Mark 4:26

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Summary

Mark 4:26

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

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General references

Matthew 13:26

1 Corinthians 15:38

Bible References

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"Listen carefully A farmer went out to plant seed,

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.

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.

Already the person who is harvesting [the crop] is being paid for his work, and is gathering a crop for never ending life, so that the one planting and the one harvesting [the crop] may rejoice together.

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.

I [Paul] planted [i.e., preached God's word], Apollos watered [it], but God made it grow.

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

You have experienced new birth, not from seed that can decay, but from seed that cannot decay, through the living and enduring word of God.

General references

But when the [green] shoots sprouted up and produced grain, weeds appeared also.

But God gives it the [kind of] body He wants [it to have], so each seed gets its own plant.