Mark 4:24-29

24 And he said to them, “Pay attention to what you hear: ¹with the measure you use, it will be measured to you, and still more will be added to you.

25 ²For to the one who has, more will be given, and from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away. ”

The Parable of the Seed Growing

26 And he said, ³“The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed on the ground.

27 He sleeps and rises night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows; ⁴he knows not how.

28 The earth produces by itself, first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.

29 But when the grain is ripe, at once ⁵he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come. ”

Cross References

• 1. 4:24 Matt. 7:2; Luke 6:38
• 2. 4:25 See Matt. 13:12
• 3. 4:26 [Matt. 13:24-30]
• 4. 4:27 [Eccles. 11:5, 6]
• 5. 4:29 Joel 3:13; Rev. 14:15