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Mk 4:7c ... "and fruit not it-gives (the seed)."

The 4th phrase has these 4 dialog words ... kai karpon ouk edōken ("and fruit not it-gives").

The 4 dialog words are counter-clockwise starting top left. These 4 Greek words contain two signs, the subject pronoun "it" (the seed) and the direct object "not fruit." The subject and predicate are "edōken" (it gives). The third phrase says "it (the seed) does not give fruit." The seed is 443 units around, the gematria value of "ho logos" (the word), held in its pointy shell. The "fruit" is 471 units across, the gematria value of "karpos" (fruit). Therefore, when Jesus sows "seeds" he is sowing "the word." The diagram shows the two words "fruit" and "not" are tangent to the triangle holding the empty fruit circle. Although the shell of the seed is tangent to the empty fruit circle, the seed itself does not give "fruit." The imagery of the diagram agrees with the imagery of the verse. The diagram is now in position for the next batch of seeds to fall.

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