Mark 4:27

Good News Translation

He sleeps at night, is up and about during the day, and all the while the seeds are sprouting and growing. Yet he does not know how it happens.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 11:5

God made everything, and you can no more understand what he does than you understand how new life begins in the womb of a pregnant woman.

Ecclesiastes 8:17

and never be able to understand what God is doing. However hard you try, you will never find out. The wise may claim to know, but they don't.

Mark 4:26

Jesus went on to say, “The Kingdom of God is like this. A man scatters seed in his field.

Mark 4:28

The soil itself makes the plants grow and bear fruit; first the tender stalk appears, then the head, and finally the head full of grain.

2 Thessalonians 1:3

Our friends, we must thank God at all times for you. It is right for us to do so, because your faith is growing so much and the love each of you has for the others is becoming greater.

2 Peter 3:18

But continue to grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory, now and forever! Amen.