Contradictions and Paradoxes in Mark 4:20

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Mark 4:20 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Mark 4:20. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Mark, this means that when people hear and understand God's message, they can do good things and help others in many different ways, like a plant growing lots of fruit. Some people might be able to do a little good and some might do a lot, just like how some plants grow more fruit than others.

Mark 4:20: And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive [it], and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred.

Contradiction with Matthew 22:14

Unlike Mark 4:20 which implies that everyone hearing the Word can be fruitful, Matthew 22:14 suggests that only a few who are called are chosen.

Matthew 22:14: Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in [his] talk.

Contradiction with Romans 3:10-12

While Mark 4:20 speaks of people bearing good fruit, Romans 3:10-12 indicates that no one does good and all have turned away.

Romans 3:10-12: As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:

Contradiction with Jeremiah 17:9

Mark 4:20 describes fertile hearts producing grain, but Jeremiah 17:9 suggests the heart is deceitful and wicked, contradicting its ability to bear good fruit.

Jeremiah 17:9: The heart [is] deceitful above all [things], and desperately wicked: who can know it?

Contradiction with Hebrews 6:4-6

Whereas Mark 4:20 shows progression towards fruitfulness, Hebrews 6:4-6 warns that it’s impossible to bring back to repentance those who have fallen away after receiving the Word.

Hebrews 6:4-6: For [it is] impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,

Contradiction with John 15:5

Mark 4:20 depicts individuals yielding fruit on their own, while John 15:5 states that apart from abiding in Christ, one can do nothing.

John 15:5: I am the vine, ye [are] the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. [without me: or, severed from me]
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