Mark 4:26

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The Parable of the Growing Seed He also said,“The kingdom of God is like someone who spreads seed on the ground.

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  • Matt 13:24 : 24 The Parable of the Weeds He presented them with another parable:“The kingdom of heaven is like a person who sowed good seed in his field.
  • Eccl 11:6 : 6 Sow your seed in the morning, and do not stop working until the evening; for you do not know which activity will succeed– whether this one or that one, or whether both will prosper equally.
  • John 4:36-38 : 36 The one who reaps receives pay and gathers fruit for eternal life, so that the one who sows and the one who reaps can rejoice together. 37 For in this instance the saying is true,‘One sows and another reaps.’ 38 I sent you to reap what you did not work for; others have labored and you have entered into their labor.”
  • 1 Pet 1:23-25 : 23 You have been born anew, not from perishable but from imperishable seed, 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 deceitful wages, but the one who sows righteousness reaps a genuine reward.
  • Eccl 11:4 : 4 He who watches the wind will not sow, and he who observes the clouds will not reap.
  • John 12:24 : 24 I tell you the solemn truth, unless a kernel of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains by itself alone. But if it dies, it produces much grain.
  • 1 Cor 3:6-9 : 6 I planted, Apollos watered, but God caused it to grow. 7 So neither the one who plants counts for anything, nor the one who waters, but God who causes the growth. 8 The one who plants and the one who waters work as one, but each will receive his reward according to his work. 9 We are coworkers belonging to God. You are God’s field, God’s building.
  • Jas 3:18 : 18 And the fruit that consists of righteousness is planted in peace among those who make peace.
  • Isa 28:24-26 : 24 Does a farmer just keep on plowing at planting time? Does he keep breaking up and harrowing his ground? 25 Once he has leveled its surface, does he not scatter the seed of the caraway plant, sow the seed of the cumin plant, and plant the wheat, barley, and grain in their designated places? 26 His God instructs him; he teaches him the principles of agriculture.
  • Isa 32:20 : 20 you will be blessed, you who plant seed by all the banks of the streams, you who let your ox and donkey graze.
  • Matt 3:2 : 2 “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”
  • Matt 4:17 : 17 From that time Jesus began to preach this message:“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near!”
  • Matt 13:3 : 3 He told them many things in parables, saying:“Listen! A sower went out to sow.
  • Matt 13:11 : 11 He replied,“You have been given the opportunity to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but they have not.
  • Matt 13:31 : 31 The Parable of the Mustard Seed He gave them another parable:“The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field.
  • Matt 13:33 : 33 The Parable of the Yeast He told them another parable:“The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed with three measures of flour until all the dough had risen.”
  • Mark 4:3-4 : 3 “Listen! A sower went out to sow. 4 And as he sowed, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it.
  • Mark 4:14-20 : 14 The sower sows the word. 15 These are the ones on the path where the word is sown: Whenever they hear, immediately Satan comes and snatches the word that was sown in them. 16 These are the ones sown on rocky ground: As soon as they hear the word, they receive it with joy. 17 But they have no root in themselves and do not endure. Then, when trouble or persecution comes because of the word, immediately they fall away. 18 Others are the ones sown among thorns: They are those who hear the word, 19 but worldly cares, the seductiveness of wealth, and the desire for other things come in and choke the word, and it produces nothing. 20 But these are the ones sown on good soil: They hear the word and receive it and bear fruit, one thirty times as much, one sixty, and one a hundred.”
  • Luke 8:5 : 5 “A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell along the path and was trampled on, and the wild birds devoured it.
  • Luke 8:11 : 11 “Now the parable means this: The seed is the word of God.
  • Luke 13:18 : 18 On the Kingdom of God Thus Jesus asked,“What is the kingdom of God like? To what should I compare it?

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  • Mark 4:27-33
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    27He goes to sleep and gets up, night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how.

    28By itself the soil produces a crop, first the stalk, then the head, then the full grain in the head.

    29And when the grain is ripe, he sends in the sickle because the harvest has come.”

    30The Parable of the Mustard Seed He also asked,“To what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable can we use to present it?

