Mark 4:26

He said, “God’s Kingdom is as if a man should cast seed on the earth,

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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 has, to him more will be given; and he who doesn’t have, even that which he has will be taken away from him.”

27and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should spring up and grow, though he doesn’t know how.

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Cross References

Proverbs 11:18Wicked people earn deceitful wages, but one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.

Ecclesiastes 11:6In 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.

Isaiah 32:20Blessed are you who sow beside all waters, who send out the feet of the ox and the donkey.

Matthew 4:17From that time, Jesus began to preach, and to say, “Repent! For the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.”

Matthew 13:11He answered them, “To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, but it is not given to them.

Matthew 13:31He 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,

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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