Mark 4:3

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Mark 4:1–5 · Berean Standard Bible

1 Once again Jesus began to teach beside the sea, and such a large crowd gathered around Him that He got into a boat and sat in it, while all the people crowded along the shore.

2 And He taught them many things in parables, and in His teaching He said,

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

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

5 Some fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly because the soil was shallow.

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Mark 4:9

Then Jesus said, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”

Mark 4:23

If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.”

Mark 7:14

Once again Jesus called the crowd to Him and said, “All of you, listen to Me and understand:

Deuteronomy 4:1

Hear now, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances I am teaching you to follow, so that you may live and may enter and take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you.

Psalms 34:11

Come, children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD.

Psalms 45:10

Listen, O daughter! Consider and incline your ear: Forget your people and your father’s house,

Proverbs 7:24

Now, my sons, listen to me, and attend to the words of my mouth.

Proverbs 8:32

Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, for blessed are those who keep my ways.

Isaiah 46:3

“Listen to Me, O house of Jacob, all the remnant of the house of Israel, who have been sustained from the womb, carried along since birth.

Isaiah 46:12

Listen to Me, you stubborn people, far removed from righteousness:

Isaiah 55:1

“Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost!

Isaiah 55:2

Why spend money on that which is not bread, and your labor on that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of foods.

Acts 2:14

Then Peter stood up with the Eleven, lifted up his voice, and addressed the crowd: “Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen carefully to my words.

Hebrews 2:1

We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.

Hebrews 2:2

For if the message spoken by angels was binding, and every transgression and disobedience received its just punishment,

Hebrews 2:3

how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? This salvation was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard Him,

James 2:5

Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?

Revelation 2:7

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to eat from the tree of life in the Paradise of God.

Revelation 2:11

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who overcomes will not be harmed by the second death.

Revelation 2:29

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.

Mark 4:14

The farmer sows the word.

Mark 4:26

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

Mark 4:27

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

Mark 4:28

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

Mark 4:29

And as soon as the grain is ripe, he swings the sickle, because the harvest has come.”

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 28:23

Listen and hear my voice. Pay attention and hear what I say.

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.

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.

Matthew 13:26

When the wheat sprouted and bore grain, then the weeds also appeared.

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 8:6

Some fell on rocky ground, and when it came up, the seedlings withered because they had no moisture.

Luke 8:7

Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up with it and choked the seedlings.

Luke 8:8

Still other seed fell on good soil, where it sprang up and produced a crop—a hundredfold.” As Jesus said this, He called out, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”

John 4:35

Do you not say, ‘There are still four months until the harvest’? I tell you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are ripe for harvest.

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.”

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.