Mark 4:29

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But when the grain is ready, he quickly sends men to get it cut, because the time for cutting has come.

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  • Joel 3:13 : 13 I will give your sons and your daughters into the hands of the children of Judah for a price, and they will give them for a price to the men of Sheba, a nation far off: for the Lord has said it.
  • Matt 13:30 : 30 Let them come up together till the getting in of the grain; and then I will say to the workers, Take up first the evil plants, and put them together for burning: but put the grain into my store-house.
  • Matt 13:40-43 : 40 As then the evil plants are got together and burned with fire, so will it be in the end of the world. 41 The Son of man will send out his angels, and they will take out of his kingdom everything which is a cause of error, and all those who do wrong, 42 And will put them into the fire; there will be weeping and cries of sorrow. 43 Then will the upright be shining as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him give ear.
  • 2 Tim 4:7-8 : 7 I have made a good fight, I have come to the end of my journey, I have kept the faith: 8 From now on, the crown of righteousness is made ready for me, which the Lord, the upright judge, Will give to me at that day: and not only to me, but to all those who have had love for his revelation.
  • Rev 14:13-17 : 13 And a voice from heaven came to my ears, saying, Put in writing, There is a blessing on the dead who from now on come to their end in the Lord: yes, says the Spirit, that they may have rest from their troubles; for their works go with them. 14 And I saw a white cloud, and on the cloud I saw one seated, like a son of man, having on his head a crown of gold, and in his hand a sharp curved blade. 15 And another angel came out from the house of God, crying with a loud voice to him who was seated on the cloud, Put in your blade, and let the grain be cut: because the hour for cutting it is come; for the grain of the earth is over-ready. 16 And he who was seated on the cloud sent in his blade on the earth; and the grain of the earth was cut. 17 And another angel came out from the house of God which is in heaven, having a sharp curved blade.
  • Job 5:26 : 26 You will come to your last resting-place in full strength, as the grain is taken up to the crushing-floor in its time.
  • Isa 57:1-2 : 1 The upright man goes to his death, and no one gives a thought to it; and god-fearing men are taken away, and no one is troubled by it; for the upright man is taken away because of evil-doing, and goes into peace. 2 They are at rest in their last resting-places, every one going straight before him.

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  • 28 The earth gives fruit by herself; first the leaf, then the head, then the full grain.

  • Mark 4:30-32
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    30 And he said, What picture may we give of the kingdom of God, or with what story may we make it clear?

    31 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is put in the earth, is smaller than all the seeds on the earth,

    32 But when it is planted, it comes up, and becomes taller than all the plants, and puts out great branches, so that the birds of heaven are able to take rest in its shade.

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    35 You would say, Four months from now is the time of the grain-cutting. Take a look, I say to you, at the fields; they are even now white for cutting.

    36 He who does the cutting now has his reward; he is getting together fruit for eternal life, so that he who did the planting and he who gets in the grain may have joy together.

    37 In this the saying is a true one, One does the planting, and another gets in the grain.

  • 5 For before the time of getting in the grapes, after the opening of the bud, when the flower has become a grape ready for crushing, he will take away the small branches with knives, cutting down and taking away the wide-stretching branches.

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    15 And another angel came out from the house of God, crying with a loud voice to him who was seated on the cloud, Put in your blade, and let the grain be cut: because the hour for cutting it is come; for the grain of the earth is over-ready.

    16 And he who was seated on the cloud sent in his blade on the earth; and the grain of the earth was cut.

    17 And another angel came out from the house of God which is in heaven, having a sharp curved blade.

    18 And another angel came out from the altar, who has power over fire; and he gave a loud cry to him who had the sharp curved blade, saying, Put in your sharp blade, and let the grapes of the vine of the earth be cut; for her grapes are fully ready.

    19 And the angel sent his blade into the earth, and the vine of the earth was cut, and he put it into the great wine-crusher of the wrath of God.

  • 34 And when the time for the fruit came near, he sent his servants to the workmen, to get the fruit.

  • 26 But when the green stem came up and gave fruit, the evil plants were seen at the same time.

  • 13 I will give your sons and your daughters into the hands of the children of Judah for a price, and they will give them for a price to the men of Sheba, a nation far off: for the Lord has said it.

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    3 A man went out to put seed in the earth:

    4 And while he was doing it, some was dropped by the wayside, and the birds came and took it for food.

    5 And some went on the stones, where it had not much earth; and it came up straight away, because the earth was not deep:

    6 And when the sun was high, it was burned; and because it had no root, it became dry and dead.

    7 And some went among the thorns, and the thorns came up, and it had no room for growth and gave no fruit.

    8 And some, falling on good earth, gave fruit, coming up and increasing, and giving thirty, sixty, and a hundred times as much.

  • Mark 4:14-15
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    14 The seed is the word.

    15 And these are they by the wayside, where the word is planted; and when they have given ear, the Evil One comes straight away and takes away the word which has been planted in them.

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    28 Take an example from the fig-tree: when its branches become soft and put out their leaves, you see that the summer is near;

    29 Even so, when you see these things taking place, you may be certain that he is near, even at the doors.

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    29 And he made a story for them: See the fig-tree, and all the trees;

    30 When they put out their young leaves, you take note of it, and it is clear to you that summer is coming.

    31 In the same way, when you see these things taking place you may be certain that the kingdom of God is near.

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    29 But he says, No, for fear that by chance while you take up the evil plants, you may be rooting up the grain with them.

    30 Let them come up together till the getting in of the grain; and then I will say to the workers, Take up first the evil plants, and put them together for burning: but put the grain into my store-house.

    31 He put another story before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and put in his field:

  • 32 Now take an example from the fig-tree: when her branch has become soft and puts out its leaves, you are certain that the summer is near;

  • 26 And he said, Such is the kingdom of God, as if a man put seed in the earth,

  • 9 And even now the axe is put to the root of the trees; and every tree which does not have good fruit will be cut down and put into the fire.

  • 9 And if, after that, it has fruit, it is well; if not, let it be cut down.

  • 44 For every tree is judged by its fruit. Men do not get figs from thorns, or grapes from blackberry plants.

  • 20 And these are they who were planted on the good earth; such as give ear to the word, and take it into their hearts, and give fruit, thirty and sixty and a hundred times as much.

  • 24 And he gave them another story, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a man who put good seed in his field:

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    6 And he made up this story for them: A certain man had a fig-tree in his garden, and he came to get fruit from it, and there was no fruit.

    7 And he said to the gardener, See, for three years I have been looking for fruit from this tree, and I have not had any: let it be cut down; why is it taking up space?

  • 15 And those in the good earth are those who, having given ear to the word, keep it with a good and true heart, and in quiet strength give fruit.

  • 4 And while he did so, some seeds were dropped by the wayside, and the birds came and took them for food:

  • 19 Every tree which does not give good fruit is cut down and put in the fire.

  • 39 And he who put them in the earth is Satan; and the getting in of the grain is the end of the world; and those who get it in are the angels.

  • 6 They get mixed grain from the field, and they take away the late fruit from the vines of those who have wealth.

  • 10 And even now the axe is put to the root of the trees; every tree then which does not give good fruit is cut down, and put into the fire.

  • 11 Now this is the point of the story: The seed is the word of God.

  • 7 Go on waiting calmly, my brothers, till the coming of the Lord, like the farmer waiting for the good fruit of the earth till the early and late rains have come.

  • 17 And they have no root in themselves, but go on for a time; then, when trouble comes or pain, because of the word, they quickly become full of doubts.