Mark 4:3
Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:
Cross-reference
Mark 4:9 concludes the parable with a call to hear — emphasizing the need to truly listen to what was just said.
Mark 4:14 interprets the parable: the sower sows the word, making explicit the meaning of the seed imagery.
Mark 4:23 repeats the same exhortation 'he who has ears to hear' later in the discourse — reinforcing the urgency of hearing rightly.
Mark 4:26-29 offers another sowing parable about the kingdom's growth, extending the agricultural metaphor.
Mark 7:16 uses the exact same phrase 'if anyone has ears to hear, let him hear' — a signature exhortation of Jesus.
Mark 7:14 also begins with a call to 'hear and understand' — a similar appeal for attention before teaching about defilement.
Matthew 13:3 records the same parable, providing a parallel account with identical opening words.
Matthew 13:24 introduces a different sowing parable (wheat and tares), continuing the theme of seed and soil.
Luke 8:5 offers the Lukan parallel of the sower parable, recounting the same story with slight variations.
In 1 Corinthians 3:6-9, Paul applies the same sowing imagery to apostolic labor — the sower is God's servant, and the growth comes from God.
Revelation 2:7 uses the 'he who has ears, let him hear' refrain — a direct parallel to the parable's concluding call to listen.
Revelation 2:11 echoes the same call to hear ('He who has an ear') that concludes the parable, linking the exhortation to listen.
Revelation 2:29 repeats the call to hear the Spirit, matching the listening emphasis in the parable's context.