Mark 4:26

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Mark 4:24–28 · Berean Standard Bible

24 He went on to say, “Pay attention to what you hear. With the measure you use, it will be measured to you, and even more will be added to you.

25 For whoever has will be given more. But whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.”

26 Jesus also said, “The kingdom of God is like a man who scatters seed on the ground.

27 Night and day he sleeps and wakes, and the seed sprouts and grows, though he knows not how.

28 All by itself the earth produces a crop—first the stalk, then the head, then grain that ripens within.

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Matthew 3:2

and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”

Matthew 4:17

From that time on Jesus began to preach, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”

Matthew 13:11

He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.

Matthew 13:31

He put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man planted in his field.

Matthew 13:33

He told them still another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and mixed into three measures of flour, until all of it was leavened.”

Luke 13:18

Then Jesus asked, “What is the kingdom of God like? To what can I compare it?

Mark 4:3

“Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed.

Mark 4:4

And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it.

Mark 4:14

The farmer sows the word.

Mark 4:15

Some are like the seeds along the path, where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them.

Mark 4:16

Some are like the seeds sown on rocky ground. They hear the word and at once receive it with joy.

Mark 4:17

But they themselves have no root, and they remain for only a season. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.

Mark 4:18

Others are like the seeds sown among the thorns. They hear the word,

Mark 4:19

but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth, and the desire for other things come in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

Mark 4:20

Still others are like the seeds sown on good soil. They hear the word, receive it, and produce a crop—thirtyfold, sixtyfold, or a hundredfold.”

Proverbs 11:18

The wicked man earns an empty wage, but he who sows righteousness reaps a true reward.

Ecclesiastes 11:4

He who watches the wind will fail to sow, and he who observes the clouds will fail to reap.

Ecclesiastes 11:6

Sow your seed in the morning, and do not rest your hands in the evening, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or if both will equally prosper.

Isaiah 28:24

Does the plowman plow for planting every day? Does he continuously loosen and harrow the soil?

Isaiah 28:25

When he has leveled its surface, does he not sow caraway and scatter cumin? He plants wheat in rows and barley in plots, and rye within its border.

Isaiah 28:26

For his God instructs and teaches him properly.

Isaiah 32:20

Blessed are those who sow beside abundant waters, who let the ox and donkey range freely.

Matthew 13:3

And He told them many things in parables, saying, “A farmer went out to sow his seed.

Matthew 13:24

Jesus put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.

Luke 8:5

“A farmer went out to sow his seed. And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, where it was trampled, and the birds of the air devoured it.

Luke 8:11

Now this is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God.

John 4:36

Already the reaper draws his wages and gathers a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may rejoice together.

John 4:37

For in this case the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ is true.

John 4:38

I sent you to reap what you have not worked for; others have done the hard work, and now you have taken up their labor.”

John 12:24

Truly, truly, I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a seed; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.

1 Corinthians 3:6

I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.

1 Corinthians 3:7

So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.

1 Corinthians 3:8

He who plants and he who waters are one in purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor.

1 Corinthians 3:9

For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.

James 3:18

Peacemakers who sow in peace reap the fruit of righteousness.

1 Peter 1:23

For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.

1 Peter 1:24

For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,

1 Peter 1:25

but the word of the Lord stands forever.” And this is the word that was proclaimed to you.