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Mark 4:28

World English Bible

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

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Mark 4:28 in other translations

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

Mark 4:28 · American Standard Version

Mark 4:28 in context

  1. 26He said, “God’s Kingdom is as if a man should cast seed on the earth,
  2. 27and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should spring up and grow, though he doesn’t know how.
  3. 28For the earth bears fruit: first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.
  4. 29But when the fruit is ripe, immediately he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come.”
  5. 30He said, “How will we liken God’s Kingdom? Or with what parable will we illustrate it?