Passage

Seed cast on the ground

Source and translation

World English Bible, Protestant Edition · Public domain · en

²⁶He said, “God’s Kingdom is as if a man should cast seed on the earth,

Mark 4:26World English Bible, Protestant Edition

The scene

Jesus begins a comparison of God’s Kingdom with a man scattering seed on the ground.

The man then sleeps and rises through night and day while the seed sprouts and grows. The account says he does not know how that growth happens.

What does the man do in the comparison, and what grows without his explanation?