Parables of Jesus
The Growing Seed
Kingdom of Heaven
Read: Mark 4:26-29
SeeThe Parable of the Growing Seed is a parable that appears only in Mark 4:26–29. It is a parable about growth in the Kingdom of God.
This parable can be seen as related to the parable of the Sower, although it does not follow that parable immediately in the Bible. It has been suggested that it serves as a "correction provided for any disciples who might be feeling discouraged with the amount of fruitless labor they had extended toward those who failed to respond to the parable of the Sower. Even when the farmer sleeps, the Kingdom of God is still growing, since Its growth is due to God and follows its own timetable.
Why the word of God is compared to seed has been pondered by many, with Leonard Goffiné havinmg suggested, "because as good fruits spring from good seed, so do good works from the word of God; and as it is impossible for any soil not sown to produce good fruits, so neither can men produce the fruits of the Spirit without the seed of the divine Word."
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