Mark 4:26
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The Parable of the Growing Seed
26 He also said, “The kingdom of God is as if someone would scatter seed on the ground(A)
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Matthew 13:24
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The Parable of Weeds among the Wheat
24 He put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to someone who sowed good seed in his field,(A)
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1 Corinthians 3:6-9
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6 I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. 7 So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth. 8 The one who plants and the one who waters have one purpose, and each will receive wages according to their own labor.(A) 9 For we are God’s coworkers, working together; you are God’s field, God’s building.(B)
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1 Peter 1:23-25
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23 You have been born anew, not of perishable but of imperishable seed, through the living and enduring word of God.[a](A) 24 For
“All flesh is like grass
and all its glory like the flower of grass.
The grass withers,
and the flower falls,(B)
25 but the word of the Lord endures forever.”
That word is the good news that was announced to you.(C)
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- 1.23 Or through the word of the living and enduring God
James 3:18
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18 And the fruit of righteousness[a] is sown in peace by those who make peace.(A)
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- 3.18 Or justice
Luke 8:11
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The Parable of the Sower Explained
11 “Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.(A)
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Luke 13:18
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The Parable of the Mustard Seed
18 He said therefore, “What is the kingdom of God like? And to what should I compare it?
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Matthew 13:31
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The Parable of the Mustard Seed
31 He put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that someone took and sowed in his field;(A)
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Ecclesiastes 11:6
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6 In the morning sow your seed, and at evening do not let your hands be idle, for you do not know which will prosper, this or that, or whether both alike will be good.(A)
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Proverbs 11:18
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18 The wicked earn no real gain,
but those who sow righteousness get a true reward.(A)
John 12:24
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24 Very truly, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a single grain, but if it dies it bears much fruit.
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John 4:36-38
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36 The reaper is already receiving[a] wages and is gathering fruit for eternal life, so that sower and reaper may rejoice together.(A) 37 For here the saying holds true, ‘One sows and another reaps.’(B) 38 I sent you to reap that for which you did not labor. Others have labored, and you have entered into their labor.”
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- 4.36 Or
. . . the fields are already ripe for harvesting. The reaper is receiving
Luke 8:5
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5 “A sower went out to sow his seed, and as he sowed some fell on a path and was trampled on, and the birds of the air ate it up.
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Mark 4:14-20
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14 The sower sows the word. 15 These are the ones on the path where the word is sown: when they hear, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word that is sown in them.(A) 16 And these are the ones sown on rocky ground: when they hear the word, they immediately receive it with joy. 17 But they have no root and endure only for a while; then, when trouble or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately they fall away.[a] 18 And others are those sown among the thorns: these are the ones who hear the word, 19 but the cares of the age and the lure of wealth and the desire for other things come in and choke the word, and it yields nothing. 20 And these are the ones sown on the good soil: they hear the word and accept it and bear fruit, thirty and sixty and a hundredfold.”
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- 4.17 Or stumble
Mark 4:3-4
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3 “Listen! A sower went out to sow. 4 And as he sowed, some seed fell on a path, and the birds came and ate it up.
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Matthew 13:33
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The Parable of the Yeast
33 He told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed in with[a] three measures of flour until all of it was leavened.”(A)
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- 13.33 Gk hid in
Matthew 13:11
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11 He answered, “To you it has been given to know the secrets[a] of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.(A)
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- 13.11 Or mysteries
Matthew 13:3
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3 And he told them many things in parables, saying: “Listen! A sower went out to sow.
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Matthew 4:17
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17 From that time Jesus began to proclaim, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.”[a](A)
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- 4.17 Or is at hand
Matthew 3:2
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2 “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.”[a](A)
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- 3.2 Or is at hand
Isaiah 32:20
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20 Happy will you be who sow beside every stream,
who let the ox and the donkey range freely.(A)
Isaiah 28:24-26
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24 Do those who plow for sowing plow continually?
Do they continually open and harrow their ground?
25 When they have leveled its surface,
do they not scatter dill, sow cumin,
and plant wheat in rows
and barley in its proper place[a]
and spelt as the border?
26 For they are well instructed;
their God teaches them.
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- 28.25 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Ecclesiastes 11:4
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4 Whoever observes the wind will not sow,
and whoever regards the clouds will not reap.
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