New Testament · SCRIPTURE
Mark 4:28
Compare this verse across Bible translations. BLB includes New Testament text only (publisher draft).
Berean Standard Bible
All by itself the earth produces a crop—first the stalk, then the head, then grain that ripens within.
King James Version
For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.
World English Bible
For the earth bears fruit by itself: first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.
American Standard Version
The earth beareth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.
Berean Literal Bible
Of itself, the earth bears fruit—first a plant, then an ear, then full grain in the ear.
READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
Mark 4
26 Jesus also said, “The kingdom of God is like a man who scatters seed on the ground.
27 Night and day he sleeps and wakes, and the seed sprouts and grows, though he knows not how.
29 And as soon as the grain is ripe, he swings the sickle, because the harvest has come.”
30 Then He asked, “To what can we compare the kingdom of God? With what parable shall we present it?
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