Mark 4:20

World English Bible (2000)

Those which were sown on the good ground are those who hear the word, and accept it, and bear fruit, some thirty times, some sixty times, and some one hundred times."

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  • Mark 4:8 : 8 Others fell into the good ground, and yielded fruit, growing up and increasing. Some brought forth thirty times, some sixty times, and some one hundred times as much."
  • Luke 8:15 : 15 That in the good ground, these are such as in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, hold it tightly, and bring forth fruit with patience.
  • John 15:4-5 : 4 Remain in me, and I in you. As the branch can't bear fruit by itself, unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you, unless you remain in me. 5 I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me, and I in him, the same bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.
  • Gen 26:12 : 12 Isaac sowed in that land, and reaped in the same year one hundred times what he planted. Yahweh blessed him.
  • Matt 13:23 : 23 What was sown on the good ground, this is he who hears the word, and understands it, who most certainly bears fruit, and brings forth, some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty."
  • Rom 7:4 : 4 Therefore, my brothers, you also were made dead to the law through the body of Christ, that you would be joined to another, to him who was raised from the dead, that we might bring forth fruit to God.
  • Phil 1:11 : 11 being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
  • Col 1:10 : 10 that you may walk worthily of the Lord, to please him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
  • 1 Thess 4:1 : 1 Finally then, brothers, we beg and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, that you abound more and more.
  • 2 Pet 1:8 : 8 For if these things are yours and abound, they make you to be not idle nor unfruitful to the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • Gal 5:22-23 : 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, 23 gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
  • John 15:16 : 16 You didn't choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever you will ask of the Father in my name, he may give it to you.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Mark 4:3-9
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    92%

    3 "Listen! Behold, the farmer went out to sow,

    4 and it happened, as he sowed, some seed fell by the road, and the birds came and devoured it.

    5 Others fell on the rocky ground, where it had little soil, and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of soil.

    6 When the sun had risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.

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

    8 Others fell into the good ground, and yielded fruit, growing up and increasing. Some brought forth thirty times, some sixty times, and some one hundred times as much."

    9 He said, "Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear."

  • Matt 13:3-9
    7 verses
    91%

    3 He spoke to them many things in parables, saying, "Behold, a farmer went out to sow.

    4 As he sowed, some seeds fell by the roadside, and the birds came and devoured them.

    5 Others fell on rocky ground, where they didn't have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of earth.

    6 When the sun had risen, they were scorched. Because they had no root, they withered away.

    7 Others fell among thorns. The thorns grew up and choked them.

    8 Others fell on good soil, and yielded fruit: some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.

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

  • Matt 13:18-24
    7 verses
    90%

    18 "Hear, then, the parable of the farmer.

    19 When anyone hears the word of the Kingdom, and doesn't understand it, the evil one comes, and snatches away that which has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown by the roadside.

    20 What was sown on the rocky places, this is he who hears the word, and immediately with joy receives it;

    21 yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles.

    22 What was sown among the thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of this age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.

    23 What was sown on the good ground, this is he who hears the word, and understands it, who most certainly bears fruit, and brings forth, some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty."

    24 He set another parable before them, saying, "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field,

  • Luke 8:11-15
    5 verses
    84%

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

    12 Those along the road are those who hear, then the devil comes, and takes away the word from their heart, that they may not believe and be saved.

    13 Those on the rock are they who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; but these have no root, who believe for a while, then fall away in time of temptation.

    14 That which fell among the thorns, these are those who have heard, and as they go on their way they are choked with cares, riches, and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to maturity.

    15 That in the good ground, these are such as in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, hold it tightly, and bring forth fruit with patience.

  • Luke 8:5-8
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    84%

    5 "The farmer went out to sow his seed. As he sowed, some fell along the road, and it was trampled under foot, and the birds of the sky devoured it.

    6 Other seed fell on the rock, and as soon as it grew, it withered away, because it had no moisture.

    7 Other fell amid the thorns, and the thorns grew with it, and choked it.

    8 Other fell into the good ground, and grew, and brought forth fruit one hundred times." As he said these things, he called out, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear!"

  • Mark 4:14-19
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    82%

    14 The farmer sows the word.

    15 The ones by the road are the ones where the word is sown; and when they have heard, immediately Satan comes, and takes away the word which has been sown in them.

    16 These in the same way are those who are sown on the rocky places, who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with joy.

    17 They have no root in themselves, but are short-lived. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately they stumble.

    18 Others are those who are sown among the thorns. These are those who have heard the word,

    19 and the cares of this age, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

  • Luke 12:16
    73%

    16 He spoke a parable to them, saying, "The ground of a certain rich man brought forth abundantly.

  • Mark 4:28-33
    6 verses
    73%

    28 For the earth bears fruit: first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.

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

    30 He said, "How will we liken the Kingdom of God? Or with what parable will we illustrate it?

    31 It's like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, though it is less than all the seeds that are on the earth,

    32 yet when it is sown, grows up, and becomes greater than all the herbs, and puts out great branches, so that the birds of the sky can lodge under its shadow."

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

  • John 4:36-37
    2 verses
    73%

    36 He who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit to 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.'

  • Mark 4:26
    73%

    26 He said, "The Kingdom of God is as if a man should cast seed on the earth,

  • Mark 4:21
    72%

    21 He said to them, "Is the lamp brought to be put under a basket or under a bed? Isn't it put on a stand?

  • Matt 13:37-38
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    71%

    37 He answered them, "He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man,

    38 the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the children of the Kingdom; and the darnel weeds are the children of the evil one.

  • John 12:24
    70%

    24 Most certainly I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains by itself alone. But if it dies, it bears much fruit.