Mark 4:27
He sleeps at night and gets up by day, and the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how.
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In Context
26He also said, “The kingdom of God is like a man who sows his seed on the ground.
28The earth bears grain by itself: First the blade, then the ear, then the mature grain in the ear.
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 8:17then I considered all of God's deeds, and that man cannot understand the work that is done under the sun. No matter how much a man labors to find the answers, he will not find them. Even though a wise man might believe he knows, he really does not.
John 3:7Do not be amazed that I said to you, 'You must be born again.'
2 Thessalonians 1:3We should always give thanks to God for you, brothers. For this is appropriate, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love each of you has for one another increases.
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 →