Mark 4:28 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

²⁸ The earth beareth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, then the full corn in the ear.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁸ For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁸ The earth produces [acting] by itself–first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁸ The earth beareth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.

Common English Bible

²⁸ The earth produces crops all by itself, first the stalk, then the head, then the full head of grain.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁸ For the earth bears fruit readily: first the plant, then the ear, next the full grain in the ear.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁸ For the earth of itself bringeth forth fruit, first the blade, then the ear, afterwards the full corn in the ear.

Mark 4:28 Cross References

Genesis 2:9

And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Psalm 1:3

And he shall be like a tree planted by the streams of water, That bringeth forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also doth not wither; And whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

Proverbs 4:18

But the path of the righteous is as the shining light, That shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

Ecclesiastes 3:1

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

Ecclesiastes 3:11

He hath made every thing beautiful in its time: also he hath set the world in their heart, yet so that man cannot find out the work that God hath done from the beginning even to the end.

Isaiah 61:11

For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.

Hosea 6:3

And let us know, let us follow on to know the LORD; his going forth is sure as the morning: and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain that watereth the earth.

Matthew 13:26

But when the blade sprang up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.

Mark 4:27

and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should spring up and grow, he knoweth not how.

Mark 4:29

But when the fruit is ripe, straightway he putteth forth the sickle, because the harvest is come.

Philippians 1:6

being confident of this very thing, that he which began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Jesus Christ:

Colossians 1:10

to walk worthily of the Lord unto all pleasing, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;