Mark 4:28

Authorized King James Version (1611)

‹For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.›

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  • Mark 4:31-32 : 31 [It is] ‹like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth:› 32 ‹But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it.›
  • Phil 1:6 : 6 Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform [it] until the day of Jesus Christ:
  • Phil 1:9-9 : 9 ¶ And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and [in] all judgment; 10 That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ; 11 Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
  • Col 1:10 : 10 That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
  • 1 Thess 3:12-13 : 12 And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all [men], even as we [do] toward you: 13 To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.
  • Gen 1:11-12 : 11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, [and] the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed [is] in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. 12 And the earth brought forth grass, [and] herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed [was] in itself, after his kind: and God saw that [it was] good.
  • Gen 2:4-5 : 4 ¶ These [are] the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens, 5 And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and [there was] not a man to till the ground.
  • Gen 2:9 : 9 And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
  • Gen 4:11-12 : 11 And now [art] thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand; 12 When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
  • Ps 1:3 : 3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
  • Ps 92:13-14 : 13 Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God. 14 They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;
  • Prov 4:18 : 18 But the path of the just [is] as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
  • Eccl 3:1 : 1 ¶ To every [thing there is] a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
  • Eccl 3:11 : 11 ¶ He hath made every [thing] beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
  • Isa 61:11 : 11 For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.
  • Hos 6:3 : 3 Then shall we know, [if] we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter [and] former rain unto the earth.
  • Matt 13:26 : 26 ‹But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.›

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    29‹But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come.›

    30And he said, ‹Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it?›

    31[It is] ‹like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth:›

    32‹But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it.›

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    26And he said, ‹So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;›

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    4‹And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up.›

    5‹And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:›

    6‹But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.›

    7‹And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.›

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    11And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, [and] the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed [is] in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.

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