Mark 4:27 KJV — MannaFest

Mark 4:27

And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.

KJV

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ASV

and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should spring up and grow, he knoweth not how.

WEB

Night and day he sleeps and wakes, and the seed sprouts and grows, though he knows not how.

YLT

and may sleep, and may rise night and day, and the seed spring up and grow, he hath not known how;

DBT

and should sleep and rise up night and day, and the seed should sprout and grow, he does not know how.

About this book

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Mark — The Gospel of the servant in motion. The narrative hinges at Peter's confession (8:27). Before: the Servant revealed. After: the Servant suffers.

Author: John Mark, companion of Peter (Acts 12:12; 1 Pet 5:13)
Date: c. AD 50–65

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7 verses on the floor

Ecclesiastes 11:5
As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.
2 Thessalonians 1:3
We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth;
1 Corinthians 15:37–38
And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain:
Ecclesiastes 8:17
Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea further; though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.
John 9:10
Therefore said they unto him, How were thine eyes opened?

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Thus the word of grace, when it is received in faith, is in the heart a work of grace, and the preachers contribute nothing to it. The Spirit of God is carrying it on when they sleep, and can do no business ( Job xxxiii.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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G251822× in canon G357161× in canon G1453142× in canon G2250389× in canon

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

MRK 4:272PE 3:18 COL 1:10
MRK 4:272PE 3:18 EPH 4:15
MRK 4:27ECC 11:5 ROM 11:33
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
MRK 4:272PE 3:18 1PE 2:2
MRK 4:27ECC 11:5 ISA 40:28
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
MRK 4:27ECC 11:5 JHN 3:8
MRK 4:272PE 3:18 COL 3:10
MRK 4:272PE 3:18 PHP 3:8

The whole web at once: see the Arc.

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