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Mark 4:23–26

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If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given.
For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath.
¶ And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;
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From verse 23

  1. Mark 4:9Rank 1 from verse 23
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    9And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

  2. Matthew 11:15Rank 2 from verse 23
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    15He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

  3. Revelation 2:29Rank 3 from verse 23
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    29He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.

  4. Revelation 2:11Rank 4 from verse 23
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    11He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.

  5. Revelation 2:17Rank 5 from verse 23
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    17He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.

  6. Revelation 2:7Rank 6 from verse 23
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    7He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.

From verse 24

  1. Hebrews 2:1Rank 1 from verse 24
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    1THEREFORE we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.

  2. Luke 8:18Rank 2 from verse 24
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    18Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have.

  3. Matthew 7:2Rank 3 from verse 24
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    2For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.

  4. 2 Corinthians 9:6Rank 4 from verse 24
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    6But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.

  5. Acts 17:11Rank 5 from verse 24
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    11These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.

  6. John 10:27Rank 6 from verse 24
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    27My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:

  7. Proverbs 19:27Rank 7 from verse 24
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    27Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.

  8. Luke 6:37–38Rank 8 from verse 24
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    37Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:

    38Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.

  9. Isaiah 55:3Rank 9 from verse 24
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    3Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.

  10. John 5:25Rank 10 from verse 24
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    25Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.

  11. Mark 9:7Rank 11 from verse 24
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    7And there was a cloud that overshadowed them: and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.

  12. 2 Peter 2:1–3Rank 12 from verse 24
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    1BUT there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.

    2And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.

    3And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.

  13. John 10:16Rank 13 from verse 24
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    16And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.

  14. 1 John 4:1Rank 14 from verse 24
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    1BELOVED, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

  15. 1 Peter 2:2Rank 15 from verse 24
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    2As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:

From verse 25

  1. Matthew 13:12Rank 1 from verse 25
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    12For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.

  2. Luke 8:18Rank 2 from verse 25
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    18Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have.

  3. Matthew 25:28–29Rank 3 from verse 25
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    28Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents.

    29For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.

  4. John 15:2Rank 4 from verse 25
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    2Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.

  5. Luke 16:9–12Rank 5 from verse 25
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    9And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.

    10He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.

    11If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?

    12And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man’s, who shall give you that which is your own?

  6. Luke 19:24–26Rank 6 from verse 25
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    24And he said unto them that stood by, Take from him the pound, and give it to him that hath ten pounds.

    25(And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds.)

    26For I say unto you, That unto every one which hath shall be given; and from him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away from him.

From verse 26

  1. Matthew 13:24Rank 1 from verse 26
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    24¶ Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:

  2. 1 Corinthians 3:6–9Rank 2 from verse 26
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    6I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.

    7So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.

    8Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.

    9For we are labourers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building.

  3. 1 Peter 1:23–25Rank 3 from verse 26
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    23Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.

    24For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:

    25But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.

  4. Luke 8:11Rank 4 from verse 26
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    11Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

  5. Isaiah 32:20Rank 5 from verse 26
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    20Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth thither the feet of the ox and the ass.

  6. James 3:18Rank 6 from verse 26
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    18And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.

  7. Luke 8:5Rank 7 from verse 26
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    5A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it.

  8. Ecclesiastes 11:4Rank 8 from verse 26
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    4He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.

  9. Ecclesiastes 11:6Rank 9 from verse 26
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    6In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.

  10. Isaiah 28:24–26Rank 10 from verse 26
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    24Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break the clods of his ground?

    25When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal wheat and the appointed barley and the rie in their place?

    26For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach him.

  11. John 12:24Rank 11 from verse 26
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    24Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.

  12. John 4:36–38Rank 12 from verse 26
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    36And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.

    37And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.

    38I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.

  13. Mark 4:14–20Rank 13 from verse 26
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    14¶ The sower soweth the word.

    15And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts.

