Parable of the self-growing seed

Presentation of the parable along with the preceding parable of the light under a bushel

The parable of the growth of the seed told by Jesus of Nazareth is about the fact that the seed sown by the farmer grows and bears fruit without his further intervention. The parable is only handed down in the Gospel according to Mark ( Mk 4,26–29  EU ) and thus belongs (as the only parable) to the Markinian special property .

text

The parable in the Luther translation (revised version from 2017):

“And he said, With the kingdom of God it is as if a man throws seeds on the land and sleeps and gets up night and day; and the seed sprouts and grows - it doesn't know how. The earth brings fruit by itself, first the stalk, then the ear, then the full wheat in the ear. But when the fruit is ripe, he immediately sends the sickle there; because the harvest is here. "

- Mark 4, 26-29  Lu

interpretation

The parable underlines that the kingdom of God cannot be built by revolutionaries themselves, nor can it be forced or found by strictly following the law. Only faith that counts on God's unstoppable work and patiently waits for the time of harvest will find the kingdom of God.

Web links

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Individual evidence

1. ↑ Stuttgart Explanatory Bible. 2nd edition, German Bible Society , Stuttgart 1992, p. 1230