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With The Measure You Use It Will Be Measured To You

24 And He was saying to them, “Be watching what you listen-to[a]. With what measure you measure[b], it will be measured to you— and it will be added to you. 25 For he who has— it will be given to him. And he who does not have— even what he has will be taken-away from him”.

The Kingdom of God Is Like Seed That Grows From Within Itself To Maturity

26 And He was saying, “The kingdom of God is like this: as-if a person would throw the seed upon the soil,

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 4:24 Or, hear. That is, in the sense of ‘obey’.
  2. Mark 4:24 The measure you use reflects your spiritual capacity, and your ability to receive. If you listen to the traditions of the Pharisees, it will limit your ability to receive spiritual truth.

24 “Consider carefully what you hear,” he continued. “With the measure you use, it will be measured to you—and even more.(A) 25 Whoever has will be given more; whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them.”(B)

The Parable of the Growing Seed

26 He also said, “This is what the kingdom of God is like.(C) A man scatters seed on the ground.

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