Mark 4:28 “All by itself the earth produces a crop—first the stalk, then the head…”

Mark 4:28

All by itself the earth produces a crop—first the stalk, then the head, then grain that ripens within.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

World English Bible

For the earth bears fruit by itself: first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

For the earth bringeth foorth fruite of it selfe, first the blade, then the eares, after that full corne in the eares.

Darby Translation

The earth bears fruit of itself, first [the] blade, then an ear, then full corn in the ear.

Young's Literal Translation

for of itself doth the earth bear fruit, first a blade, afterwards an ear, afterwards full corn in the ear;

Bible in Basic English

The earth gives fruit by herself; first the leaf, then the head, then the full grain.

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Cross references

“the earth”

Isaiah 61:11 Genesis 2:9 Genesis 1:11 Genesis 1:12 Genesis 2:4 Genesis 2:5

Isaiah 61:11 · BSB

For as the earth brings forth its growth, and as a garden enables seed to spring up, so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring up before all the nations.

Genesis 2:9 · BSB

Out of the ground the LORD God gave growth to every tree that is pleasing to the eye and good for food. And in the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Genesis 1:11 · BSB

Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth vegetation: seed-bearing plants and fruit trees, each bearing fruit with seed according to its kind.” And it was so.

Genesis 1:12 · BSB

The earth produced vegetation: seed-bearing plants according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.

Genesis 2:4 · BSB

This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made them.

Genesis 2:5 · BSB

Now no shrub of the field had yet appeared on the earth, nor had any plant of the field sprouted, for the LORD God had not yet sent rain upon the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground.

“first”

Philippians 1:9–11 Hosea 6:3 Philippians 1:6 Colossians 1:10 Ecclesiastes 3:1 Ecclesiastes 3:11

Philippians 1:9–11 · BSB

And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight,

Hosea 6:3 · BSB

So let us know— let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the earth.

Philippians 1:6 · BSB

being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.

Colossians 1:10 · BSB

so that you may walk in a manner worthy of the Lord and may please Him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,

Ecclesiastes 3:1 · BSB

To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:

Ecclesiastes 3:11 · BSB

He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men, yet they cannot fathom the work that God has done from beginning to end.

“blade”

Matthew 13:26

Matthew 13:26 · BSB

When the wheat sprouted and bore grain, then the weeds also appeared.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

27Night and day he sleeps and wakes, and the seed sprouts and grows, though he knows not how.

29And as soon as the grain is ripe, he swings the sickle, because the harvest has come. ”

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