All by itself the earth produces a crop--first the stalk, then the head, then grain that ripens within.
Cross References
Mark 4:27Night and day he sleeps and wakes, and the seed sprouts and grows, though he knows not how.
Mark 4:29And as soon as the grain is ripe, he swings the sickle, because the harvest has come."
Treasury of Scripture
For the earth brings forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.
the earth.
Genesis 1:11,12
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…
Genesis 2:4,5,9
These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens, …
Genesis 4:11,12
And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand; …
first.
Mark 4:31,32
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: …
Psalm 1:3
And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
Psalm 92:13,14
Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God…
blade.
Matthew 13:26
But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.
