Mark 4:27

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The farmer sleeps at night and is up and around during the day. Yet the seeds keep sprouting and growing, and he doesn't understand how.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 11:5

No one can explain how a baby breathes before it is born. So how can anyone explain what God does? After all, he created everything.

Ecclesiastes 8:17

I saw everything God does, and I realized that no one can really understand what happens. We may be very wise, but no matter how much we try or how much we claim to know, we cannot understand it all.

Mark 4:26

Again Jesus said: God's kingdom is like what happens when a farmer scatters seed in a field.

Mark 4:28

It is the ground that makes the seeds sprout and grow into plants that produce grain.

2 Thessalonians 1:3

My dear friends, we always have good reason to thank God for you, because your faith in God and your love for each other keep growing all the time.

2 Peter 3:18

Let the wonderful kindness and the understanding that come from our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ help you to keep on growing. Praise Jesus now and for ever! Amen.