Mark 4:27

and should sleep by night and rise by day, and the seed should sprout and should grow, he himself does not know how.

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.

In Context

26And He said, “Thus is the kingdom of God as if a man should cast seed on the ground,

28For the earth produces crops by itself: first a shoot, then a head of grain, then full wheat in the head of grain.

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Cross References

John 3:7Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born + 3:7 Anothen, Gk. Can also mean from above.again.’

2 Thessalonians 1:3We are obligated to give thanks to God always for you, brothers, and rightfully so, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of every one of you all increases towards one another,

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 →

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