Mark 4:26 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

²⁶ And Jesus said, “The kingdom of God is like a farmer who scattered seed on the ground,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁶ And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁶ And He said, The kingdom of God is like a man who scatters seed upon the ground,

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁶ And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed upon the earth;

Common English Bible

²⁶ Then Jesus said, “This is what God’s kingdom is like. It’s as though someone scatters seed on the ground,

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁶ And he said: "The kingdom of God is like this: it is as if a man were to cast seed on the land.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁶ And he said: So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the earth,

Mark 4:26 Cross References

Matthew 13:11

He replied, “You disciples are being given an understanding of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but the crowds of people are not.

Matthew 13:24

[Then] Jesus told them another parable, saying, “The kingdom of heaven is similar to a person who sowed seed in his field,

Matthew 13:3

And He spoke many things to them in parables [i.e., brief stories to illustrate His teaching], saying, “once a farmer went out [to his field] to plant grain.

Matthew 13:31

Jesus told them another parable, saying, “The kingdom of heaven is similar to a seed from the mustard tree which a man took and planted in his field.

Matthew 13:33

Then He told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is similar to yeast, which a woman worked into a batch of dough [i.e., the amount was over half a bushel], until [the dough] was completely leavened [by it].”

Matthew 3:2

“You must repent [i.e., change your hearts and lives], for the kingdom of heaven will soon be here.”

Matthew 4:17

From that time onward Jesus began to preach, saying, “You people [must] repent [i.e., change your hearts and lives], for the kingdom of heaven is near.”

Mark 4:25

For to the person who [already] has something, [more] will be given, and from the person who has [almost] nothing, even what [little] he has will be taken away from him.”

Mark 4:27

then went to bed and got up the next day to find that the seed had sprouted and grown, yet he did not know how it happened.

Luke 13:18

Then Jesus asked, “What is the kingdom of God like? And what shall I compare it to?

Luke 8:11

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

Luke 8:5

“A farmer went out [to his field] to plant grain. And as he sowed [i.e., scattering seeds by hand], some of it landed along side of the road; it was stepped on by people and [eventually] birds of the sky came and ate it.

John 12:24

Truly, truly, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat drops into the soil and dies, it remains a single grain, but if it dies, [then] it will produce many grains.

James 3:18

[People who are] peacemakers sow [seeds of] peace and it produces a crop of righteousness [in the lives of others].