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Mark 4:27
And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.
Mark 4:27 · King James Version
Mark 4:27 in other translations
Night and day he sleeps and wakes, and the seed sprouts and grows, though he knows not how.
and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should spring up and grow, though he doesn’t know how.
and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should spring up and grow, he does not know how.
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In context
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 given: and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath.
26 And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;
27 And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.
28 For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.
29 But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come.
30 And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it?
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