Mark 4:26

New International Reader's Version

Jesus also said, “Here is what God’s kingdom is like. A farmer scatters seed on the ground.

Cross References

Proverbs 11:18

An evil person really earns nothing. But the one who plants what is right will certainly be rewarded.

Ecclesiastes 11:4

Anyone who keeps on watching the wind won’t plant seeds. Anyone who keeps looking at the clouds won’t gather crops.

Ecclesiastes 11:6

In the morning plant your seeds. In the evening keep your hands busy. You don’t know what will succeed. It may be one or the other. Or both might do equally well.

Isaiah 32:20

But how blessed you people will be! You will plant your seeds by every stream. You will let your cattle and donkeys wander anywhere they want to.

Matthew 13:11

He replied, “Because you have been given the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven. It has not been given to outsiders.

Matthew 13:24

Jesus told the crowd another story. “Here is what the kingdom of heaven is like,” he said. “A man planted good seed in his field.

Matthew 13:3

Then he told them many things using stories. He said, “A farmer went out to plant his seed.

Matthew 13:31

Jesus told the crowd another story. He said, “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed. Someone took the seed and planted it in a field.

Matthew 13:33

Jesus told them still another story. “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast,” he said. “A woman mixed it into 60 pounds of flour. The yeast worked its way all through the dough.”

Matthew 3:2

He said, “Turn away from your sins! The kingdom of heaven has come near.”

Matthew 4:17

From that time on Jesus began to preach. “Turn away from your sins!” he said. “The kingdom of heaven has come near.”

Mark 4:25

Whoever has something will be given more. Whoever has nothing, even what they have will be taken away from them.”

Mark 4:27

Night and day the seed comes up and grows. It happens whether the farmer sleeps or gets up. He doesn’t know how it happens.

Luke 13:18

Then Jesus asked, “What is God’s kingdom like? What can I compare it to?

Luke 8:11

“Here is what the story means. The seed is God’s message.

Luke 8:5

“A farmer went out to plant his seed. He scattered the seed on the ground. Some fell on a path. People walked on it, and the birds ate it up.

John 12:24

What I’m about to tell you is true. Unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only one seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds.

James 3:18

Those who make peace plant it like a seed. They will harvest a crop of right living.