23 (A)If anyone has ears to hear, [a]let him hear.” 24 And He was saying to them, “Take care what you listen to. [b](B)By your standard of measure it will be measured to you; and more will be given you besides. 25 (C)For whoever has, to him more will be given; and whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.”

Parable of the Seed

26 And He was saying, “The kingdom of God is like a man who casts seed upon the soil; 27 and he goes to bed at night and gets up daily, and the seed sprouts and grows—how, he himself does not know. 28 The soil produces crops by itself; first the stalk, then the head, then the mature grain in the head. 29 Now when the crop permits, he immediately [c](D)puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come.”

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 4:23 Or hear! or listen!
  2. Mark 4:24 Lit By what measure you measure
  3. Mark 4:29 Lit sends forth

23 If anyone has ears to hear, let them hear.”(A)

24 “Consider carefully what you hear,” he continued. “With the measure you use, it will be measured to you—and even more.(B) 25 Whoever has will be given more; whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them.”(C)

The Parable of the Growing Seed

26 He also said, “This is what the kingdom of God is like.(D) A man scatters seed on the ground. 27 Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how. 28 All by itself the soil produces grain—first the stalk, then the head, then the full kernel in the head. 29 As soon as the grain is ripe, he puts the sickle to it, because the harvest has come.”(E)

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