Mark 4:14

Plain English Version

Listen to me again. In my story, a man threw the seeds into his garden, to grow some food. He is a picture of somebody that tells God’s word to people.

Cross References

Matthew 13:37

Jesus said to them, “I’m God’s special man from heaven, and I’m like the farmer in that story. I’m like the man that planted good food seeds in a garden.

Mark 2:2

so they all went to see him. Soon the house was too full and there was a big mob outside too.

Mark 4:13

Jesus kept on talking. He said, “Why can’t you understand this picture story? If you can’t understand this easy story, you will not understand the other stories that I’m going to tell you.

Mark 4:15

I said that some seeds fell on the road, and birds ate them up. Those seeds are a picture for God’s word, and the birds are a picture of Satan, the boss over the bad spirits. When some people hear God’s word, Satan makes them forget it, so they take no notice of its message.

Mark 4:3

“You mob listen to me now. A man wanted to grow some seed food in a garden.

Acts 8:4

The Christians that ran away from Jerusalem went to a lot of different places, and in all those places they told people the good news about Jesus.