Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
For the earth brings out fruit of itself, first the blade, then the ear, after that the full grain in the ear.
New American Standard Bible
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.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
the ground produces grain by itself first the stalk, then the head, then the full grain in the head.
A Conservative Version
For the earth bears fruit spontaneously, 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.
Amplified
An Understandable Version
The soil yields its crop, first the green sprout, then the ears of grain, and then the kernels in the ears.
Anderson New Testament
For the earth, of its own accord, produces fruit, first the blade; then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.
Bible in Basic English
The earth gives fruit by herself; first the leaf, then the head, then the full grain.
Common New Testament
All by itself the earth produces grainfirst the blade, then the head, then the full kernel in the head.
Daniel Mace New Testament
for the earth spontaneously produces, first the blade, then the ear, after that the grain of corn in the ear.
Darby Translation
The earth bears fruit of itself, first the blade, then an ear, then full corn in the ear.
Godbey New Testament
The earth spontaneously brings forth fruit; first the blade, then the ear, then the full corn in the ear.
Goodspeed New Testament
The ground of itself is productive, putting forth first a blade, then a head, then fully developed wheat in the head.
John Wesley New Testament
For the earth bringeth forth fruit of itself, first the blade, then the ear, after that, the full corn in the ear.
Julia Smith Translation
For the earth bears fruit spontaneously; first the grass, then the ear, then the full wheat in the ear.
King James 2000
For the earth brings forth fruit of itself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full grain in the ear.
Lexham Expanded Bible
By itself the soil produces a crop: first the grass, then the head of grain, then the full grain in the head.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself, first the blade, then the ears, after that full corn in the ears.
Moffatt New Testament
(For the earth bears crops by itself, the blade first, the ear of corn next, and then the grain full in the ear.)
Montgomery New Testament
Of its own accord the earth bears its crops; first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.
NET Bible
By itself the soil produces a crop, first the stalk, then the head, then the full grain in the head.
New Heart English Bible
For the earth bears fruit: first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.
Noyes New Testament
For the earth brings forth fruit of itself, first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.
Sawyer New Testament
The earth produces spontaneously, first the stalk, then the head, then the full wheat in the head.
The Emphasized Bible
of itself, the earth beareth fruit, - first, a blade, afterwards, an ear, after that, full corn in the ear;
Thomas Haweis New Testament
for the earth, naturally prolific, beareth fruit; first the blade, then the ear, then the full corn in the ear.
Twentieth Century New Testament
The ground bears the crop of itself--first the blade, then the ear, and then the full grain in the ear;
Webster
For the earth bringeth forth fruit of itself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.
Weymouth New Testament
Of itself the land produces the crop-- first the blade, then the ear; afterwards the perfect grain is seen in the ear.
Williams New Testament
The ground of itself produces, first the stalk, then the head; at last there is the matured grain of wheat in the head.
World English Bible
For the earth bears fruit: first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.
Worrell New Testament
The earth of itself bears fruit; first the blade, then the head, then the full grain in the head.
Worsley New Testament
For the earth produces fruit of itself, first the blade, then the ear, then the full corn in the ear:
Youngs Literal Translation
for of itself doth the earth bear fruit, first a blade, afterwards an ear, afterwards full corn in the ear;
Themes
Agriculture » Products of » Grain
Symbols of the Holy Spirit » Rain and dew » Imperceptible
Jesus Christ » History of » Parable of the tares and other teachings (in galilee)
Jesus Christ » Parables of » Seed growing secretly
Kingdom of God » What the kingdom of God is likened to
Kingdom of heaven » Compared » To a man who sowed good seed
Parables » Parables of Christ » Seed growing secretly
Symbols and similitudes » Of the holy spirit » Imperceptible
Interlinear
Karpophoreo
References
Hastings
Word Count of 37 Translations in Mark 4:28
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Parable Of The Seed That Grows By Itself
27 and should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knows not how. 28 For the earth brings out fruit of itself, first the blade, then the ear, after that the full grain in the ear. 29 But when the fruit has been brought out, immediately he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Mark 4:31-32
It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that are in the earth.
Genesis 1:11-12
And God said, Let the earth bring forth tender sprouts (the herb seeding seed and the fruit tree producing fruit after its kind, whose seed is in itself) upon the earth; and it was so.
Genesis 2:4-5
These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created in the day that Jehovah God made the earth and the heavens.
Genesis 2:9
And out of the ground Jehovah God caused to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food. The tree of life also was in the middle of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
Genesis 4:11-12
And now you are cursed more than the ground which opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.
Psalm 1:3
And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivulets of water that brings forth its fruit in its seasons, and its leaf shall not wither, and all which he does shall be blessed.
Psalm 92:13-14
Those that are planted in the house of Jehovah shall flourish in the courts of our God.
Proverbs 4:18
But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shines more and more to the perfect day.
Ecclesiastes 3:1
To every thing there is a season, and a time for every purpose under the heavens:
Ecclesiastes 3:11
He has made everything beautiful in His time; also He has set eternity in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God makes from the beginning to the end.
Isaiah 61:11
For as the earth comes out with its bud, and as the garden causes that which is sown to grow; so the Lord Jehovah will cause righteousness and praise to grow before all the nations.
Hosea 6:3
Then we shall know, if we follow on to know Jehovah. His going out is prepared as the morning; and He shall come to us as the rain, as the latter and former rain to the earth.
Matthew 13:26
But when the blade had sprung up and had produced fruit, then the darnel also appeared.
Philippians 1:6
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,
Philippians 1:9-11
And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in full knowledge and in all perception;
Colossians 1:10
that you might walk worthy of the Lord to all pleasing, being fruitful in every work and increasing in the knowledge of God,
1 Thessalonians 3:12-13
And may the Lord make you to increase and abound in love toward one another and toward all, even as we also toward you,