Mark 4:27 - Compare All Versions
Mark 4:26-29 MSG (The Message)
Then Jesus said, “God’s kingdom is like seed thrown on a field by a man who then goes to bed and forgets about it. The seed sprouts and grows—he has no idea how it happens. The earth does it all without his help: first a green stem of grass, then a bud, then the ripened grain. When the grain is fully formed, he reaps—harvest time!
Mark 4:27 KJV (King James Version)
and should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.
Mark 4:27 NASB1995 (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
and he goes to bed at night and gets up by day, and the seed sprouts and grows—how, he himself does not know.
Mark 4:27 NCV (New Century Version)
Night and day, whether the person is asleep or awake, the seed still grows, but the person does not know how it grows.
Mark 4:27 ASV (American Standard Version)
and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should spring up and grow, he knoweth not how.
Mark 4:27 NIV (New International Version)
Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how.
Mark 4:27 NKJV (New King James Version)
and should sleep by night and rise by day, and the seed should sprout and grow, he himself does not know how.
Mark 4:27 AMP (Amplified Bible)
and he goes to bed at night and gets up every day, and [in the meantime] the seed sprouts and grows; how [it does this], he does not know.
Mark 4:27 NLT (New Living Translation)
Night and day, while he’s asleep or awake, the seed sprouts and grows, but he does not understand how it happens.
Mark 4:27 TPT (The Passion Translation)
He goes to bed and gets up, day after day, and the seed sprouts and grows tall, though he knows not how.
Mark 4:27 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)
He sleeps and rises night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows; he knows not how.