Mark 4:26

Another saying of His was this: "The Kingdom of God is as if a man scattered seed over the ground:

Weymouth NT (1912)

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 those who have will have more given them; and from those who have not, even what they have will be taken away."

27he spends days and nights, now awake, now asleep, while the seed sprouts and grows tall, he knows not how.

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Cross References

Matthew 4:17From that time Jesus began to preach. "Repent," He said, "for the Kingdom of the Heavens is now close at hand."

Matthew 13:11"Because," He replied, "while to you it is granted to know the secrets of the Kingdom of the Heavens, to them it is not.

Matthew 13:31Another parable He put before them. "The Kingdom of the Heavens," He said, "is like a mustard-seed, which a man takes and sows in his ground.

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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