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Mark 4:27
and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should spring up and grow, he does not know how.
Mark 4:27 · New Heart English Bible
Mark 4:27 in other translations
And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.
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.
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In context
24 And he said to them, "Take heed what you hear. With whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you, and more will be given to you.
25 For whoever has, more will be given, and he who does not have, even that which he has will be taken away from him."
26 And he said, "The Kingdom of God is as if a man should cast seed on the earth,
27 and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should spring up and grow, he does not know how.
28 For the earth bears fruit: first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.
29 But when the fruit is ripe, immediately he puts forth the sickle, because the harvest has come."
30 And he said, "To what will we liken the Kingdom of God? Or with what parable will we use for it?
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