Mark 4:27

and then sleeps by night and rises by day, while the seed is shooting up and growing – he knows not how.

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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

26Jesus also said, “This is what the kingdom of God is like – like a man who has scattered seed on the ground,

28The ground bears the crop of itself – first the blade, then the ear, and then the full grain in the ear;

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Cross References

John 3:7Do not wonder at my telling you that you all need to be reborn.

2 Thessalonians 1:3Friends, it is our duty always to thank God about you, as is but right, considering the wonderful growth of your faith, and because, without exception, your love for one another is continually increasing.

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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