Mark 4:3 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

6 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Ἀκούετε.¶	Akouete	do listen!	G191 →
Ἰδοὺ	Idou	Behold	G2400 →
ἐξῆλθεν	exēlthen	went out	G1831 →
ὁ	ho	the [one]	G3588 →
σπείρων	speirōn	sowing	G4687 →
σπεῖραι·	speirai	to sow;	G4687 →

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James 2:5
Listen, 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?
leads to
- Matthew 5:3
  “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
- Luke 6:20
  Looking up at His disciples, Jesus said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.
- Revelation 2:9
  I know your affliction and your poverty—though you are rich! And I am aware of the slander of those who falsely claim to be Jews, but are in fact a synagogue of Satan.
- 1 Corinthians 1:26–28
  Brothers, consider the time of your calling: Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were powerful; not many were of noble birth.
- 2 Corinthians 8:9
  For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

James 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?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.1 Corinthians 3:6–9I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.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.Mark 4:26–29Jesus also said, “The kingdom of God is like a man who scatters seed on the ground.Deuteronomy 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.Matthew 13:26When the wheat sprouted and bore grain, then the weeds also appeared.Revelation 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.Ecclesiastes 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.Hebrews 2:1–3We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.Isaiah 28:23–26Listen and hear my voice. Pay attention and hear what I say.Psalms 45:10Listen, O daughter! Consider and incline your ear: Forget your people and your father’s house,Matthew 13:24Jesus put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.Mark 7:14–15Once again Jesus called the crowd to Him and said, “All of you, listen to Me and understand:Mark 4:23If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.”Isaiah 46:12Listen to Me, you stubborn people, far removed from righteousness:Proverbs 8:32Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, for blessed are those who keep my ways.Mark 4:14The farmer sows the word.

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