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Mark 4:28
The earth bears fruit of itself, first [the] blade, then an ear, then full corn in the ear.
Mark 4:28 · Darby Bible
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 whosoever has, to him shall be given; and he who has not, even what he has shall be taken from him.
26 And he said, Thus is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast the seed upon the earth,
27 and should sleep and rise up night and day, and the seed should sprout and grow, he does not know how.
28 The earth bears fruit of itself, first [the] blade, then an ear, then full corn in the ear.
29 But when the fruit is produced, immediately he sends the sickle, for the harvest is come.
30 And he said, How should we liken the kingdom of God, or with what comparison should we compare it?
31 As to a grain of mustard [seed], which, when it is sown upon the earth, is less than all seeds which are upon the earth,
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