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 have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.
• John 4:35–38Say 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.
• Jas 2:5Hearken, 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?
• Deut 4:1Now 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.
• Mark 4:26–29And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;
• Matt 13:26But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.
• Luke 8:5–8A 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.
• Matt 13:24Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:
• Rev 2:29He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
• Mark 4:23If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
• Prov 7:24Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
• Matt 13:3And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;
• Isa 46:12Hearken unto me, ye stouthearted, that are far from righteousness:
• Mark 7:14–15And when he had called all the people unto him, he said unto them, Hearken unto me every one of you, and understand:
• Heb 2:1–3Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.
• Acts 2:14But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words:
• Rev 2:7He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.
• Mark 4:9And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
• Eccl 11:6In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
• Isa 28:23–26Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech.
• Isa 46:3Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb:
• Isa 55:1–2Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
• Mark 4:14The sower soweth the word.
• Ps 34:11Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
• Prov 8:32Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways.
• Ps 45:10Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father’s house;
• Rev 2:11He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.

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