King James Version (KJV)

Mark 4:26

“And he said, ‹So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;›”

Verse in context — Mark 4

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;›

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

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

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