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27 And then continues sleeping and rising night and day while the seed sprouts and grows and [a]increases—he knows not how.

28 The earth produces [acting] by itself—first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.

29 But when the grain is ripe and permits, immediately he [b]sends forth [the reapers] and puts in the sickle, because the harvest stands ready.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 4:27 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
  2. Mark 4:29 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.

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