Mark 4:28

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Mark 4:28

The soil produces a crop by itself—first the blade, then the head, and then the ripe grain on the head.

Mark 4:31-32

It’s like a mustard seed that, when sown in the soil, is smaller than all the seeds on the ground.

Genesis 1:11-12

Then God said, “Let the earth produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and fruit trees on the earth bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds.” And it was so.

Genesis 2:4-5

These are the records of the heavens and the earth, concerning their creation at the time that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens.

The Lord God caused to grow out of the ground every tree pleasing in appearance and good for food, including the tree of life in the middle of the garden, as well as the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Genesis 4:11-12

So now you are cursed, alienated, from the ground that opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood you have shed.

Psalm 1:3

He is like a tree planted beside streams of water
that bears its fruit in season
and whose leaf does not wither.
Whatever he does prospers.

Psalm 92:13-14

Planted in the house of the Lord,
they thrive in the courts of our God.

Proverbs 4:18

The path of the righteous is like the light of dawn,
shining brighter and brighter until midday.

Ecclesiastes 3:1

There is an occasion for everything,
and a time for every activity under heaven:

Ecclesiastes 3:11

He has made everything appropriate in its time. He has also put eternity in their hearts, but man cannot discover the work God has done from beginning to end.

Isaiah 61:11

For as the earth produces its growth,
and as a garden enables what is sown to spring up,
so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise
to spring up before all the nations.

Hosea 6:3

Let us strive to know the Lord.
His appearance is as sure as the dawn.
He will come to us like the rain,
like the spring showers that water the land.

Matthew 13:26

When the plants sprouted and produced grain, then the weeds also appeared.

Philippians 1:6

I am sure of this, that He who started a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.

Philippians 1:9-11

And I pray this: that your love will keep on growing in knowledge and every kind of discernment,

Colossians 1:10

so that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to Him, bearing fruit in every good work and growing in the knowledge of God.

1 Thessalonians 3:12-13

And may the Lord cause you to increase and overflow with love for one another and for everyone, just as we also do for you.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Mark 4:28

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

The earth

First

Blade

Matthew 13:26

General references

Matthew 13:26

1 Corinthians 15:38

Bible References

The earth

Then God said, “Let the earth produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and fruit trees on the earth bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds.” And it was so.

These are the records of the heavens and the earth, concerning their creation at the time that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens.

So now you are cursed, alienated, from the ground that opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood you have shed.

For as the earth produces its growth,
and as a garden enables what is sown to spring up,
so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise
to spring up before all the nations.

First

It’s like a mustard seed that, when sown in the soil, is smaller than all the seeds on the ground.

He is like a tree planted beside streams of water
that bears its fruit in season

and whose leaf does not wither.
Whatever he does prospers.

Planted in the house of the Lord,
they thrive in the courts of our God.

The path of the righteous is like the light of dawn,
shining brighter and brighter until midday.

There is an occasion for everything,
and a time for every activity under heaven:

Let us strive to know the Lord.
His appearance is as sure as the dawn.
He will come to us like the rain,
like the spring showers that water the land.

I am sure of this, that He who started a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.

so that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to Him, bearing fruit in every good work and growing in the knowledge of God.

And may the Lord cause you to increase and overflow with love for one another and for everyone, just as we also do for you.

Blade

When the plants sprouted and produced grain, then the weeds also appeared.

General references

When the plants sprouted and produced grain, then the weeds also appeared.

But God gives it a body as He wants, and to each of the seeds its own body.