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Mark 4:26
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Mark 4:26
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The Parable of the Seed Growing
26 And he said, (A)“The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed on the ground.
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Mark 4:26
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Mark 4:26
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The Parable of the Growing Seed
26 He also said, “This is what the kingdom of God is like.(A) A man scatters seed on the ground.
Matthew 13:24
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Matthew 13:24
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The Parable of the Weeds
24 He put another parable before them, saying, (A)“The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field,
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Matthew 13:24
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Matthew 13:24
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The Parable of the Weeds
24 Jesus told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like(A) a man who sowed good seed in his field.
1 Corinthians 3:6-9
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1 Corinthians 3:6-9
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6 (A)I planted, (B)Apollos watered, (C)but God gave the growth. 7 So (D)neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth. 8 He who plants and he who waters are one, and each (E)will receive his wages according to his labor. 9 For we are (F)God's fellow workers. You are God's field, (G)God's building.
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1 Corinthians 3:6-9
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1 Corinthians 3:6-9
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6 I planted the seed,(A) Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow. 7 So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. 8 The one who plants and the one who waters have one purpose, and they will each be rewarded according to their own labor.(B) 9 For we are co-workers in God’s service;(C) you are God’s field,(D) God’s building.(E)
Luke 8:11
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Luke 8:11
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11 (A)Now the parable is this: The seed is (B)the word of God.
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Luke 8:11
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Luke 8:11
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11 “This is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God.(A)
1 Peter 1:23-25
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1 Peter 1:23-25
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23 (A)since you have been born again, (B)not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through (C)the living and abiding word of God; 24 for
(D)“All flesh is like grass
and all its glory like the flower of grass.
The grass withers,
and the flower falls,
25 (E)but the word of the Lord remains forever.”
And this word (F)is the good news that was preached to you.
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1 Peter 1:23-25
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1 Peter 1:23-25
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23 For you have been born again,(A) not of perishable seed, but of imperishable,(B) through the living and enduring word of God.(C) 24 For,
“All people are like grass,
and all their glory is like the flowers of the field;
the grass withers and the flowers fall,
25 but the word of the Lord endures forever.”[a](D)
And this is the word that was preached to you.
Footnotes
- 1 Peter 1:25 Isaiah 40:6-8 (see Septuagint)
James 3:18
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James 3:18
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18 And (A)a harvest of righteousness (B)is sown in peace by those who make peace.
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James 3:18
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James 3:18
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Luke 8:5
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Luke 8:5
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5 (A)“A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell along the path and was trampled underfoot, and the birds of the air devoured it.
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Luke 8:5
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Luke 8:5
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5 “A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path; it was trampled on, and the birds ate it up.
John 12:24
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John 12:24
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24 Truly, truly, I say to you, (A)unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.
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John 12:24
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John 12:24
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24 Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies,(A) it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds.
John 4:36-38
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John 4:36-38
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36 Already the one who reaps is receiving wages and gathering fruit for eternal life, so that (A)sower and (B)reaper (C)may rejoice together. 37 For here the saying holds true, (D)‘One sows and another reaps.’ 38 I sent you to reap (E)that for which you did not labor. Others have labored, (F)and you have entered into their labor.”
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John 4:36-38
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John 4:36-38
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36 Even now the one who reaps draws a wage and harvests(A) a crop for eternal life,(B) so that the sower and the reaper may be glad together. 37 Thus the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’(C) is true. 38 I sent you to reap what you have not worked for. Others have done the hard work, and you have reaped the benefits of their labor.”
Mark 4:14-20
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Mark 4:14-20
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14 (A)The sower sows (B)the word. 15 And these are the ones along the path, where the word is sown: when they hear, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word that is sown in them. 16 And these are the ones sown on rocky ground: the ones who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it (C)with joy. 17 And they have no root in themselves, but (D)endure for a while; then, when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately (E)they fall away.[a] 18 And others are the ones sown among thorns. They are those who hear the word, 19 but (F)the cares of (G)the world and (H)the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it proves unfruitful. 20 But those that were sown on the good soil are the ones who hear the word and accept it and (I)bear fruit, (J)thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold.”
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- Mark 4:17 Or stumble
Mark 4:14-20
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Mark 4:14-20
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14 The farmer sows the word.(A) 15 Some people are like seed along the path, where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan(B) comes and takes away the word that was sown in them. 16 Others, like seed sown on rocky places, hear the word and at once receive it with joy. 17 But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away. 18 Still others, like seed sown among thorns, hear the word; 19 but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth(C) and the desires for other things come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful. 20 Others, like seed sown on good soil, hear the word, accept it, and produce a crop—some thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times what was sown.”
Mark 4:3-4
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Mark 4:3-4
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3 “Listen! Behold, (A)a sower went out to sow. 4 And as he sowed, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it.
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Mark 4:3-4
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Mark 4:3-4
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3 “Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed.(A) 4 As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up.
Isaiah 32:20
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Isaiah 32:20
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20 (A)Happy are you who sow beside all waters,
who let the feet of the ox and the donkey range free.
Isaiah 32:20
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Isaiah 32:20
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Isaiah 28:24-26
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Isaiah 28:24-26
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24 Does he who plows for sowing plow continually?
Does he continually open and harrow his ground?
25 (A)When he has leveled its surface,
does he not scatter dill, sow cumin,
and put in wheat in rows
and barley in its proper place,
and emmer[a] as the border?
26 (B)For he is rightly instructed;
his God teaches him.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 28:25 A type of wheat
Isaiah 28:24-26
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Isaiah 28:24-26
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24 When a farmer plows for planting,(A) does he plow continually?
Does he keep on breaking up and working the soil?
25 When he has leveled the surface,
does he not sow caraway and scatter cumin?(B)
Does he not plant wheat in its place,[a]
barley(C) in its plot,[b]
and spelt(D) in its field?
26 His God instructs him
and teaches(E) him the right way.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 28:25 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
- Isaiah 28:25 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
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