Mark 4:26-30

The Parable of the Seed Growing

26 And he said, ¹"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; ²he 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 ³he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come."

The Parable of the Mustard Seed

30 ⁴And he said, "With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable shall we use for it?

Cross References

• 1. [Matthew 13:24-30]
• 2. [Ecclesiastes 11:5, 6]
• 3. Joel 3:13; Revelation 14:15
• 4. For ver. 30-32, see Matthew 13:31, 32; Luke 13:18, 19