Mark 4:27
He goes to sleep and gets up, night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how.
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- Eccl 11:5 : 5 Just as you do not know the path of the wind, or how the bones form in the womb of a pregnant woman, so you do not know the work of God who makes everything.
- John 3:7-8 : 7 Do not be amazed that I said to you,‘You must all be born from above.’ 8 The wind blows wherever it will, and you hear the sound it makes, but do not know where it comes from and where it is going. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.”
- 1 Cor 15:37-38 : 37 And what you sow is not the body that is to be, but a bare seed– perhaps of wheat or something else. 38 But God gives it a body just as he planned, and to each of the seeds a body of its own.
- 2 Thess 1:3 : 3 Thanksgiving We ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, because your faith flourishes more and more and the love of each one of you all for one another is ever greater.
- 2 Pet 3:18 : 18 But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the honor both now and on that eternal day.
- Eccl 8:17 : 17 then I discerned all that God has done: No one really comprehends what happens on earth. Despite all human efforts to discover it, no one can ever grasp it. Even if a wise person claimed that he understood, he would not really comprehend it.
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26 The Parable of the Growing Seed He also said,“The kingdom of God is like someone who spreads seed on the ground.
- Mark 4:28-336 verses83%
28 By itself the soil produces a crop, first the stalk, then the head, then the full grain in the head.
29 And when the grain is ripe, he sends in the sickle because the harvest has come.”
30 The 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?
31 It is like a mustard seed that when sown in the ground, even though it is the smallest of all the seeds in the ground–
32 when 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.”
33 The Use of Parables So with many parables like these, he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear.
- Eccl 11:4-63 verses76%
4 He who watches the wind will not sow, and he who observes the clouds will not reap.
5 Just as you do not know the path of the wind, or how the bones form in the womb of a pregnant woman, so you do not know the work of God who makes everything.
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.
- Mark 4:13-142 verses75%
13 He said to them,“Don’t you understand this parable? Then how will you understand any parable?
14 The sower sows the word.
- Matt 13:22-276 verses74%
22 The 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.
23 But 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.”
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.
25 But while everyone was sleeping, an enemy came and sowed darnel among the wheat and went away.
26 When the plants sprouted and produced grain, then the darnel also appeared.
27 So 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 4:3-86 verses73%
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.
5 Other seed fell on rocky ground where it did not have much soil. It sprang up at once because the soil was not deep.
6 When the sun came up it was scorched, and because it did not have sufficient root, it withered.
7 Other seed fell among the thorns, and they grew up and choked it, and it did not produce grain.
8 But 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.”
- 1 Cor 15:36-372 verses73%
36 Fool! What you sow will not come to life unless it dies.
37 And what you sow is not the body that is to be, but a bare seed– perhaps of wheat or something else.
- Matt 13:31-322 verses72%
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.
32 It 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.”
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11 “Now the parable means this: The seed is the word of God.
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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.
- Luke 13:19-202 verses71%
19 It 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.”
20 Again he said,“To what should I compare the kingdom of God?
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37 He answered,“The one who sowed the good seed is the Son of Man.
- Matt 13:3-53 verses70%
3 He told them many things in parables, saying:“Listen! A sower went out to sow.
4 And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them.
5 Other 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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37 For in this instance the saying is true,‘One sows and another reaps.’
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24 Does a farmer just keep on plowing at planting time? Does he keep breaking up and harrowing his ground?
- Luke 8:7-93 verses70%
7 Other seed fell among the thorns, and they grew up with it and choked it.
8 But 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!”
9 Then his disciples asked him what this parable meant.
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7 So neither the one who plants counts for anything, nor the one who waters, but God who causes the growth.
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16 He then told them a parable:“The land of a certain rich man produced an abundant crop,
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11 The day you begin cultivating, you do what you can to make it grow; the morning you begin planting, you do what you can to make it sprout. Yet the harvest will disappear in the day of disease and incurable pain.
- Matt 13:18-192 verses69%
18 “So listen to the parable of the sower:
19 When 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.
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29 But he said,‘No, since in gathering the darnel you may uproot the wheat along with it.
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7 Other seeds fell among the thorns, and they grew up and choked them.
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8 I tell you, even though the man inside will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of the first man’s sheer persistence he will get up and give him whatever he needs.
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13 Therefore stay alert, because you do not know the day or the hour.