"And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;" — Mark 4:26

Mark 4:26 · KJV

“And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;”

— Mark 4:26

For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath.

And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.

Mark 4 — Context

And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given.

For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath.

And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;

And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.

For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.

Cross References

Matthew 13:24

Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:

1 Corinthians 3:6-9

I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.

1 Peter 1:23-25

Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.

Luke 8:11

Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

Isaiah 32:20

Blessed {are} ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth {thither} the feet of the ox and the ass.

James 3:18

And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.

Luke 8:5

A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it.

Mark 4:14-20

The sower soweth the word.