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Mk 4:31b ... "smaller being (than) all of the seeds, the one upon the earth, ..."

The 3rd and 4th phrases have these 9 dialog words ... mikroteron on pantōn tōn spermatōn, tōn epi tēs gēs (smaller being than all of the seeds, the one upon the earth, ...).

The 9 dialog words are top down. There were smaller seeds in nature of course, but the mustard seed was the smallest used by men for sowing. The 3 words "epi tēs gēs" (on the earth) are tangent the surface of the earth, the small mustard seed, and visually to the four large seeds. The small and large seeds have dimensions equal to "the word" (443), and "fruit" (471, 1480). The four fruit (karpos 471) sized seeds are perfectly tangent to the bowl of the earth.

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