Mark 4:28

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

for of itself doth the earth bear fruit, first a blade, afterwards an ear, afterwards full corn in the ear;

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  • Mark 4:31-32 : 31 As a grain of mustard, which, whenever it may be sown on the earth, is less than any of the seeds that are on the earth; 32 and whenever it may be sown, it cometh up, and doth become greater than any of the herbs, and doth make great branches, so that under its shade the fowls of the heaven are able to rest.'
  • Phil 1:6 : 6 having been confident of this very thing, that He who did begin in you a good work, will perform `it' till a day of Jesus Christ,
  • Phil 1:9-9 : 9 and this I pray, that your love yet more and more may abound in full knowledge, and all judgment, 10 for your proving the things that differ, that ye may be pure and offenceless -- to a day of Christ, 11 being filled with the fruit of righteousness, that `is' through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
  • Col 1:10 : 10 to your walking worthily of the Lord to all pleasing, in every good work being fruitful, and increasing to the knowledge of God,
  • 1 Thess 3:12-13 : 12 and you the Lord cause to increase and to abound in the love to one another, and to all, even as we also to you, 13 to the establishing your hearts blameless in sanctification before our God and Father, in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ with all His saints.
  • Gen 1:11-12 : 11 And God saith, `Let the earth yield tender grass, herb sowing seed, fruit-tree (whose seed `is' in itself) making fruit after its kind, on the earth:' and it is so. 12 And the earth bringeth forth tender grass, herb sowing seed after its kind, and tree making fruit (whose seed `is' in itself) after its kind; and God seeth that `it is' good;
  • Gen 2:4-5 : 4 These `are' births of the heavens and of the earth in their being prepared, in the day of Jehovah God's making earth and heavens; 5 and no shrub of the field is yet in the earth, and no herb of the field yet sprouteth, for Jehovah God hath not rained upon the earth, and a man there is not to serve the ground,
  • Gen 2:9 : 9 and Jehovah God causeth to sprout from the ground every tree desirable for appearance, and good for food, and the tree of life in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
  • Gen 4:11-12 : 11 and now, cursed `art' thou from the ground, which hath opened her mouth to receive the blood of thy brother from thy hand; 12 when thou tillest the ground, it doth not add to give its strength to thee -- a wanderer, even a trembling one, thou art in the earth.'
  • Ps 1:3 : 3 And he hath been as a tree, Planted by rivulets of water, That giveth its fruit in its season, And its leaf doth not wither, And all that he doth he causeth to prosper.
  • Ps 92:13-14 : 13 Those planted in the house of Jehovah, In the courts of our God do flourish. 14 Still they bring forth in old age, Fat and flourishing are they,
  • Prov 4:18 : 18 And the path of the righteous `is' as a shining light, Going and brightening till the day is established,
  • Eccl 3:1 : 1 To everything -- a season, and a time to every delight under the heavens:
  • Eccl 3:11 : 11 The whole He hath made beautiful in its season; also, that knowledge He hath put in their heart without which man findeth not out the work that God hath done from the beginning even unto the end.
  • Isa 61:11 : 11 For, as the earth bringeth forth her shoots, And as a garden causeth its sown things to shoot up, So the Lord Jehovah causeth righteousness and praise To shoot up before all the nations!
  • Hos 6:3 : 3 And we know -- we pursue to know Jehovah, As the dawn prepared is His going forth, And He cometh in as a shower to us, As gathered rain -- sprinkling earth.'
  • Matt 13:26 : 26 and when the herb sprang up, and yielded fruit, then appeared also the darnel.

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  • Mark 4:29-32
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    29and whenever the fruit may yield itself, immediately he doth send forth the sickle, because the harvest hath come.'

    30And he said, `To what may we liken the reign of God, or in what simile may we compare it?

    31As a grain of mustard, which, whenever it may be sown on the earth, is less than any of the seeds that are on the earth;

    32and whenever it may be sown, it cometh up, and doth become greater than any of the herbs, and doth make great branches, so that under its shade the fowls of the heaven are able to rest.'

  • Mark 4:26-27
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    26And he said, `Thus is the reign of God: as if a man may cast the seed on the earth,

    27and may sleep, and may rise night and day, and the seed spring up and grow, he hath not known how;

  • Mark 4:3-8
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    3`Hearken, lo, the sower went forth to sow;

    4and it came to pass, in the sowing, some fell by the way, and the fowls of the heaven did come and devour it;

    5and other fell upon the rocky ground, where it had not much earth, and immediately it sprang forth, because of not having depth of earth,

    6and the sun having risen, it was scorched, and because of not having root it did wither;

    7and other fell toward the thorns, and the thorns did come up, and choke it, and fruit it gave not;

    8and other fell to the good ground, and was giving fruit, coming up and increasing, and it bare, one thirty-fold, and one sixty, and one an hundred.'

  • Matt 13:26
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    26and when the herb sprang up, and yielded fruit, then appeared also the darnel.

