Mark 4:26

And He said, “Thus is the Kingdom of God: as if a man may cast the seed on the earth,

Literal Standard 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

25for whoever may have, there will be given to him, and whoever has not, also that which he has will be taken from him.”

27and may sleep, and may rise night and day, and the seed springs up and grows, he has not known how;

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Cross References

Proverbs 11:18The wicked is getting a lying wage, || And whoever is sowing righteousness—a true reward.

Ecclesiastes 11:6In the morning sow your seed, || And at evening do not withdraw your hand, || For you do not know which is right, this or that, || Or whether both of them alike [are] good.

Isaiah 32:20Blessed [are] you sowing by all waters, || Sending forth the foot of the ox and the donkey!

Matthew 4:17From that time Jesus began to proclaim and to say, “Convert, for the kingdom of the heavens has come near.”

Matthew 13:11And He answering said to them that, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of the heavens, and to these it has not been given,

Matthew 13:31Another allegory He set before them, saying, “The kingdom of the heavens is like to a grain of mustard, which a man having taken, 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 →

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