Mark 4:26

New English Translation

He also said, “The kingdom of God is like someone who spreads seed on the ground.

Cross References

Proverbs 11:18

The wicked person earns deceitful wages, but the one who sows righteousness reaps a genuine reward.

Ecclesiastes 11:4

He who watches the wind will not sow, and he who observes the clouds will not reap.

Ecclesiastes 11:6

Sow your seed in the morning, and do not stop working until the evening; for you do not know which activity will succeed – whether this one or that one, or whether both will prosper equally.

Isaiah 32:20

you will be blessed, you who plant seed by all the banks of the streams, you who let your ox and donkey graze.

Matthew 13:11

He replied, “You have been given the opportunity to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but they have not.

Matthew 13:24

He presented them with another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a person who sowed good seed in his field.

Matthew 13:3

He told them many things in parables, saying: “Listen! A sower went out to sow.

Matthew 13:31

He gave them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field.

Matthew 13:33

He told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed with three measures of flour until all the dough had risen.”

Matthew 3:2

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

Matthew 4:17

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

Mark 4:25

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

Mark 4:27

He goes to sleep and gets up, night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how.

Luke 13:18

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

Luke 8:11

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

Luke 8:5

“A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell along the path and was trampled on, and the wild birds devoured it.

John 12:24

I tell you the solemn truth, unless a kernel of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains by itself alone. But if it dies, it produces much grain.

James 3:18

And the fruit that consists of righteousness is planted in peace among those who make peace.