Mark 4:28

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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

And God said, Let the earth bring forth vegetation, the plants yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after its kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.

These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,

And now are you cursed from the earth, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand;

For as the earth brings forth its bud, 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.

First

It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth:

And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he does shall prosper.

Those that are planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God.

But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shines more and more unto the perfect day.

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

Let us know, let us press on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.

Being confident of this very thing, that he who has begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:

That you might walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you:

Blade

But when the plant was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.

General references

But when the plant was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.

But God gives it a body as it has pleased him, and to every seed its own body.