Mark 4:29
27 And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.
28 For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.
But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come.
30 And 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:
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- And as soon as the grain is ripe, he swings the sickle, because the harvest has come.”
- KJV
- But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come.
- WEB
- But when the fruit is ripe, immediately he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come.”
- ASV
- But when the fruit is ripe, straightway he putteth forth the sickle, because the harvest is come.
- DARBY
- But when the fruit is produced, immediately he sends the sickle, for the harvest is come.
- BLB
- And when the fruit may offer itself, immediately he sends the sickle, because the harvest has come.”
- ÅB
- Men når grøden er moden, sender han straks sigden ut, fordi høsten er forhånden.
- OTB
- Men når avlingen er moden, setter han straks inn sigden, for høsten er kommet.»
- B1930
- Men når grøden er moden, sender han straks sigden ut, fordi høsten er forhånden.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Joel 3:13
Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great.
Read in contextMatthew 13:30
Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.
Read in contextIsaiah 57:1–2
The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.
Read in contextMatthew 13:40–43
As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.
Read in contextJob 5:26
Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.
Read in contextRevelation 14:13–17
And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.
Read in context2 Timothy 4:7–8
I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
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