27 And [a]should sleep, and rise up night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he [b]not knowing how.

28 For the earth bringeth forth fruit [c]of itself, first the blade, then the ears, after that full corn in the ears.

29 And as soon as the fruit showeth itself, anon he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 4:27 That is, when he hath done sowing, should pass the time both day and night, nothing doubting, but that the seed would spring which groweth both day and night.
  2. Mark 4:27 It is the part of the ministers, to labor the ground with all diligence, and commend the success to God: for that mighty working whereby the seed cometh to blade and ear, is secret and only known by the fruit.
  3. Mark 4:28 By a certain power which moveth itself.

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