Mark 4:26 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

Jesus said, "The kingdom of God is like a man who scatters seeds on the ground.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

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

BBE:

And he said, Such is the kingdom of God, as if a man put seed in the earth,

DBY:

And he said, Thus is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast the seed upon the earth,

ERV:

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

WEY:

Another saying of His was this: "The Kingdom of God is as if a man scattered seed over the ground:

WBS:

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

WEB:

He said, "The Kingdom of God is as if a man should cast seed on the earth,

YLT:

And he said, 'Thus is the reign of God: as if a man may cast the seed on the earth,

Mark 4:26 Cross References

XREF:

Mark 4:25 "For whoever has, to him more shall be given; and whoever does not have, even what he has shall be taken away from him."

Mark 4:27 and he goes to bed at night and gets up by day, and the seed sprouts and grows-- how, he himself does not know. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

4:26 {4} And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;
(4) The Lord sows and reaps in a manner unknown to men.

PNT:

4:26 So is the kingdom of God. This parable is given only by Mark, but its general lesson is enforced by parallel passages, e.g. Isa 55:10,11 Jas 5:7,8 1Pe 1:23-25. In the kingdom of grace, as in nature, we are laborers together with God; the results of our work depend on him, and for the perfection of these results he takes his own time (1Co 3:6-9). Hence, (1) it is ours to sow the seed (the truth), his to give it growth; (2) having sown, we are to wait for time and God to perfect it; (3) this he does according to the definite order of development--first the blade, then the ear, then the full corn in the ear; (4) not until there has been time for the development, are we to expect to reap. The lesson is one of trust and hope.
Should cast seed. The word of God, the Gospel.

WES:

4:26 So is the kingdom of God - The inward kingdom is like seed which a man casts into the ground - This a preacher of the Gospel casts into the heart. And he sleeps and rises night and day - That is, he has it continually in his thoughts. Meantime it springs and grows up he knows not how - Even he that sowed it cannot explain how it grows. For as the earth by a curious kind of mechanism, which the greatest philosophers cannot comprehend, does as it were spontaneously bring forth first the blade, then the ear, then the full corn in the ear: so the soul, in an inexplicable manner, brings forth, first weak graces, then stronger, then full holiness: and all this of itself, as a machine, whose spring of motion is within itself. Yet observe the amazing exactness of the comparison. The earth brings forth no corn (as the soul no holiness) without both the care and toil of man, and the benign influence of heaven.

MHC:

4:21-34 These declarations were intended to call the attention of the disciples to the word of Christ. By his thus instructing them, they were made able to instruct others; as candles are lighted, not to be covered, but to be placed on a candlestick, that they may give light to a room. This parable of the good seed, shows the manner in which the kingdom of God makes progress in the world. Let but the word of Christ have the place it ought to have in a soul, and it will show itself in a good conversation. It grows gradually: first the blade; then the ear; after that the full corn in the ear. When it is sprung up, it will go forward. The work of grace in the soul is, at first, but the day of small things; yet it has mighty products even now, while it is in its growth; but what will there be when it is perfected in heaven!

CONC:

Cast Casts Ground Kingdom Reign Saying Scatter Scattered Scatters Seed Soil Thus

Cast Casts Earth Ground Kingdom Reign Scatter Scattered Scatters Seed Soil

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