Mark 4:25-27
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
25 To the one who has, more will be given; from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.”(A)
Seed Grows of Itself. 26 He said, “This is how it is with the kingdom of God;[a] it is as if a man were to scatter seed(B) on the land 27 and would sleep and rise night and day and the seed would sprout and grow, he knows not how.
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- 4:26–29 Only Mark records the parable of the seed’s growth. Sower and harvester are the same. The emphasis is on the power of the seed to grow of itself without human intervention (Mk 4:27). Mysteriously it produces blade and ear and full grain (Mk 4:28). Thus the kingdom of God initiated by Jesus in proclaiming the word develops quietly yet powerfully until it is fully established by him at the final judgment (Mk 4:29); cf. Rev 14:15.
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