25 For whoever has, more will be given to him, and whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.”

The Parable of the Seed that Grows by Itself

26 And he said, “The kingdom of God is like this: like a man scatters seed on the ground. 27 And he sleeps and gets up, night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows—he does not know how.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 4:27 Literally “in such a way as he does not know”

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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