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Mark 4:29 KJV
Mark · chapter 4 · verse 29
But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come.Mark 4:29 · King James Version
Mark 4:29 in context
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?
31It 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:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- immediatelyeutheōsstraightway, immediately, forthwithG2112 →
- harvesttherismosharvest, the act of reaping, fig. of the gathering of men into the kingdom of God…G2326 →
- sickledrepanona sickle, a pruning-hook, a hooked vine knife, such as reapers and vinedressers useG1407 →
- fruitkarposfruit, the fruit of the trees, vines, of the fields, the fruit of one's loinsG2590 →
- forthparadidōmito give into the hands , to give over into power or use, to deliver to one something to…G3860 →
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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