Mark 4:28
For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.
KJV
αὐτομάτη ἡ γῆ καρποφορεῖ, πρῶτον χόρτον, εἶτεν στάχυν, εἶτεν πλήρης σῖτος ἐν τῷ στάχυϊ.
Greek NT
Ultro enim terra fructificat, primum herbam, deinde spicam, deinde plenum frumentum in spica.
Vulgate
The earth beareth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.
ASV
For the earth of itself bringeth forth fruit, first the blade, then the ear, afterwards the full corn in the ear.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτόματος
automatos
adjective · 2×
γῆ
ge
noun · 251×
εἶτα
eita
adverb · 14×
καρποφορέω
karpophoreo
verb · 8×
πλήρης
pleres
adjective · 16×
πρῶτον
proton
adverb · 57×
στάχυς
stachus
noun · 5×
σῖτος
sitos
noun · 14×
χόρτος
chortos
noun · 15×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Textual variants
3 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
notable
SBLGNT: αὐτομάτη | WH/Treg/NIV: αὐτομάτη | RP: + γὰρ
- αὐτομάτη — SBLGNT
- αὐτομάτη — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + γὰρ — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: εἶτα στάχυν εἶτα , | Treg/NIV/RP: εἶτα … εἶτα | WH: εἶτεν … εἶτεν
- εἶτα στάχυν εἶτα , — SBLGNT
- εἶτα … εἶτα — Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
- εἶτεν … εἶτεν — Westcott-Hort
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: πλήρης σῖτον | NIV: πλήρης σῖτον | WH/RP: πλήρη σῖτον | Treg: πλήρης σῖτος
- πλήρης σῖτον — SBLGNT
- πλήρης σῖτον — Reader's GNT (NA27)
- πλήρη σῖτον — Westcott-Hort, Robinson-Pierpont
- πλήρης σῖτος — Tregelles
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Parable
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§543Everyone is called to enter the kingdom. First announced to the children of Israel, this messianic kingdom is intended to accept men of all nations.251 To enter it, one must first accept Jesus' word: The word of the Lord is compared to a seed which is sown in a field; those who hear it with faith and are numbered among the little flock of Christ have truly received the kingdom.…
Concerning sacrifices and oblations, and those who truly offer them. 1. The oblation of the Church, therefore, which the Lord gave instructions to be offered throughout all the world, is accounted with God a pure sacrifice, and is acceptable to Him; not that He stands in need of a sacrifice from us, but that he who offers is himself glorified in what he does offer, if his gift …
Cross-references
- 1Thess 3:12 — And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you:
- Col 1:10 — That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
- Eccl 3:1 — To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
- Eccl 3:11 — 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.
- Gen 1:11 — 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.
- Gen 1:12 — 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.
- Hos 6:3 — 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.
- Isa 61:11 — 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 na
- Mark 4:31 — 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:
- Matt 13:26 — But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.
- Phil 1:6 — 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 — And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;
- Ps 92:13 — Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God.