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@@ -8,7 +8,15 @@ Jesus likens the kingdom of God to a farmer who sows his seed. AT: "like a farme
 
 # He sleeps at night and gets up by day
 
-"He rises in the morning and sleeps at night"
+This is something that the man habitually does. AT: "He sleeps each night and gets up each day" or "He sleeps each night and gets up the next day" 
+
+# gets up by day
+
+"is up during the day" or "is active during the day"
+
+# though he does not know how
+
+"though the man does not know how the seed sprouts and grows" 
 
 # the blade