Mark 4:26
And he said, Thus is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;
In Context
27and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should sprout and lengthen, he knows not how.
Cross References
Proverbs 11:18A wicked man earns deceitful wages, but he who sows righteousness [has] a sure reward.
Ecclesiastes 11:6In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thy hand, for thou know not which shall prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
Isaiah 32:20Blessed are ye who sow beside all waters, who send forth the feet of the ox and the donkey.
Matthew 4:17From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent ye, for the kingdom of the heavens has approached.
Matthew 13:11And having answered, he said to them, Because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of the heavens, but to those men it has not been given.
Matthew 13:31He set forth another parable to them, saying, The kingdom of the heavens is like a grain of mustard plant, which having taken, a man sowed in his field.
Matthew Henry on Mark 4:22-35
The Gradual Advance of the Gospel. 21 And he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick? 22 For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad. 23 If any man have ears to hear, let him hear. 24 And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given. 25 For he that hath, to him shall be… Read the whole commentary →