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Mark 4:21-34
Key Verse 4:26-27 “He also said, ‘This is what the kingdom of God is like. A man scatters seed on the ground. Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how.”
- Why do people put a lamp on its stand and not under a bowl or a bed? (21-22) In light of this, how should we live? (Matthew 5:14-16)
- What does it mean to “consider carefully what you hear”? (23-24, 9) What kind of attitude is needed to hear and understand God’s word? (24-25)
- How is the kingdom of God like a growing seed? (26) What does this parable teach us about God always being at work? (27-28; cf. John 5:17) How can we participate in God’s work? (26b,29)
- What does the parable of the mustard seed teach about the kingdom of God? (30-32) How does the tiny mustard seed become a blessing to the garden and the birds?
- What special privilege did Jesus’ disciples have and why? (34,11) How can we have the same privilege? (9,23)