Mark 4:26 Cross References - Twentieth_Century

²⁶ Jesus also said: "This is what the Kingdom of God is like-- like a man who has scattered seed on the ground,

² "Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand."

¹⁷ At that time Jesus began to proclaim-- "Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand."

³ Then he told them many truths in parables. "The sower," he began, "went out to sow; and,

¹¹ "To you," answered Jesus, "the knowledge of the hidden truths of the Kingdom of Heaven has been imparted, but not to those.

²⁴ Another parable which Jesus told them was this-- "The Kingdom of Heaven is compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field.

³¹ Another parable which he told them was this-- "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a mustard-seed, which a man took and sowed in his field.

³³ This was another parable which Jesus related-- "The Kingdom of Heaven is like some yeast which a woman took and covered up in three pecks of flour, until the whole had risen."

³ "Listen! The sower went out to sow; ⁴ And presently, as he was sowing, some of the seed fell along the path; and the birds came, and ate it up.

¹⁴ The sower sows the Message. ¹⁵ The People meant by the seed that falls along the path are these--where the Message is sown, but, as soon as they have heard it, Satan immediately comes and carries away the Message that has been sown in them. ¹⁶ So, too, those meant by the seed sown on the rocky places are the people who, when they have heard the Message, at once accept it joyfully; ¹⁷ But, as they have no root, they stand only for a short time; and so, when trouble or persecution arises on account of the Message, they fall away at once. ¹⁸ Those meant by the seed sown among the brambles are different; they are the people who hear the Message, ¹⁹ But the cares of life, and the glamour of wealth, and cravings for many other things come in and completely choke the Message, so that it gives no return. ²⁰ But the people meant by the seed sown on the good ground are those who hear the Message, and welcome it, and yield a return, thirty, sixty, and even a hundred fold."

⁵ "The sower went out to sow his seed; and, as he was sowing, some of the seed fell along the path and was trodden upon; and the wild birds ate it up.

¹¹ This is the parable--The seed is God's Message.

¹⁸ So Jesus said: "What is the Kingdom of God like? and to what can I liken it?

³⁶ Already the reaper is receiving wages and gathering in sheaves for Immortal Life, so that sower and reaper rejoice together. ³⁷ For here the proverb holds good--'One sows, another reaps.' ³⁸ I have sent you to reap that on which you have spent no labor; others have labored, and you have entered upon the results of their labor."

²⁴ In truth I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains solitary; but, if it dies, it becomes fruitful.

⁶ I planted, and Apollos watered, but it was God who caused the growth. ⁷ Therefore neither the man who plants, nor the man who waters, is of any account, but only God who causes the growth. ⁸ In this the man who plants and the man who waters are one; yet each will receive his own reward in proportion to his own labor. ⁹ For we are God's fellow workers; you are God's harvest field, God's building.

¹⁸ And righteousness, its fruit, is sown in peace by those who work for peace.

²³ since your new Life has come, not from perishable, but imperishable, seed, through the Message of the Everliving God. ²⁴ For-- 'All earthly life is but as grass, And all its splendor as the flower of grass. The grass fades, Its flower falls, ²⁵ But the teaching of the Lord remains for ever.' And that is the Teaching of the Good News which has been told to you.