Mark 4:3

Jesus calls listeners to attend as he tells of a farmer going out to sow. It matters because the parable of the sower illustrates how people respond to God's word.

Cross-references · 27

• 1 Cor 3:6–9I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.
• John 4:35–38Do you not say, ‘There are still four months until the harvest’? I tell you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are ripe for harvest.
• Jas 2:5Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?
• Deut 4:1Hear now, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances I am teaching you to follow, so that you may live and may enter and take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you.
• Mark 4:26–29Jesus also said, “The kingdom of God is like a man who scatters seed on the ground.
• Matt 13:26When the wheat sprouted and bore grain, then the weeds also appeared.
• Luke 8:5–8“A farmer went out to sow his seed. And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, where it was trampled, and the birds of the air devoured it.
• Matt 13:24Jesus put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.
• Rev 2:29He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
• Mark 4:23If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.”
• Prov 7:24Now, my sons, listen to me, and attend to the words of my mouth.
• Matt 13:3And He told them many things in parables, saying, “A farmer went out to sow his seed.
• Isa 46:12Listen to Me, you stubborn people, far removed from righteousness:
• Mark 7:14–15Once again Jesus called the crowd to Him and said, “All of you, listen to Me and understand:
• Heb 2:1–3We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.
• Acts 2:14Then Peter stood up with the Eleven, lifted up his voice, and addressed the crowd: “Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen carefully to my words.
• Rev 2:7He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to eat from the tree of life in the Paradise of God.
• Mark 4:9Then Jesus said, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
• Eccl 11:6Sow your seed in the morning, and do not rest your hands in the evening, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or if both will equally prosper.
• Isa 28:23–26Listen and hear my voice. Pay attention and hear what I say.
• Isa 46:3“Listen to Me, O house of Jacob, all the remnant of the house of Israel, who have been sustained from the womb, carried along since birth.
• Isa 55:1–2“Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost!
• Mark 4:14The farmer sows the word.
• Ps 34:11Come, children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
• Prov 8:32Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, for blessed are those who keep my ways.
• Ps 45:10Listen, O daughter! Consider and incline your ear: Forget your people and your father’s house,
• Rev 2:11He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who overcomes will not be harmed by the second death.

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