Mark 4:26

Webster's Bible (1833)

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

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  • Matt 13:24 : 24 He set another parable before them, saying, "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field,
  • Eccl 11:6 : 6 In the morning sow your seed, And in the evening don't withhold your hand; For you don't know which will prosper, whether this or that, Or whether they both will be equally good.
  • John 4:36-38 : 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.' 38 I sent you to reap that for which you haven't labored. Others have labored, and you have entered into their labor."
  • 1 Pet 1:23-25 : 23 having been born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which lives and remains forever. 24 For, "All flesh is like grass, And all of man's glory like the flower in the grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls; 25 But the Lord's word endures forever." This is the word of good news which was preached to you.
  • Prov 11:18 : 18 Wicked people earn deceitful wages, But one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.
  • Eccl 11:4 : 4 He who observes the wind won't sow; And he who regards the clouds won't reap.
  • John 12:24 : 24 Most assuredly 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.
  • 1 Cor 3:6-9 : 6 I planted. Apollos watered. But God gave the increase. 7 So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase. 8 Now he who plants and he who waters are the same, but each will receive his own reward according to his own labor. 9 For we are God's fellow workers. You are God's farming, God's building.
  • Jas 3:18 : 18 Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
  • Isa 28:24-26 : 24 Does he who plows to sow plow continually? does he [continually] open and harrow his ground? 25 When he has leveled the surface of it, doesn't he cast abroad the dill, and scatter the cumin, and put in the wheat in rows, and the barley in the appointed place, and the spelt in the border of it? 26 For his God does instruct him aright, [and] does teach him.
  • Isa 32:20 : 20 Blessed are you who sow beside all waters, who send forth the feet of the ox and the donkey.
  • Matt 3:2 : 2 "Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!"
  • Matt 4:17 : 17 From that time, Jesus began to preach, and to say, "Repent! For the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand."
  • Matt 13:3 : 3 He spoke to them many things in parables, saying, "Behold, a farmer went out to sow.
  • Matt 13:11 : 11 He answered them, "To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, but it is not given to them.
  • Matt 13:31 : 31 He set another parable before them, saying, "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field;
  • Matt 13:33 : 33 He spoke another parable to them. "The Kingdom of Heaven is like yeast, which a woman took, and hid in three measures{Literally, satas. 3 satas = about 0.5 bushel or 22 litres} of meal, until it was all leavened."
  • Mark 4:3-4 : 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{TR adds "of the air"} came and devoured it.
  • Mark 4:14-20 : 14 The farmer sows the word. 15 These are the ones by the road, 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 like manner 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. 20 These are those which were sown on the good ground: such as hear the word, and accept it, and bear fruit, some thirty times, some sixty times, and some one hundred times."
  • Luke 8:5 : 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.
  • Luke 8:11 : 11 Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
  • Luke 13:18 : 18 He said, "What is the Kingdom of God like? To what shall I compare it?

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  • Mark 4:27-33
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    27and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should spring up and grow, he doesn't know how.

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

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

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

    31It'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,

    32yet 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."

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

  • Matt 13:22-27
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    22What 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.

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

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

    25but while people slept, his enemy came and sowed darnel{darnel is a weed grass (probably bearded darnel or lolium temulentum) that looks very much like wheat until it is mature, when the difference becomes very apparent.} also among the wheat, and went away.

    26But when the blade sprang up and brought forth fruit, then the darnel appeared also.

    27The servants of the householder came and said to him, 'Sir, didn't you sow good seed in your field? Where did this darnel come from?'

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

    14The farmer sows the word.

  • Luke 13:18-20
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    18He said, "What is the Kingdom of God like? To what shall I compare it?

    19It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and put in his own garden. It grew, and became a large tree, and the birds of the sky lodged in its branches."

    20Again he said, "To what shall I compare the Kingdom of God?

  • Matt 13:31-33
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    31He set another parable before them, saying, "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field;

    32which indeed is smaller than all seeds. But when it is grown, it is greater than the herbs, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in its branches."

    33He spoke another parable to them. "The Kingdom of Heaven is like yeast, which a woman took, and hid in three measures{Literally, satas. 3 satas = about 0.5 bushel or 22 litres} of meal, until it was all leavened."

  • Luke 8:8-11
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    8Other 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!"

    9Then his disciples asked him, "What does this parable mean?"

    10He said, "To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of God, but to the rest in parables; that 'seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.'

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

  • Mark 4:3-5
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    3"Listen! Behold, the farmer went out to sow,

    4and it happened, as he sowed, some seed fell by the road, and the birds{TR adds "of the air"} came and devoured it.

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

  • Luke 8:5
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    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.

  • Matt 13:37-38
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    37He answered them, "He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man,

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

  • Matt 13:3-5
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    3He spoke to them many things in parables, saying, "Behold, a farmer went out to sow.

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

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

  • Luke 12:16
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    16He spoke a parable to them, saying, "The ground of a certain rich man brought forth abundantly.

  • Mark 4:7-9
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    7Others fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.

    8Others 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."

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

  • Matt 13:18-19
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    18"Hear, then, the parable of the farmer.

    19When 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.

  • Mark 4:25
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    25For whoever has, to him will more be given, and he who doesn't have, from him will be taken away even that which he has."

  • Matt 25:14
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    14"For it is like a man, going into another country, who called his own servants, and entrusted his goods to them.

  • Mark 4:20
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    20These are those which were sown on the good ground: such as hear the word, and accept it, and bear fruit, some thirty times, some sixty times, and some one hundred times."

  • Luke 17:6
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    6The Lord said, "If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you would tell this sycamore tree, 'Be uprooted, and be planted in the sea,' and it would obey you.

  • Matt 13:44
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    44"Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man found, and hid. In his joy, he goes and sells all that he has, and buys that field.

  • Matt 13:8
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    8and others fell on good soil, and yielded fruit: some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.

  • Eccl 11:6
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    6In the morning sow your seed, And in the evening don't withhold your hand; For you don't know which will prosper, whether this or that, Or whether they both will be equally good.

  • 1 Cor 15:37
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    37That which you sow, you don't sow the body that will be, but a bare grain, maybe of wheat, or of some other kind.

  • Mark 4:11
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    11He said to them, "To you is given the mystery of the Kingdom of God, but to those who are outside, all things are done in parables,

  • Mark 12:1
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    1He began to speak to them in parables. "A man planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a pit for the winepress, built a tower, rented it out to a farmer, and went into another country.