Mark 4:26
And he said, 'Thus is the reign of God: as if a man may cast the seed on the earth,
Young's Literal Translation
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 may sleep, and may rise night and day, and the seed spring up and grow, he hath not known how;
Cross References
Proverbs 11:18The wicked is getting a lying wage, And whoso is sowing righteousness — a true reward.
Ecclesiastes 11:6In the morning sow thy seed, And at even withdraw not thy hand, For thou knowest not which is right, this or that, Or whether both of them alike [are] good.
Isaiah 32:20Happy [are] ye sowing by all waters, Sending forth the foot of the ox and the ass!
Matthew 4:17From that time began Jesus to proclaim and to say, 'Reform ye, for come nigh hath the reign of the heavens.'
Matthew 13:11And he answering said to them that — 'To you it hath been given to know the secrets of the reign of the heavens, and to these it hath not been given,
Matthew 13:31Another simile he set before them, saying: 'The reign of the heavens is like to a grain of mustard, which a man having taken, did sow 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 →