Mark 4:28
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“All by itself the earth produces a crop—first the stalk, then the head, then grain that ripens within.”
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“All by itself the earth produces a crop—first the stalk, then the head, then grain that ripens within.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.”
King James Version · Public Domain“The earth beareth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“for of itself doth the earth bear fruit, first a blade, afterwards an ear, afterwards full corn in the ear;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Mark 4:28 — 17 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 1:11Then 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 2:4This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made them.
- Genesis 2:9Out 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 4:11Now you are cursed and banished from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.
- Psalms 1:3He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does.
- Psalms 92:13Planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God.
- Proverbs 4:18The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.
- Ecclesiastes 3:1To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:
- Ecclesiastes 3:11He 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.
- Isaiah 61:11For 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.
- Hosea 6:3So 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.
- Matthew 13:26When the wheat sprouted and bore grain, then the weeds also appeared.
- Mark 4:31It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest of all seeds sown upon the earth.
- Philippians 1:6being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
- Philippians 1:9And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight,
- Colossians 1:10so 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,
- 1 Thessalonians 3:12And may the Lord cause you to increase and overflow with love for one another and for everyone else, just as our love for you overflows,
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