Mark 4:17-27

17 and they have no firm root in themselves, but are only temporary; then, when affliction or persecution arises because of the word, immediately they fall away.
18 "And others are the ones on whom seed was sown among the thorns; these are the ones who have heard the word,
19 but the worries of 1the world, and the 2deceitfulness of riches, and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
20 "And those are the ones on whom seed was sown on the good soil; and they hear the word and accept it and 3bear fruit, thirty, sixty, and a hundredfold."
21 And He was saying to them, "4A lamp is not brought to be put under a basket, is it, or under a bed? Is it not brought to be put on the lampstand?
22 "5For nothing * is hidden, except to be revealed; nor has anything been secret, but that it would come to light.
23 "6If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear."
24 And He was saying to them, "Take care what you listen to. 7By your standard of measure it will be measured to you; and more will be given you besides.
25 "8For whoever has, to him more shall be given; and whoever does not have, even what he has shall 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 by day, and the seed sprouts and grows -how, he himself does not know.

Cross References 8

  • 1. Matthew 13:22; Romans 12:2; Ephesians 2:2; Ephesians 6:12
  • 2. Proverbs 23:4; 1 Tim 6:9, 10, 17
  • 3. John 15:2f; Romans 7:4
  • 4. Matthew 5:15; Luke 8:16; Luke 11:33
  • 5. Matthew 10:26; Luke 8:17; Luke 12:2
  • 6. Matthew 11:15; Revelation 13:9, 43">Revelation 13:9, 43; Mark 4:9; Luke 8:8; Luke 14:35; Rev 3:6, 13, 22; Revelation 13:9
  • 7. Matthew 7:2; Luke 6:38
  • 8. Matthew 13:12; Matthew 25:29; Luke 8:18; Luke 19:26

Footnotes 4

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