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Mark 4:28
For the earth bears fruit by itself: first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.
Mark 4:28 · World English 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: first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.
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In context
25 For whoever has, to him more will be given; and he who doesn’t have, even that which he has will be taken away from him.”
26 He said, “God’s Kingdom is as if a man should cast seed on the earth,
27 and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should spring up and grow, though he doesn’t know how.
28 For the earth bears fruit by itself: first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.
29 But when the fruit is ripe, immediately he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come.”
30 He said, “How will we liken God’s Kingdom? Or with what parable will we illustrate it?
31 It’s like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, though it is less than all the seeds that are on the earth,
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