Mark 4:26

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

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;”

King James Version · Public Domain
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“And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed upon the earth;”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“And he said, `Thus is the reign of God: as if a man may cast the seed on the earth,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Mark 4:26 — 22 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Proverbs 11:18The wicked man earns an empty wage, but he who sows righteousness reaps a true reward.
  2. Ecclesiastes 11:4He who watches the wind will fail to sow, and he who observes the clouds will fail to reap.
  3. Ecclesiastes 11:6Sow 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.
  4. Isaiah 28:24Does the plowman plow for planting every day? Does he continuously loosen and harrow the soil?
  5. Isaiah 32:20Blessed are those who sow beside abundant waters, who let the ox and donkey range freely.
  6. Matthew 3:2and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”
  7. Matthew 4:17From that time on Jesus began to preach, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”
  8. Matthew 13:3And He told them many things in parables, saying, “A farmer went out to sow his seed.
  9. Matthew 13:11He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.
  10. Matthew 13:24Jesus put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.
  11. Matthew 13:31He put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man planted in his field.
  12. Matthew 13:33He 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.”
  13. Mark 4:3“Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed.
  14. Mark 4:14The farmer sows the word.
  15. 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.
  16. Luke 8:11Now this is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God.
  17. Luke 13:18Then Jesus asked, “What is the kingdom of God like? To what can I compare it?
  18. John 4:36Already the reaper draws his wages and gathers a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may rejoice together.
  19. John 12:24Truly, 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.
  20. 1 Corinthians 3:6I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.
  21. James 3:18Peacemakers who sow in peace reap the fruit of righteousness.
  22. 1 Peter 1:23For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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