Mark 4:27

and should sleep and rise, by night and by day, and the seed should grow an shoot up, he knoweth not how.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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 if a man should cast seed into the ground,

28For the earth bringeth forth the fruit; first the plant, and subsequently the ear, and at last the complete wheat in the ear.

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Cross References

John 3:7Be not surprised that I said to thee, Ye must be born anew.

2 Thessalonians 1:3We are bound to give thanks to God always, on your account, my brethren, as it is proper; because your faith groweth exceedingly, and, in you all, the love of each for his fellow increaseth.

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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