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Mark 4:27

he spends days and nights, now awake, now asleep, while the seed sprouts and grows tall, he knows not how.

Weymouth NT (1912)

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

26Another saying of His was this: "The Kingdom of God is as if a man scattered seed over the ground:

28Of itself the land produces the crop-- first the blade, then the ear; afterwards the perfect grain is seen in the ear.

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Cross References

John 3:7Do not be astonished at my telling you, `You must all be born anew.'

2 Thessalonians 1:3Unceasing thanks are due from us to God on your behalf, brethren. They are appropriate because your faith is growing greatly, and the love of every one of you for all the others goes on 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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

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