Mark 4:26-30

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.

28 "The soil produces crops by itself; first the blade, then the head, then the mature grain in the head.

29 "But when the crop permits, he immediately ¹puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come."

Parable of the Mustard Seed

30 ²And He said, "How shall we ³picture the kingdom of God, or by what parable shall we present it?

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Cross References 3

1. Joel 3:13
2. Mark 4:30-32: {Matthew 13:31, 32; Luke 13:18, 19}
3. Matthew 13:24

Footnotes 2

[a]. Lit "sends forth"
[b]. Lit "compare"

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