Spontaneous Growth Parable

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An exploration of a parable unique to the Gospel of Mark.

Mark 4:26-29

(Huck 95; Aland 126; Crook 148)[1]

Updated: 9 November 2022

Table of Contents

1. Text

2. Conjectured Stages of Transmission

3. Comment

4. Conclusion

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