Mark 4:27

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

and may sleep, and may rise night and day, and the seed spring up and grow, he hath not known how;

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  • Eccl 11:5 : 5 As thou knowest not what `is' the way of the spirit, How -- bones in the womb of the full one, So thou knowest not the work of God who maketh the whole.
  • John 3:7-8 : 7 `Thou mayest not wonder that I said to thee, It behoveth you to be born from above; 8 the Spirit where he willeth doth blow, and his voice thou dost hear, but thou hast not known whence he cometh, and whither he goeth; thus is every one who hath been born of the Spirit.'
  • 1 Cor 15:37-38 : 37 and that which thou dost sow, not the body that shall be dost thou sow, but bare grain, it may be of wheat, or of some one of the others, 38 and God doth give to it a body according as He willed, and to each of the seeds its proper body.
  • 2 Thess 1:3 : 3 We ought to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because increase greatly doth your faith, and abound doth the love of each one of you all, to one another;
  • 2 Pet 3:18 : 18 and increase ye in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ; to him `is' the glory both now, and to the day of the age! Amen.
  • Eccl 8:17 : 17 then I considered all the work of God, that man is not able to find out the work that hath been done under the sun, because though man labour to seek, yet he doth not find; and even though the wise man speak of knowing he is not able to find.

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  • Mark 4:26
    87%

    26And he said, `Thus is the reign of God: as if a man may cast the seed on the earth,

  • Mark 4:28-33
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    83%

    28for of itself doth the earth bear fruit, first a blade, afterwards an ear, afterwards full corn in the ear;

    29and whenever the fruit may yield itself, immediately he doth send forth the sickle, because the harvest hath come.'

    30And he said, `To what may we liken the reign of God, or in what simile may we compare it?

    31As a grain of mustard, which, whenever it may be sown on the earth, is less than any of the seeds that are on the earth;

    32and whenever it may be sown, it cometh up, and doth become greater than any of the herbs, and doth make great branches, so that under its shade the fowls of the heaven are able to rest.'

    33And with many such similes he was speaking to them the word, as they were able to hear,

  • Eccl 11:4-6
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    76%

    4Whoso is observing the wind soweth not, And whoso is looking on the thick clouds reapeth not.

    5As thou knowest not what `is' the way of the spirit, How -- bones in the womb of the full one, So thou knowest not the work of God who maketh the whole.

    6In the morning sow thy seed, And at even withdraw not thy hand, For thou knowest not which is right, this or that, Or whether both of them alike `are' good.

  • Mark 4:13-14
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    13And he saith to them, `Have ye not known this simile? and how shall ye know all the similes?

    14He who is sowing doth sow the word;

  • Matt 13:22-27
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    22`And that sown toward the thorns, this is he who is hearing the word, and the anxiety of this age, and the deceitfulness of the riches, do choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.

    23`And that sown on the good ground: this is he who is hearing the word, and is understanding, who indeed doth bear fruit, and doth make, some indeed a hundredfold, and some sixty, and some thirty.'

    24Another simile he set before them, saying: `The reign of the heavens was likened to a man sowing good seed in his field,

    25and, while men are sleeping, his enemy came and sowed darnel in the midst of the wheat, and went away,

    26and when the herb sprang up, and yielded fruit, then appeared also the darnel.

    27`And the servants of the householder, having come near, said to him, Sir, good seed didst thou not sow in thy field? whence then hath it the darnel?

  • Mark 4:3-8
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    73%

    3`Hearken, lo, the sower went forth to sow;

    4and it came to pass, in the sowing, some fell by the way, and the fowls of the heaven did come and devour it;

    5and other fell upon the rocky ground, where it had not much earth, and immediately it sprang forth, because of not having depth of earth,

    6and the sun having risen, it was scorched, and because of not having root it did wither;

    7and other fell toward the thorns, and the thorns did come up, and choke it, and fruit it gave not;

    8and other fell to the good ground, and was giving fruit, coming up and increasing, and it bare, one thirty-fold, and one sixty, and one an hundred.'

  • 1 Cor 15:36-37
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    73%

    36unwise! thou -- what thou dost sow is not quickened except it may die;

    37and that which thou dost sow, not the body that shall be dost thou sow, but bare grain, it may be of wheat, or of some one of the others,

  • Matt 13:31-32
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    31Another simile he set before them, saying: `The reign of the heavens is like to a grain of mustard, which a man having taken, did sow in his field,

    32which less, indeed, is than all the seeds, but when it may be grown, is greatest of the herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the heaven do come and rest in its branches.'

  • Luke 8:11
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    11`And this is the simile: The seed is the word of God,

  • Luke 8:5
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    5`The sower went forth to sow his seed, and in his sowing some indeed fell beside the way, and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the heaven did devour it.

  • Luke 13:19-20
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    71%

    19It is like to a grain of mustard, which a man having taken, did cast into his garden, and it increased, and came to a great tree, and the fowls of the heavens did rest in its branches.'

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

  • Matt 13:37
    71%

    37And he answering said to them, `He who is sowing the good seed is the Son of Man,

  • Matt 13:3-5
    3 verses
    70%

    3and he spake to them many things in similes, saying: `Lo, the sower went forth to sow,

    4and in his sowing, some indeed fell by the way, and the fowls did come and devour them,

    5and others fell upon the rocky places, where they had not much earth, and immediately they sprang forth, through not having depth of earth,

  • John 4:37
    70%

    37for in this the saying is the true one, that one is the sower and another the reaper.

  • Isa 28:24
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    24The whole day plougheth the ploughman to sow? He openeth and harroweth his ground!

  • Luke 8:7-9
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    7`And other fell amidst the thorns, and the thorns having sprung up with it, did choke it.

    8`And other fell upon the good ground, and having sprung up, it made fruit an hundred fold.' These things saying, he was calling, `He having ears to hear -- let him hear.'

    9And his disciples were questioning him, saying, `What may this simile be?'

  • 1 Cor 3:7
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    7so that neither is he who is planting anything, nor he who is watering, but He who is giving growth -- God;

  • Luke 12:16
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    16And he spake a simile unto them, saying, `Of a certain rich man the field brought forth well;

  • Isa 17:11
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    11In the day thy plant thou causest to become great, And in the morning thy seed makest to flourish, A heap `is' the harvest in a day of overflowing, And of mortal pain.

  • Matt 13:18-19
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    18`Ye, therefore, hear ye the simile of the sower:

    19Every one hearing the word of the reign, and not understanding -- the evil one doth come, and doth catch that which hath been sown in his heart; this is that sown by the way.

  • Matt 13:29
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    29`And he said, No, lest -- gathering up the darnel -- ye root up with it the wheat,

  • Matt 13:7
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    7and others fell upon the thorns, and the thorns did come up and choke them,

  • Luke 11:8
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    8`I say to you, even if he will not give to him, having risen, because of his being his friend, yet because of his importunity, having risen, he will give him as many as he doth need;

  • Matt 25:13
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    13`Watch therefore, for ye have not known the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man doth come.