"Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:" — Mark 4:3

Mark 4:3 · KJV

“Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:”

— Mark 4:3

And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine,

And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up.

Mark 4 — Context

And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land.

And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine,

Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:

And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up.

And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:

Cross References

James 2:5

Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him? {of the: or, of that}

John 4:35-38

Say not ye, There are yet four months, and {then} cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.

1 Corinthians 3:6-9

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

Luke 8:5-8

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 4:26-29

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

Matthew 13:26

But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.

Deuteronomy 4:1

Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do {them}, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth you.

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: