25 (A)For unto him that hath, shall it be given, and from him that hath not, shall be taken away even that he hath.

26 [a]Also he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed in the ground.

27 And [b]should sleep, and rise up night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he [c]not knowing how.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 4:26 The Lord soweth and reapeth after a manner unknown to men.
  2. Mark 4:27 That is, when he hath done sowing, should pass the time both day and night, nothing doubting, but that the seed would spring which groweth both day and night.
  3. Mark 4:27 It is the part of the ministers, to labor the ground with all diligence, and commend the success to God: for that mighty working whereby the seed cometh to blade and ear, is secret and only known by the fruit.

25 Whoever has will be given more; whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them.”(A)

The Parable of the Growing Seed

26 He also said, “This is what the kingdom of God is like.(B) A man scatters seed on the ground. 27 Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how.

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