    16And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness;

    17And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word’s sake, immediately they are offended.

    18And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word,

    19And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.

    20And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred.

  14. Mark 4:3–4Rank 14 from verse 26
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    3Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:

    4And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up.

  15. Proverbs 11:18Rank 15 from verse 26
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    18The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.

  16. Luke 13:18Rank 16 from verse 26
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    18¶ Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it?

  17. Matthew 13:11Rank 17 from verse 26
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    11He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.

  18. Matthew 13:3Rank 18 from verse 26
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    3And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;

  19. Matthew 13:31Rank 19 from verse 26
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    31¶ Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:

  20. Matthew 13:33Rank 20 from verse 26
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    33¶ Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.

  21. Matthew 3:2Rank 21 from verse 26
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    2And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

  22. Matthew 4:17Rank 22 from verse 26
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    17¶ From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

WORDS IN THIS PASSAGE

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DEFINED WORDS

Mark 4:23

COMBINED MEANING

man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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ears

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Plural form of ear. Sense 1: The organ of hearing. Sense 2: The seed-bearing head of grain.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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hear

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Sense 1: To perceive sound or spoken words. Sense 2: To receive or learn by report. Sense 3: To listen to, regard, or heed. Sense 4: To attend favourably to a request.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

let

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Sense 1: To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain. Sense 2: To lower or send down.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Mark 4:24

COMBINED MEANING

take

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To receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

heed

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Careful attention, notice, or regard; to watch, consider, listen to, or guard oneself.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

hear

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Sense 1: To perceive sound or spoken words. Sense 2: To receive or learn by report. Sense 3: To listen to, regard, or heed. Sense 4: To attend favourably to a request.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

measure

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Sense 1: A standard or instrument for determining amount or size; an amount so determined. Sense 2: To determine, allot, or proportion.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

measured

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of measure, meaning to determine, allot, or proportion.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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you

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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

DEFINED WORDS

Mark 4:25

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

taken

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1. Received, accepted, or chosen. 2. Seized or captured. 3. Carried or laid hold of.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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even

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1. Used to emphasize, include, or precisely identify what is meant: indeed, precisely, or namely. 2. Used to mark a boundary, endpoint, or full reach in place, time, or degree: up to, as far as, or through. 3. In ‘even as,’ ‘even so,’ and like constructions, just as, exactly so, or in the same manner. 4. The evening, or close of day. 5. Equal, level, identical, balanced, or uniform.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Mark 4:26

COMBINED MEANING

kingdom

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The rule, royal authority, government, realm, territory, subjects, or dominion of a king.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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should

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A verb expressing duty, propriety, expectation, intention, purpose, condition, appointed outcome, or a future event viewed from another time or statement.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

cast

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1. To throw, send, put, lay, or direct a person or thing into, upon, around, toward, or away from a place, or into a stated condition. 2. To put away, reject, expel, remove, overthrow, or bring down. 3. To put forth or use a lot for choosing, dividing, or assigning. 4. To form an object by pouring molten material into a mould. 5. To shed, drop, or bring forth young, fruit, leaves, or flowers. 6. To raise, form, or prepare a bank, mount, trench, or way. 7. In "cast ... in his teeth," to reproach or charge something against him. 8. As a noun, the distance something may be thrown.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

seed

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Sense 1: The reproductive substance of a plant or creature, especially what is sown to produce after its kind. Sense 2: Offspring, descendants, or lineage. Sense 3: A beginning, source, or thing sown that produces a result.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

ground

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Sense 1: The soil, earth, land, floor, or supporting surface. Sense 2: Figuratively, a basis, support, or foundation. Sense 3: Crushed or reduced to small particles by grinding.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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4:21¶ And he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick?

4:22For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad.

4:23If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.

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4:24And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given.

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4:25For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath.

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4:26¶ And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;

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4:27And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.

4:28For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.

4:29But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come.

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