Pentecost Season · Proper 6 · Year B
Mark 4:26-34
Parables of the Growing Seed and the Mustard Seed
June 13, 2027
Overview & Insights
“It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when sown on the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth.” (Mark 4:31)
Two seed parables describe the kingdom of God: seed that grows secretly by itself while the farmer sleeps, and a tiny mustard seed that becomes a large shrub where birds nest. Both stress that the kingdom grows by God's own power.
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Mark 4:26-34 Working Preacher
A Luther Seminary commentary on the growing seed and the mustard seed that hears the kingdom growing quietly by God's own power.
Mark 4:26-34 Center for Excellence in Preaching
A Reformed preaching commentary on the two seed parables and the mystery of kingdom growth.
Seeds SALT Project
An ecumenical commentary that reads the mustard seed as a subversive weed upending expectations of the kingdom.
Mark 4 Enduring Word · David Guzik
A verse by verse evangelical commentary on the parables of the growing seed and the mustard seed.
Mark 4 Commentary Precept Austin
Word studies and cross references working verse by verse through Mark 4.
Mark 4:26 BibleHub
Parallel classic commentaries assembled for each verse of the seed parables.
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