    31It is like a mustard seed that when sown in the ground, even though it is the smallest of all the seeds in the ground–

    32when it is sown, it grows up, becomes the greatest of all garden plants, and grows large branches so that the wild birds can nest in its shade.”

    33The Use of Parables So with many parables like these, he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear.

  • Matt 13:22-27
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    22The seed sown among thorns is the person who hears the word, but worldly cares and the seductiveness of wealth choke the word, so it produces nothing.

    23But as for the seed sown on good soil, this is the person who hears the word and understands. He bears fruit, yielding a hundred, sixty, or thirty times what was sown.”

    24The Parable of the Weeds He presented them with another parable:“The kingdom of heaven is like a person who sowed good seed in his field.

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

    26When the plants sprouted and produced grain, then the darnel also appeared.

    27So the slaves of the landowner came and said to him,‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Then where did the darnel come from?’

  • Mark 4:13-14
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    13He said to them,“Don’t you understand this parable? Then how will you understand any parable?

    14The sower sows the word.

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    18On the Kingdom of God Thus Jesus asked,“What is the kingdom of God like? To what should I compare it?

    19It is like a mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the wild birds nested in its branches.”

    20Again he said,“To what should I compare the kingdom of God?

  • Matt 13:31-33
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    31The Parable of the Mustard Seed He gave them another parable:“The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field.

    32It is the smallest of all the seeds, but when it has grown it is the greatest garden plant and becomes a tree, so that the wild birds come and nest in its branches.”

    33The Parable of the Yeast He told them another parable:“The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed with three measures of flour until all the dough had risen.”

  • Luke 8:8-11
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    8But other seed fell on good soil and grew, and it produced a hundred times as much grain.” As he said this, he called out,“The one who has ears to hear had better listen!”

    9Then his disciples asked him what this parable meant.

    10He said,“You have been given the opportunity to know the secrets of the kingdom of God, but for others they are in parables, so that although they see they may not see, and although they hear they may not understand.

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

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

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

    5Other seed fell on rocky ground where it did not have much soil. It sprang up at once because the soil was not deep.

  • Luke 8:5
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    5“A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell along the path and was trampled on, and the wild birds devoured it.

  • Matt 13:37-38
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    37He answered,“The one who sowed the good seed is the Son of Man.

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

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    3He told them many things in parables, saying:“Listen! A sower went out to sow.

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

    5Other seeds fell on rocky ground where they did not have much soil. They sprang up quickly because the soil was not deep.

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    16He then told them a parable:“The land of a certain rich man produced an abundant crop,

  • Mark 4:7-9
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    7Other seed fell among the thorns, and they grew up and choked it, and it did not produce grain.

    8But other seed fell on good soil and produced grain, sprouting and growing; some yielded thirty times as much, some sixty, and some a hundred times.”

    9And he said,“Whoever has ears to hear had better listen!”

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

    19When anyone hears the word about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches what was sown in his heart; this is the seed sown along the path.

  • Mark 4:25
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    25For whoever has will be given more, but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him.”

  • Matt 25:14
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    14The Parable of the Talents“For it is like a man going on a journey, who summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them.

  • Mark 4:20
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    20But these are the ones sown on good soil: They hear the word and receive it and bear fruit, one thirty times as much, one sixty, and one a hundred.”

  • Luke 17:6
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    6So the Lord replied,“If you had faith the size of a mustard seed, you could say to this black mulberry tree,‘Be pulled out by the roots and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.

  • Matt 13:44
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    44Parables on the Kingdom of Heaven“The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure, hidden in a field, that a person found and hid. Then because of joy he went and sold all that he had and bought that field.

  • Matt 13:8
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    8But other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some a hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.

  • Eccl 11:6
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    6Sow your seed in the morning, and do not stop working until the evening; for you do not know which activity will succeed– whether this one or that one, or whether both will prosper equally.

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

  • Mark 4:11
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    11He said to them,“The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those outside, everything is in parables,

  • Mark 12:1
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    1The Parable of the Tenants Then he began to speak to them in parables:“A man planted a vineyard. He put a fence around it, dug a pit for its winepress, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went on a journey.