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Mark 4:26
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“The kingdom of God
And he said, So is the kingdome of God, as if a man should cast seede into the ground,
And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;
And he said, "The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed on the ground.
And He was saying, "The kingdom of God is like a man who casts seed upon the soil;
Then Jesus said, "The kingdom of God is like someone who plants seed in the ground.
Then He said, "The kingdom of God is like a man who throws seed on the ground;
And He was saying, "The kingdom of God is like a man who casts seed upon the soil;
And He was saying, "The kingdom of God is like a man who casts seed upon the soil;
Jesus also said, "The kingdom of God is like a man who scatters seed on the ground.
Again Jesus said: God's kingdom is like what happens when a farmer scatters seed in a field.
And he said, "The Kingdom of God is like a man who scatters seed on the ground.
And he said, Thus is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast the seed upon the earth,
Also he said, So is the kingdome of God, as if a man should cast seede in the ground,
And he said, Such is the kingdom of God, like a man who casts seed in the ground.
Jesus went on to say, "The Kingdom of God is like this. A man scatters seed in his field.
And he said, "The kingdom of God is like this: like a man scatters seed on the ground.
And He said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed on the earth,
And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed upon the earth;
And he said, Such is the kingdom of God, as if a man put seed in the earth,
He said, "So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed on the eretz,
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And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as a man who shall cast seed into the earth;
And he said: So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground,
And he sayde, so is the kyngdome of God: euen as yf a man shoulde sowe seede in the grounde,
And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed upon the earth;
He said, "So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed on the earth,
And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground,
Another saying of His was this: "The Kingdom of God is as if a man scattered seed over the ground:
And he seide, So the kingdom of God is, as if a man caste seede in to the erthe,
And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed on the earth;
And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;
He also said, "The kingdom of God is like someone who spreads seed on the ground.
And He said, "The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed on the ground,
Jesus also said, "The Kingdom of God is like a farmer who scatters seed on the ground.
He said, "The holy nation of God is like a man who plants seed in the ground.
He also said, "The kingdom of God is as if someone would scatter seed on the ground,
And he was saying - Thus, is the kingdom of God: As a man may cast seed upon the earth,
And he said: So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the earth,
And he said, "The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed upon the ground,
And he sayde: so is the kyngdome of God even as yf a man shuld sowe seed in ye groude
And he said, `Thus is the reign of God: as if a man may cast the seed on the earth,
And he sayde: The kyngdome of God is after this maner, as when a man casteth sede vpon the londe,
Again, he said, the state of the gospel is like that of the grain, which a man sows in his land:
Then Jesus said, "God's kingdom is like seed thrown on a field by a man who then goes to bed and forgets about it. The seed sprouts and grows—he has no idea how it happens. The earth does it all without his help: first a green stem of grass, then a bud, then the ripened grain. When the grain is fully formed, he reaps—harvest time!
Jesus also told them, "God's Green Pasture is like a farmer that plants seeds in a field.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
So: Matthew 3:2, Matthew 4:17, Matthew 13:11, Matthew 13:31, Matthew 13:33, Luke 13:18
as: Mark 4:3, Mark 4:4, Mark 4:14-20, Proverbs 11:18, Ecclesiastes 11:4, Ecclesiastes 11:6, Isaiah 28:24-26, Isaiah 32:20, Matthew 13:3, Matthew 13:24, Luke 8:5, Luke 8:11, John 4:36-38, John 12:24, 1 Corinthians 3:6-9, James 3:18, 1 Peter 1:23-25
Reciprocal: Isaiah 61:11 - as the earth Matthew 13:26 - General John 3:8 - so 1 Corinthians 3:9 - ye are God's 1 Corinthians 15:38 - General Colossians 1:6 - bringeth
Cross-References
You are forcing me to leave the land, and I will not be able to be near you or have a home! Now I must wander from place to place, and anyone I meet could kill me."
Then the Lord said to Cain, "No, if anyone kills you, I will punish that person much, much more." Then the Lord put a mark on Cain to show that no one should kill him.
Cain had sexual relations with his wife. She became pregnant and gave birth to a son named Enoch. Cain built a city and gave the city the same name as his son Enoch.
Enoch had a son named Irad. Irad had a son named Mehujael. Mehujael had a son named Methushael. And Methushael had a son named Lamech.
Then he left that place and traveled to the mountains east of Bethel. He set up his tent there. Bethel was to the west, and Ai was to the east. Abram built another altar at that place to honor the Lord , and he worshiped the Lord there.
So Isaac built an altar and worshiped the Lord in that place. He set up camp there, and his servants dug a well.
Prophets of Baal, pray to your god, and I will pray to the Lord . Whichever god answers the prayer and starts the fire is the true God." All the people agreed that this was a good idea.
I will give you a thank offering. I will call on the Lord 's name.
"One man will call himself, ‘I am the Lord 's.' Another will use the name, ‘Jacob.' Another man will sign his name as ‘The Lord 's Hand.' And another will use the name, ‘Israel.'"
"Family of Jacob, listen to me! You people call yourself ‘Israel,' but you are from Judah's family. When you take an oath, I, the Lord , the God of Israel, am the one whose name you use, but you are not honest and sincere.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And he said,.... He went on saying the following parable, which was delivered at the same time that the parable of the sower was, though omitted by Matthew; and is here placed between that, and the other concerning the grain of mustard seed; which shows the time when it was spoken. The design of it is to set forth the nature of the word, and the ministration of it; the conduct of the ministers of the Gospel, when they have dispensed it; the imperceptibleness of its springing and growth; the fruitfulness of it, when it has taken root, without the help of man; the gradual increase of grace under the instrumentality of the word; and the gathering of gracious souls, when grace is brought to maturity:
so is the kingdom of God; such is the nature of the Gospel dispensation; and such are the things that are done in it, as may fitly be represented by the following;
as if a man should cast seed into the ground: by "the man", is not meant Christ, for he sleeps not; and besides, he knows how the seed springs and grows; but any Gospel minister, who is sent forth by Christ, bearing precious seed: and by seed is intended, not gracious persons, the children of the kingdom, as in the parable of the tares; nor the grace of God in them, though that is an incorruptible and an abiding seed; but the word of God, or Gospel of Christ, so called for its smallness, the diminutive character it bears, and contempt it is had in by some; and for its choiceness and excellency in itself, and in the account of others; and for its generative virtue under a divine influence: for the Gospel is like the manna, which was a small round thing, as a coriander seed; and as that was contemptible in the eyes of the Israelites, so the preaching of the Gospel is, to them that perish, foolishness; and yet it is choice and precious seed in itself, and to those who know the value of it, by whom it is preferred to thousands of gold and silver; and, as worthless and unpromising as it may seem to be, it has a divine virtue put into it; and, under the influence of powerful and efficacious grace, it is the means of regenerating souls, and produces fruit in them, which will remain unto everlasting life: though, as the seed is of no use this way, unless it is sown in the earth, and covered there; so is the Gospel of no use for regeneration, unless it is by the power of God let into the heart, and received there, where, through that power, it works effectually. By "casting" it into the earth, the preaching of the word is designed; which, like casting seed into the earth, is done with the same sort of seed only, and not with different sorts, with plenty of it, and at the proper time, whatever discouragements there may be, and with great skill and judgment, committing it to God to raise it up again: for the faithful dispensers of the word do not spread divers and strange doctrines; their ministry is all of apiece; they always sow the same like precious seed, without any mixture of the tares of error and heresy; and they do not deal it out in a narrow and niggardly way; they do not restrain and conceal any part of truth, but plentifully distribute it, and declare the whole counsel of God; and though there may be many discouragements attend them, many temptations arise to put off from sowing the word; the weather bad, storms and tempests arise, reproaches and persecutions come thick and fast, still they go on; using all that heavenly skill, prudence, and discretion God has given them, preaching the word in season, and out of season; and when they have done, they leave their work with the Lord, knowing that Paul may plant, and Apollos water, but it is God only that gives the increase: and by the "ground", into which it is cast, As meant the hearers of the word, who are of different sorts; some like the way side, others like the stony ground, and others like the thorny earth, and some like good ground, as here; whose hearts are broke up by the Spirit of God, the stoniness of them taken away, and they made susceptive of the good word.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
So is the kingdom of God - The gospel, or religion in the soul, may be compared to this. See the notes at Matthew 3:2. This parable is recorded only by Mark.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 26. So is the kingdom of God — This parable is mentioned only by Mark, a proof that Mark did not abridge Matthew. Whitby supposes it to refer to the good ground spoken of before, and paraphrases is thus: - "What I have said of the seed sown upon good ground, may be illustrated by this parable. The doctrine of the kingdom, received in a good and honest heart, is like seed sown by a man in his ground, properly prepared to receive it; for when he hath sown it, he sleeps and wakes day after day, and, looking on it, he sees it spring and grow up through the virtue of the earth in which it is sown, though he knows not how it doth so; and when he finds it ripe, he reaps it, and so receives the benefit of the sown seed. So is it here: the seed sown in the good and honest heart brings forth fruit with patience; and this fruit daily increaseth, though we know not how the Word and Spirit work that increase; and then Christ the husbandman, at the time of the harvest, gathers in this good seed into the kingdom of heaven." I see no necessity of inquiring how Christ may be said to sleep and rise night and day; Christ being like to this husbandman only in sowing and reaping the seed.
