Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed upon the earth;
New American Standard Bible
And He was saying,
King James Version
And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
He was also saying, "The kingdom of God is like a man who scatters seeds on the ground.
A Conservative Version
And he said, Thus is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground,
American Standard Version
And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed upon the earth;
Amplified
Then He said,
An Understandable Version
And Jesus said, "The kingdom of God is like a farmer who scattered seed on the ground,
Anderson New Testament
And he said: So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should sow seed in the ground,
Bible in Basic English
And he said, Such is the kingdom of God, as if a man put seed in the earth,
Common New Testament
And he said, "The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed on the ground,
Daniel Mace New Testament
Again, he said, the state of the gospel is like that of the grain, which a man sows in his land:
Darby Translation
And he said, Thus is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast the seed upon the earth,
Godbey New Testament
And He said, Thus is the kingdom of God, as a man may cast seed on the ground;
Goodspeed New Testament
"The reign of God," he said, "is like a man scattering seed on the ground,
John Wesley New Testament
And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground,
King James 2000
And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;
Lexham Expanded Bible
And he said, "The kingdom of God is like this: like a man scatters seed on the ground.
Modern King James verseion
And He said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And he said, "So is the kingdom of God, even as if a man should sow seed in the ground,
Moffatt New Testament
And he said, "It is with the Realm of God as when a man has sown seed on earth;
Montgomery New Testament
"It is with the kingdom of God," he continued, "as if a man should have sown seed in the earth;
NET Bible
He also said, "The kingdom of God is like someone who spreads seed on the ground.
New Heart English Bible
And he said, "The Kingdom of God is as if a man should cast seed on the earth,
Noyes New Testament
And he said, Thus is the kingdom of God, as when a man has cast seed upon the ground,
Sawyer New Testament
And he said, So is the kingdom of God as a man casts the seeds into the earth,
The Emphasized Bible
And he was saying - Thus, is the kingdom of God: As a man may cast seed upon the earth,
Thomas Haweis New Testament
And he said, The kingdom of heaven is of that kind, as if a man should cast seed into his field;
Twentieth Century New Testament
Jesus also said: "This is what the Kingdom of God is like-- like a man who has scattered seed on the ground,
Webster
And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;
Weymouth New Testament
Another saying of His was this: "The Kingdom of God is as if a man scattered seed over the ground:
Williams New Testament
He also was saying: "The kingdom of God is like a man who scatters seed on the ground,
World English Bible
He said, "The Kingdom of God is as if a man should cast seed on the earth,
Worrell New Testament
And He said, "So is the Kingdom of God, as if a man should cast the seed upon the earth;
Worsley New Testament
And He said, The kingdom of God is as if a man should cast seed into the ground,
Youngs Literal Translation
And he said, 'Thus is the reign of God: as if a man may cast the seed on the earth,
Themes
Symbols of the Holy Spirit » Rain and dew » Imperceptible
Jesus Christ » History of » Parable of the tares and other teachings (in galilee)
Jesus Christ » Parables of » Seed growing secretly
Kingdom of God » What the kingdom of God is likened to
Kingdom of heaven » Compared » To a man who sowed good seed
Parables » Parables of Christ » Seed growing secretly
Similitudes » The church compared to » Of the kingdom of heaven
Symbols and similitudes » Of the holy spirit » Imperceptible
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Mark 4:26
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Parable Of The Seed That Grows By Itself
25 For whoever should have, to him shall be given: and whoever has not, also what he has shall be taken away from him. 26 And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed upon the earth; 27 And he sleep, and should rise night and day, and the seed should sprout, and be raised; how, he knows not.
Cross References
Matthew 13:24
Another parable set he before them, saying, The kingdom of the heavens was made like a man sowing good seed in his field:
Proverbs 11:18
The unjust one did a work of falsehood: and the seed of justice the reward of truth.
Ecclesiastes 11:4
He watching the wind shall not sow; and he looking in the clouds, shall not reap.
Ecclesiastes 11:6
In the morning sow thy seed, and at evening thou shalt not let thy hand rest: for thou shalt not know whether this shall be right, this or that, or if they two as one being good.
Isaiah 28:24-26
Shall he ploughing, plough all the day to sow? shall he open and level his earth?
Isaiah 32:20
Happy ye sowing upon all waters, sending the foot of the ox and the ass.
Matthew 3:2
And saying, Repent, for the kingdom of the heavens has drawn near.
Matthew 4:17
From then Jesus began to proclaim, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of the heavens has drawn near.
Matthew 13:3
And he spake to them many things in parables, saying, Behold, he, the sower, went forth to sow.
Matthew 13:11
And having answered, he said to them, For to you it was given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of the heavens, but to them it was not given.
Matthew 13:31
Another parable set he before them, saying, The kingdom of the heavens is like a kernel of mustard, which a man taking, sowed in his field:
Matthew 13:33
Another parable spake he to them; The kingdom of the heavens is like to leaven, which a woman having taken, hid in three measures of wheaten flour, till the whole was leavened.
Mark 4:3-4
Hear ye; behold, he sowing went out to sow:
Mark 4:14-20
He sowing sows the word.
Luke 8:5
The sower went out to sow his seed; and in his sowing, some truly fell by the way, and was trodden down, and the fowls of heaven devoured it.
Luke 8:11
And this is the parable: The seed is the word of God.
Luke 13:18
And he said, To what is the kingdom of God like? and to what shall I liken it?
John 4:36-38
And he reaping receives wages, and gathers fruit to eternal life: that he sowing might rejoice together and he reaping.
John 12:24
Truly, truly, I say to you, except a kernel of wheat, having fallen into the earth, should die, it remains alone: and if it should die, it brings forth much fruit.
1 Corinthians 3:6-9
I have planted, Apollos watered; but God increased.
James 3:18
And the fruit of justice is sown in peace by those making peace.
1 Peter 1:23-25
Begotten again, not of corrupted seed, but uncorrupted, by the word of God, living and remaining forever.