Mark 4:27
And should sleep, and rise, night and day, and the seed should spring, and grow up whilst he knoweth not.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
26And he said: So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the earth,
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 8:17And I understood that man can find no reason of all those works of God that are done under the sun: and the more he shall labour to seek, so much the less shall he find: yea, though the wise man shall say, that he knoweth it, he shall not be able to find it.
John 3:7Wonder not, that I said to thee, you must be born again.
2 Thessalonians 1:3We are bound to give thanks always to God for you, brethren, as it is fitting, because your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you towards each other, aboundeth:
Matthew Henry on Mark 4:22-35
The Gradual Advance of the Gospel. 21 And he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick? 22 For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad. 23 If any man have ears to hear, let him hear. 24 And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given. 25 For he that hath, to him shall be… Read the whole commentary →