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Today’s Reading: Mark 4.
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Mark introduces Jesus’ use of parables to teach. Jesus helps the disciples understand why he uses them. The parable of the growing seed only appears in Mark and describes how the Kingdom will grow as compared to how the Jews thought it might begin. Here is the only place where Jesus is recorded sleeping. Perhaps His power is truly appreciated for the first time here when the disciples ask “What manner of man is this ….?”

v1-25. Parable of the Sower. Matthew 13:1-23

v26-29 Parable of the Growing Seed.

v30-34. The Mustard Seed. Matthew 13:31-32

v35-41. The Tempest Stilled. Matthew 8:23-27, Luke 8:22-25

Review/Study Time
Below are some questions to provoke thought about your reading. Use the comments area to add your own thoughts or questions about today’s text.

1. What does Jesus tell us regarding our personal evangelism in the parable of the sower?
2. What does the Parable of the Growing Seed tell us about the Kingdom of God? How about the Mustard seed?
3. It is said that most of what we worry about never occurs. (v40) How often do you allow Jesus to ask how you could have no faith?

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