Mark 4:27

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He sleeps and rises—night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows—he doesn’t know how.

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  • Eccl 11:5 : 5 Just as you do not know the path of the wind or how bones are formed in a pregnant woman's womb, so you cannot understand the workings of God who makes everything.
  • John 3:7-8 : 7 Do not be amazed that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’ 8 The wind blows where it pleases, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.
  • 1 Cor 15:37-38 : 37 And what you sow, you do not sow the body that will be, but a bare seed—perhaps of wheat or something else. 38 But God gives it a body as He has determined, and to each kind of seed its own body.
  • 2 Thess 1:3 : 3 We always ought to give thanks to God for you, brothers and sisters, as is fitting, because your faith is growing abundantly, and the love of each one of you for one another is increasing.
  • 2 Pet 3:18 : 18 But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
  • Eccl 8:17 : 17 then I saw all the work of God, that no one can understand the work that is done under the sun. Despite all their efforts to search it out, no one can comprehend it. Even if the wise claim to know, they cannot truly understand it.

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  • Mark 4:26
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    26 He also said, "The kingdom of God is like this: A man scatters seed on the ground.

  • Mark 4:28-33
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    28 The soil produces a crop by itself—first the blade, then the head, and then the full grain on the head.

    29 As soon as the crop is ready, he sends for the sickle because the harvest has come.

    30 He also said, 'To what can we compare the kingdom of God? Or with what parable can we illustrate it?'

    31 It is like a mustard seed, which, when sown on the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth.

    32 But when it is sown, it grows up and becomes larger than all the garden plants, and puts out large branches, so that the birds of the sky can nest in its shade.

    33 With many such parables, he spoke the word to them, as much as they were able to understand.

  • Eccl 11:4-6
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    4 Whoever watches the wind will not sow, and whoever looks at the clouds will not reap.

    5 Just as you do not know the path of the wind or how bones are formed in a pregnant woman's womb, so you cannot understand the workings of God who makes everything.

    6 Sow your seed in the morning and do not withhold your hand in the evening, for you do not know which will prosper—whether this or that, or if both will equally thrive.

  • Mark 4:13-14
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    13 He said to them, "Don’t you understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables?

    14 The sower sows the word.

  • Matt 13:22-27
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    22 The seed sown among thorns is the one who hears the word, but the worries of this age and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, making it unfruitful.

    23 But the seed sown on good soil is the one who hears and understands the word. This person produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty, or thirty times what was sown.

    24 Jesus presented another parable to them: "The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.

    25 But while people were sleeping, his enemy came, sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away.

    26 When the wheat sprouted and formed heads, the weeds also appeared.

    27 The servants of the landowner came to him and said, 'Master, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Then where did the weeds come from?'

  • Mark 4:3-8
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    3 Listen! A sower went out to sow.

    4 As he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up.

    5 Other seed fell on rocky ground, where it didn’t have much soil. It sprang up quickly because the soil was shallow.

    6 But when the sun came up, it was scorched, and because it had no root, it withered away.

    7 Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, so it didn’t produce any grain.

    8 Still other seed fell on good soil. It grew, producing fruit that increased and yielded thirty, sixty, and a hundred times what was sown.

  • 1 Cor 15:36-37
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    36 Foolish one, what you sow does not come to life unless it dies.

    37 And what you sow, you do not sow the body that will be, but a bare seed—perhaps of wheat or something else.

  • Matt 13:31-32
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    31 He told them another parable: 'The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and planted in his field.'

    32 Though it is the smallest of all seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds come and perch in its branches.

  • Luke 8:11
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    11 Now this is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God.

  • Luke 8:5
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    5 A sower went out to sow his seed. As he was sowing, some fell along the path; it was stepped on, and the birds of the sky devoured it.

  • Luke 13:19-20
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    19 It is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the birds perched in its branches.'

    20 Again he asked, 'What shall I compare the kingdom of God to?

  • Matt 13:37
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    37 He replied, 'The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man.'

  • Matt 13:3-5
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    3 Then he spoke many things to them in parables, saying, "Listen! A sower went out to sow.

    4 As he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and ate them.

    5 Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where there was not much soil. They sprouted quickly because the soil was not deep.

  • John 4:37
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    37 For in this the saying is true: 'One sows, and another reaps.'

  • Isa 28:24
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    24 Does the plowman plow all day to sow? Does he continually break up and harrow his ground?

  • Luke 8:7-9
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    7 Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up with it and choked it.

    8 Still other seed fell on good soil, grew up, and produced a crop a hundred times what was sown. As He said this, He cried out, "Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear."

    9 Then His disciples asked Him, "What does this parable mean?"

  • 1 Cor 3:7
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    7 So then, neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth.

  • Luke 12:16
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    16 And He told them a parable, saying, "The land of a certain rich man produced a bountiful harvest.

  • Isa 17:11
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    11 Though on the day you plant them you make them grow, and in the morning you make your seed blossom, yet the harvest will be a heap on the day of grief and incurable pain.

  • Matt 13:18-19
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    18 So listen to the parable of the sower.

    19 When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in their heart. This is the seed sown along the path.

  • Matt 13:29
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    29 ‘No,’ he answered, ‘because while you are pulling up the weeds, you might uproot the wheat with them.

  • Matt 13:7
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    7 Other seeds fell among thorns, which grew up and choked them.

  • Luke 11:8
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    8 I tell you, even though he won’t get up and give him bread because he is his friend, yet because of the man’s persistence, he will surely get up and give him as much as he needs.

  • Matt 25:13
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    13 Therefore, watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.