Mark 4:27

KJV1611 – Modern English

and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he does not know how.

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  • Eccl 11:5 : 5 As you do not know the way of the spirit, nor how the bones grow in the womb of her who is with child, so you do not know the works of God who makes everything.
  • John 3:7-8 : 7 Do not marvel that I said to you, You must be born again. 8 The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes; so is everyone that is born of the Spirit.
  • 1 Cor 15:37-38 : 37 And what you sow, you do not sow that body that shall be, but mere grain—perhaps wheat or some other grain. 38 But God gives it a body as He pleases, and to each seed its own body.
  • 2 Thess 1:3 : 3 We are bound to thank God always for you, brothers, as it is fitting, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of every one of you all toward each other abounds;
  • 2 Pet 3:18 : 18 But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever. Amen.
  • Eccl 8:17 : 17 Then I saw all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun. Even though a man labors to seek it out, he shall not find it; moreover, though a wise man thinks to know it, he shall not be able to find it.

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  • Mark 4:26
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    26 And he said, The kingdom of God is as if a man should cast seed into the ground;

  • Mark 4:28-33
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    28 For the earth yields fruit by itself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.

    29 But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come.

    30 And he said, To what shall we liken the kingdom of God? Or with what comparison shall we compare it?

    31 It is like a grain of mustard seed which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds on the earth;

    32 but when it is sown, it grows up and becomes greater than all herbs, and shoots out large branches, so that the birds of the air may nest under its shade.

    33 And with many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it.

  • Eccl 11:4-6
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    4 He who observes the wind will not sow, and he who regards the clouds will not reap.

    5 As you do not know the way of the spirit, nor how the bones grow in the womb of her who is with child, so you do not know the works of God who makes everything.

    6 In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening do not withhold your hand, for you do not know which will prosper, either this or that, or whether both will be equally good.

  • Mark 4:13-14
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    13 And he said to them, Do you not know this parable? How then will you know all parables?

    14 The sower sows the word.

  • Matt 13:22-27
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    74%

    22 The seed falling among the thorns refers to someone who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, making it unfruitful.

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

    24 He put another parable before them: The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.

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

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

    27 The owner's servants came to him and said, Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Where then did the weeds come from?

  • Mark 4:3-8
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    3 Listen; behold, a sower went out to sow:

    4 And it happened, as he sowed, some fell by the wayside, and the birds of the air came and devoured it.

    5 And some fell on stony ground, where it did not have much earth; and immediately it sprang up because it had no depth of earth.

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

    7 And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.

    8 And other fell on good ground, and yielded fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, some sixty, and some a hundred.

  • 1 Cor 15:36-37
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    36 Foolish one, what you sow is not made alive unless it dies.

    37 And what you sow, you do not sow that body that shall be, but mere grain—perhaps wheat or some other grain.

  • Matt 13:31-32
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    72%

    31 He told them another parable: The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which 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 the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

  • Luke 8:5
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    5 A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the wayside; and it was trampled, and the birds of the air devoured it.

  • Luke 13:19-20
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    19 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his garden; and it grew and became a large tree, and the birds of the air lodged in its branches.

    20 And again he said, To what shall I liken the kingdom of God?

  • Matt 13:37
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    37 He answered, The one who sowed the good seed is the Son of Man.

  • Matt 13:3-5
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    3 And He told them many things in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went out to sow.

    4 And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them.

    5 Some fell on rocky places, where there was not much soil, and they immediately sprang up because the soil was shallow.

  • John 4:37
    70%

    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 open and break the clods of his ground?

  • Luke 8:7-9
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    7 And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it.

    8 And others fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bore fruit a hundredfold. When he had said these things, he cried, He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

    9 And his disciples asked him, saying, What does this parable mean?

  • 1 Cor 3:7
    69%

    7 So then neither is he that plants anything, neither he that waters; but God that gives the growth.

  • Luke 12:16
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    16 And he spoke a parable to them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully.

  • Isa 17:11
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    11 In the day you shall make your plant to grow, and in the morning you shall make your seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a heap in the day of grief and desperate sorrow.

  • Matt 13:18-19
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    18 Listen then to what the parable of the sower means.

    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 the weeds, you may uproot the wheat with them.

  • Matt 13:7
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    7 Some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them.

  • Luke 11:8
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    8 I say to you, Though he will not rise and give to him because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence he will rise and give him as many as he needs.

  • Matt 25:13
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    13 Watch therefore, for you do not know the day nor the hour when the Son of Man comes.