Mark Chapter 4 Verse 26And he said, ‹So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;›

‹And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness;›

‹And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they are offended.›

‹And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word,›

‹And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.›

‹And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive› [it], ‹and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred.›

And he said unto them, ‹Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick?›

‹For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad.›

‹If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.›

And he said unto them, ‹Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given.›

‹For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath.›

‹And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.›

‹For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.›

‹But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come.›

And he said, ‹Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it?›

[It is] ‹like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth:›

‹But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it.›

And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear [it].

But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.

And the same day, when the even was come, he saith unto them, ‹Let us pass over unto the other side.›

And when they had sent away the multitude, they took him even as he was in the ship. And there were also with him other little ships.

The Book of Mark, Chapter 4, Verse 26