Mark 4:28

Modern English Version

For the earth bears fruit by itself: first the blade, then the head, then the full seed in the head.

Cross References

Genesis 2:9

Out of the ground the Lord God made to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, along with the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

Psalm 1:3

He will be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season; its leaf will not wither, and whatever he does will prosper.

Proverbs 4:18

But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, which shines brighter and brighter until the full daytime.

Ecclesiastes 3:1

There is a specific time for everything, and an appropriate time for every matter under heaven:

Ecclesiastes 3:11

He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also put obscurity in their hearts so that people do not come to know the work that God has done from the beginning to the end.

Isaiah 61:11

For as the earth brings forth her buds, and as the garden causes 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

Let us know, let us press on to know the Lord. His appearance is as sure as the dawn. He will come to us like the rain; like the spring rains He will water the earth.

Matthew 13:26

But when the shoots had sprung up and produced fruit, the weeds also appeared.

Mark 4:27

He sleeps and rises night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows; he does not know how.

Mark 4:29

But when the grain is ripe, immediately he applies the sickle, because the harvest has come.”

Philippians 1:6

I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.

Colossians 1:10

that you may walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, pleasing to all, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God,