answered, The one who sowed the good seed is the Son of Man.

  • Matt 13:8-9
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    8But others fell on good soil and yielded a crop—some a hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.

    9He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

  • Mark 4:23
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    23If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.

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

  • Mark 12:1
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    1And he began to speak to them in parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set a hedge around it, and dug a place for the winepress, and built a tower, and leased it to farmers, and went into a far country.

  • Mark 4:20
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    20And these are the ones sown on good ground; those who hear the word, receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some a hundred.

  • John 4:37
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    37For in this the saying is true, One sows and another reaps.

  • Matt 13:27
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    27The owner's servants came to him and said, Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Where then did the weeds come from?

  • Luke 20:9
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    9Then he began to speak this parable to the people: A certain man planted a vineyard, and rented it out to tenant farmers, and went into a far country for a long time.

  • Jer 4:3
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    3For thus says the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your unplowed ground, and sow not among thorns.

  • Matt 11:15
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    15He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

  • Luke 8:15
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    15But that on the good ground are they, who in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.

  • Luke 12:16
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    16And he spoke a parable to them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully.