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Mark 4:28 KJV
Mark · chapter 4 · verse 28
For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.Mark 4:28 · King James Version
Mark 4:28 in context
26And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;
27And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.
28For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.
29But 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?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- herselfautomatosmoved by one s own impulse, or acting without the instigation or intervention of another…G844 →
- earthgēarable land, the ground, the earth as a standing place, the main land as opposed to the…G1093 →
- fruitkarpophoreōto bear fruit, to bear, bring forth, deeds, to bear fruit of one's selfG2592 →
- firstprōtonfirst in time or place, in any succession of things or persons, first in rank, influence…G4412 →
- bladechortosthe place where grass grows and animals graze, grass, herbage, hay, provender, of green…G5528 →
- fullplērēsfullG4134 →
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The lessons which our Saviour designs to teach us here by parables and figurative expressions are these: - I. That those who are good ought to consider the obligations they are under to do good; that is, as in the parable before, to bring forth fruit.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 21-34