Mark 4:28 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

The soil yields its crop, first the green sprout, then the ears of grain, and then the kernels in the ears.

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

The earth produces [acting] by itself–first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.

The earth beareth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.

The earth produces crops all by itself, first the stalk, then the head, then the full head of grain.

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

For the earth of itself bringeth forth fruit, first the blade, then the ear, afterwards the full corn in the ear.