Mark 4:28

For the earth bears fruit readily: first the plant, then the ear, next the full grain in the ear.

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In The King James Version

For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.

In Context

27And he sleeps and he arises, night and day. And the seed germinates and grows, though he does not know it.

29And when the fruit has been produced, immediately he sends out the sickle, because the harvest has arrived.”

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Cross References

Genesis 1:11And he said, “Let the land spring forth green plants, both those producing seed, and fruit-bearing trees, producing fruit according to their kind, whose seed is within itself, over all the earth.” And so it became.

Genesis 2:9And from the soil the Lord God produced every tree that was beautiful to behold and pleasant to eat. And even the tree of life was in the midst of Paradise, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Psalms 1:3And he will be like a tree that has been planted beside running waters, which will provide its fruit in its time, and its leaf will not fall away, and all things whatsoever that he does will prosper.

Proverbs 4:18But the path of the just is like a shining light: it advances and increases, even to the day of completion.

Ecclesiastes 3:11He has made all things good in their time, and he has handed over the world to their disputes, so that man may not discover the work which God made from the beginning, even until the end.

Hosea 6:3He will revive us after two days; on the third day he will raise us up, and we will live in his sight. We will understand, and we will continue on, so that we may know the Lord. His landing place has been prepared like the first light of morning, and he will come to us like the early and the late rains of the land.

Matthew Henry on Mark 4:22-35

The Gradual Advance of the Gospel. 21 And he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick? 22 For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad. 23 If any man have ears to hear, let him hear. 24 And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given. 25 For he that hath, to him shall be… Read the whole commentary →

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