Mark 4:28

For the earth bringeth foorth fruite of herselfe, first the blade, then the eare, after that the full corne in the eare.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

"The soil produces crops by itself; first the blade, then the head, then the mature grain in the head.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

The earth beareth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.
- American Standard Version (1901)

The earth gives fruit by herself; first the leaf, then the head, then the full grain.
- Basic English Bible

The earth bears fruit of itself, first [the] blade, then an ear, then full corn in the ear.
- Darby Bible

For the earth bringeth forth fruit of itself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.
- Webster's Bible

Of itself the land produces the crop-- first the blade, then the ear; afterwards the perfect grain is seen in the ear.
- Weymouth Bible

For the earth bears fruit: first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.
- World English Bible

For the erthe makith fruyt, first the gras, aftirward the ere, and aftir ful fruyt in the ere.
- Wycliffe Bible

for of itself doth the earth bear fruit, first a blade, afterwards an ear, afterwards full corn in the ear;
- Youngs Literal Bible

Wesley's Notes for Mark 4:28

4:26 So is the kingdom of God - The inward kingdom is like seed which a man casts into the ground - This a preacher of the Gospel casts into the heart. And he sleeps and rises night and day - That is, he has it continually in his thoughts. Meantime it springs and grows up he knows not how - Even he that sowed it cannot explain how it grows. For as the earth by a curious kind of mechanism, which the greatest philosophers cannot comprehend, does as it were spontaneously bring forth first the blade, then the ear, then the full corn in the ear: so the soul, in an inexplicable manner, brings forth, first weak graces, then stronger, then full holiness: and all this of itself, as a machine, whose spring of motion is within itself. Yet observe the amazing exactness of the comparison. The earth brings forth no corn (as the soul no holiness) without both the care and toil of man, and the benign influence of heaven.

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