Mark 4:3
A man went out to put seed in the earth:
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Matthew 13:3
And he gave them teaching in the form of a story, saying, A man went out to put seed in the earth;
Mark 4:1
And again he was teaching by the seaside. And a very great number of people had come to him, so that he got into a boat on the sea and took his seat; and all the people were on the land by the seaside.
Mark 4:2
And he gave them teaching about a number of things in the form of stories, and said to them in his teaching, Give ear:
Mark 4:3
A man went out to put seed in the earth:
Mark 4:4
And while he was doing it, some was dropped by the wayside, and the birds came and took it for food.
Mark 4:5
And some went on the stones, where it had not much earth; and it came up straight away, because the earth was not deep:
Mark 4:6
And when the sun was high, it was burned; and because it had no root, it became dry and dead.
Luke 8:4
And when a great number of people came together, and men from every town went out to him, he gave them teaching in the form of a story:
Luke 8:5
A man went out to put in seed, and while he was doing it, some was dropped by the wayside and it was crushed under foot, and was taken by the birds of heaven.
Luke 8:6
And some went on the rock, and when it came up it became dry and dead because it had no water.
Luke 8:7
And some went among thorns, and the thorns came up with it and it had no room for growth.
Luke 8:8
And some falling on good earth, came up and gave fruit a hundred times as much. And with these words he said in a loud voice, He who has ears, let him give ear.
Matthew 13:1
On that day Jesus went out of the house and was seated by the seaside.
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Mark 4:9
And he said to them, Whoever has ears, let him give ear.
Mark 4:23
If any man has ears, let him give ear.
Mark 7:14
And turning to the people again, he said to them, Give ear to me all of you, and let my words be clear to you:
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Mark 4:14
The seed is the word.
Mark 4:15
And these are they by the wayside, where the word is planted; and when they have given ear, the Evil One comes straight away and takes away the word which has been planted in them.
Isaiah 28:23
Let your ears be open to my voice; give attention to what I say.
Isaiah 55:10
For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, and does not go back again, but gives water to the earth, and makes it fertile, giving seed to the planter, and bread for food;
Matthew 13:19
When the word of the kingdom comes to anyone, and the sense of it is not clear to him, then the Evil One comes, and quickly takes away that which was put in his heart. He is the seed dropped by the wayside.
Matthew 13:23
And the seed which was put in good earth, this is he who gives ear to the word, and gets the sense of it; who gives fruit, some a hundred, some sixty, some thirty times as much.
Matthew 13:24
And he gave them another story, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a man who put good seed in his field:
Matthew 13:26
But when the green stem came up and gave fruit, the evil plants were seen at the same time.
Matthew 13:37
And he made answer and said, He who puts the good seed in the earth is the Son of man;
Luke 8:11
Now this is the point of the story: The seed is the word of God.
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Mark 4:10
And when he was by himself, those who were round him with the twelve put questions to him about the purpose of the stories.
Mark 4:11
And he said to them, To you is given the secret of the kingdom of God, but to those who are outside, all things are given in the form of stories;
Mark 4:13
And he said to them, If you are not clear about this story, how will you be clear about the others?
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Mark 4:26
And he said, Such is the kingdom of God, as if a man put seed in the earth,
Mark 4:27
And went to sleep and got up, night and day, and the seed came to growth, though he had no idea how.
Mark 4:28
The earth gives fruit by herself; first the leaf, then the head, then the full grain.
Mark 4:29
But when the grain is ready, he quickly sends men to get it cut, because the time for cutting has come.
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John 4:36
He who does the cutting now has his reward; he is getting together fruit for eternal life, so that he who did the planting and he who gets in the grain may have joy together.
John 4:37
In this the saying is a true one, One does the planting, and another gets in the grain.
John 4:38
I sent you to get in grain which you had no hand in planting: other men did that work, and you take the reward.
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Jeremiah 4:3
For this is what the Lord says to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem: Get your unworked land ploughed up, do not put in your seeds among thorns.
Jeremiah 12:13
Though good grain was planted, they have got in thorns: they have given themselves pain without profit: they will be shamed on account of their produce, because of the burning wrath of the Lord.
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