Mark 4:26-29
New American Standard Bible
Parable of the Seed
26 And He was saying, “The kingdom of God is like a man who casts seed upon the soil; 27 and he goes to bed at night and gets up daily, and the seed sprouts and grows—how, he himself does not know. 28 The soil produces crops by itself; first the stalk, then the head, then the mature grain in the head. 29 Now when the crop permits, he immediately [a](A)puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come.”
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- Mark 4:29 Lit sends forth
Mark 4:26-29
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
The Kingdom of God Is Like Seed That Grows From Within Itself To Maturity
26 And He was saying, “The kingdom of God is like this: as-if a person would throw the seed upon the soil, 27 and would be sleeping and arising night and day, and the seed would be budding and growing-long— how, he does not[a] know. 28 The soil bears-fruit by-itself [b]— first grass, then a head, then a full grain in the head. 29 And whenever the fruit permits[c], immediately he[d] sends-forth the sickle because the harvest has come[e]”.
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- Mark 4:27 The seed has life in it, and grows without the assistance or understanding of the sower. The sower sows. God causes the growth in ways the sower does not understand. Then the person harvests the fruit.
- Mark 4:28 Or, on-its-own.
- Mark 4:29 Lit, hands-itself-over. That is, when it has ripened itself.
- Mark 4:29 That is, the person who sowed the seed.
- Mark 4:29 Or, is here.
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