Mark 4:27

and shall sleep, and rise up by night and day, and the seed shall increase, and become long, while he knoweth not,

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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, So is the kingdom of God, as a man who shall cast seed into the earth;

28For the earth yieldeth him fruit; and first is there the plant, and after it the ear, but lastly the completed corn in the ear.

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Cross References

John 3:7Wonder not that I have said to thee, that it behoves you to be born anew.

2 Thessalonians 1:3To give thanks we owe to Aloha at all time on behalf of you, my brethren, as it is proper; because your faith greatly increaseth, and the love of you all, of every man toward his neighbour, enlargeth;

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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