Mark 4:21-26

A Lamp on a Stand 21He said to them, “Do you bring in a lamp to put it under a bowl or a bed? Instead, don’t you put it on its stand? 22For whatever is hidden is meant to be disclosed, and whatever is concealed is meant to be brought out into the open.

23If anyone has ears to hear, let them hear.” 24“Consider carefully what you hear,” he continued. “With the measure you use, it will be measured to you—and even more.

25Whoever has will be given more; whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them.”

The Parable of the Growing Seed 26He also said, “This is what the kingdom of God is like. A man scatters seed on the ground.