"But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come. {brought...: or,…" — Mark 4:29

Mark 4:29 · KJV

“But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come. {brought...: or, ripe}”

— Mark 4:29

Verse 28

For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.

Verse 30

And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it?

Mark 4 — Context

And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.

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. {brought...: or, ripe}

And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it?

{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:

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.

Matthew 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.

Matthew 13:40-43

As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.

Isaiah 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}. {merciful...: Heb. men of kindness, or, godliness} {from...: or, from that which is evil}

Job 5:26

Thou shalt come to {thy} grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season. {cometh in: Heb. ascendeth}

Revelation 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. {from henceforth...: or, from henceforth saith the Spirit, Yea}

2 Timothy 4:7-8

I have fought a good fight, I have finished {my} course, I have kept the faith: