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THE MESSAGE
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,
Then Jesus said, "God's kingdom is like a man who plants seed in the ground.
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,
He was also saying, "The kingdom of God is like a man who scatters seeds on the ground.Matthew 13:24;">[xr]
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:
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
God told him, "No. Anyone who kills Cain will pay for it seven times over." God put a mark on Cain to protect him so that no one who met him would kill him.
Cain slept with his wife. She conceived and had Enoch. He then built a city and named it after his son, Enoch. Enoch had Irad, Irad had Mehujael, Mehujael had Methushael, Methushael had Lamech.
He moved on from there to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent between Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. He built an altar there and prayed to God .
Isaac built an altar there and prayed, calling on God by name. He pitched his tent and his servants started digging another well.
"And now listen to this, family of Jacob, you who are called by the name Israel: Who got you started in the loins of Judah, you who use God 's name to back up your promises and pray to the God of Israel? But do you mean it? Do you live like it? You claim to be citizens of the Holy City; you act as though you lean on the God of Israel, named God -of-the-Angel-Armies. For a long time now, I've let you in on the way I work: I told you what I was going to do beforehand, then I did it and it was done, and that's that. I know you're a bunch of hardheads, obstinate and flint-faced, So I got a running start and began telling you what was going on before it even happened. That is why you can't say, ‘My god-idol did this.' ‘My favorite god-carving commanded this.' You have all this evidence confirmed by your own eyes and ears. Shouldn't you be talking about it? And that was just the beginning. I have a lot more to tell you, things you never knew existed. This isn't a variation on the same old thing. This is new, brand-new, something you'd never guess or dream up. When you hear this you won't be able to say, ‘I knew that all along.' You've never been good listeners to me. You have a history of ignoring me, A sorry track record of fickle attachments— rebels from the womb. But out of the sheer goodness of my heart, because of who I am, I keep a tight rein on my anger and hold my temper. I don't wash my hands of you. Do you see what I've done? I've refined you, but not without fire. I've tested you like silver in the furnace of affliction. Out of myself, simply because of who I am, I do what I do. I have my reputation to keep up. I'm not playing second fiddle to either gods or people.
Who Goes There? The watchmen call out, "Who goes there, marching out of Edom, out of Bozrah in clothes dyed red? Name yourself, so splendidly dressed, advancing, bristling with power!" "It is I: I speak what is right, I, mighty to save!" "And why are your robes so red, your clothes dyed red like those who tread grapes?" "I've been treading the winepress alone. No one was there to help me. Angrily, I stomped the grapes; raging, I trampled the people. Their blood spurted all over me— all my clothes were soaked with blood. I was set on vengeance. The time for redemption had arrived. I looked around for someone to help —no one. I couldn't believe it —not one volunteer. So I went ahead and did it myself, fed and fueled by my rage. I trampled the people in my anger, crushed them under foot in my wrath, soaked the earth with their lifeblood." I'll make a list of God 's gracious dealings, all the things God has done that need praising, All the generous bounties of God , his great goodness to the family of Israel— Compassion lavished, love extravagant. He said, "Without question these are my people, children who would never betray me." So he became their Savior. In all their troubles, he was troubled, too. He didn't send someone else to help them. He did it himself, in person. Out of his own love and pity he redeemed them. He rescued them and carried them along for a long, long time. But they turned on him; they grieved his Holy Spirit. So he turned on them, became their enemy and fought them. Then they remembered the old days, the days of Moses, God's servant: "Where is he who brought the shepherds of his flock up and out of the sea? And what happened to the One who set his Holy Spirit within them? Who linked his arm with Moses' right arm, divided the waters before them, Making him famous ever after, and led them through the muddy abyss as surefooted as horses on hard, level ground? Like a herd of cattle led to pasture, the Spirit of God gave them rest." That's how you led your people! That's how you became so famous! Look down from heaven, look at us! Look out the window of your holy and magnificent house! Whatever happened to your passion, your famous mighty acts, Your heartfelt pity, your compassion? Why are you holding back? You are our Father. Abraham and Israel are long dead. They wouldn't know us from Adam. But you're our living Father, our Redeemer, famous from eternity! Why, God , did you make us wander from your ways? Why did you make us cold and stubborn so that we no longer worshiped you in awe? Turn back for the sake of your servants. You own us! We belong to you! For a while your holy people had it good, but now our enemies have wrecked your holy place. For a long time now, you've paid no attention to us. It's like you never knew us.
"In the end I will turn things around for the people. I'll give them a language undistorted, unpolluted, Words to address God in worship and, united, to serve me with their shoulders to the wheel. They'll come from beyond the Ethiopian rivers, they'll come praying— All my scattered, exiled people will come home with offerings for worship. You'll no longer have to be ashamed of all those acts of rebellion. I'll have gotten rid of your arrogant leaders. No more pious strutting on my holy hill! I'll leave a core of people among you who are poor in spirit— What's left of Israel that's really Israel. They'll make their home in God . This core holy people will not do wrong. They won't lie, won't use words to flatter or seduce. Content with who they are and where they are, unanxious, they'll live at peace."
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.