  • 2 Tim 2:6
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    6the labouring husbandman it behoveth first of the fruits to partake;

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    14He who is sowing doth sow the word;

  • 1 Cor 15:36-37
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    36unwise! thou -- what thou dost sow is not quickened except it may die;

    37and that which thou dost sow, not the body that shall be dost thou sow, but bare grain, it may be of wheat, or of some one of the others,

  • John 4:35-37
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    35do not say that it is yet four months, and the harvest cometh; lo, I say to you, Lift up your eyes, and see the fields, that they are white unto harvest already.

    36`And he who is reaping doth receive a reward, and doth gather fruit to life age-during, that both he who is sowing and he who is reaping may rejoice together;

    37for in this the saying is the true one, that one is the sower and another the reaper.

  • Gen 1:11-12
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    11And God saith, `Let the earth yield tender grass, herb sowing seed, fruit-tree (whose seed `is' in itself) making fruit after its kind, on the earth:' and it is so.

    12And the earth bringeth forth tender grass, herb sowing seed after its kind, and tree making fruit (whose seed `is' in itself) after its kind; and God seeth that `it is' good;

  • Mark 4:20
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    20`And these are they who on the good ground have been sown: who do hear the word, and receive, and do bear fruit, one thirty-fold, and one sixty, and one an hundred.'

  • Luke 8:15
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    15`And that in the good ground: These are they, who in an upright and good heart, having heard the word, do retain `it', and bear fruit in continuance.

  • Matt 13:8
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    8and others fell upon the good ground, and were giving fruit, some indeed a hundredfold, and some sixty, and some thirty.

  • Matt 13:23-24
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    23`And that sown on the good ground: this is he who is hearing the word, and is understanding, who indeed doth bear fruit, and doth make, some indeed a hundredfold, and some sixty, and some thirty.'

    24Another simile he set before them, saying: `The reign of the heavens was likened to a man sowing good seed in his field,

  • Luke 8:11
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    11`And this is the simile: The seed is the word of God,

  • Luke 8:7-8
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    7`And other fell amidst the thorns, and the thorns having sprung up with it, did choke it.

    8`And other fell upon the good ground, and having sprung up, it made fruit an hundred fold.' These things saying, he was calling, `He having ears to hear -- let him hear.'

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    4then I have given your rains in their season, and the land hath given her produce, and the tree of the field doth give its fruit;

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    5`The sower went forth to sow his seed, and in his sowing some indeed fell beside the way, and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the heaven did devour it.

  • Matt 13:18
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    18`Ye, therefore, hear ye the simile of the sower:

  • Prov 6:8
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    8She doth prepare in summer her bread, She hath gathered in harvest her food.

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    28`And from the fig-tree learn ye the simile: when the branch may already become tender, and may put forth the leaves, ye know that nigh is the summer;

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    18`And these are they who toward the thorns are sown: these are they who are hearing the word,

  • Isa 18:5
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    5For before harvest, when the flower is perfect, And the blossom is producing unripe fruit, Then hath `one' cut the sprigs with pruning hooks, And the branches he hath turned aside, cut down.

  • Matt 13:30
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    30suffer both to grow together till the harvest, and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather up first the darnel, and bind it in bundles, to burn it, and the wheat gather up into my storehouse.'

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    7Be patient, then, brethren, till the presence of the Lord; lo, the husbandman doth expect the precious fruit of the earth, being patient for it, till he may receive rain -- early and latter;

  • John 12:24
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    24verily, verily, I say to you, if the grain of the wheat, having fallen to the earth, may not die, itself remaineth alone; and if it may die, it doth bear much fruit;

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    16And he spake a simile unto them, saying, `Of a certain rich man the field brought forth well;

  • Luke 6:44
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    44for each tree from its own fruit is known, for not from thorns do they gather figs, nor from a bramble do they crop a grape.

  • Isa 28:24-25
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    24The whole day plougheth the ploughman to sow? He openeth and harroweth his ground!

    25Hath he not, if he have made level its face, Then scattered fitches, and cummin sprinkle, And hath placed the principal wheat, And the appointed barley, And the rie `in' its own border?

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    7That hath not filled the hand of a reaper, And the bosom of a binder of sheaves.

  • Gal 6:8
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    8because he who is sowing to his own flesh, of the flesh shall reap corruption; and he who is sowing to the Spirit, of the Spirit shall reap life age-during;

  • Job 14:8
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    8If its root becometh old in the earth, And its stem doth die in the dust,

  • Luke 21:30
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    30when they may now cast forth, having seen, of yourselves ye know that now is the summer nigh;

  • Heb 6:7
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    7For earth, that is drinking in the rain many times coming upon it, and is bringing forth herbs fit for those because of whom also it is dressed, doth partake of blessing from God,

  • Matt 13:5
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    5and others fell upon the rocky places, where they had not much earth, and immediately they sprang forth, through not having depth of earth,