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Mark 4:28
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 other translations
For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.
All by itself the earth produces a crop—first the stalk, then the head, then grain that ripens within.
For the earth bears fruit by itself: first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.
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In context
25 For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, from him shall be taken away even that which he hath.
26 And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed upon the earth;
27 and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should spring up and grow, he knoweth not how.
28 The earth beareth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.
29 But when the fruit is ripe, straightway he putteth forth the sickle, because the harvest is come.
30 And he said, How shall we liken the kingdom of God? or in what parable shall we set it forth?
31 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown upon the earth, though it be less than all the seeds that are upon the earth,
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