Mark 4:29

Mark 4:29 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come.
• New International Version (NIV)As soon as the grain is ripe, he puts the sickle to it, because the harvest has come.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)But when the grain is ripe, at once he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come."
• New King James Version (NKJV)But when the grain ripens, immediately he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come.”

Context of Mark 4:29

27He sleeps and rises night and day; the seed sprouts and grows, although he doesn’t know how. 28The soil produces a crop by itself — first the blade, then the head, and then the full grain on the head. As soon as the crop is ready, he sends for the sickle, because the harvest has come.” 30And he said, “With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable can we use to describe it? 31It’s like a mustard seed that, when sown upon the soil, is the smallest of all the seeds on the ground.

Mark 4:29 word by word

ὅταν δὲ παραδοῖ ὁ καρπός, εὐθὺς ἀποστέλλει τὸ δρέπανον ὅτι παρέστηκεν ὁ θερισμός.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Butδέde · thenG1161
• whenὅτανhotan · when(-ever)G3752
• the fruitὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the fruitκαρπόςkarpos · fruitG2590
• is brought forthπαραδίδωμιparadidōmi · to deliverG3860
• immediatelyεὐθέωςeutheōs · immediatelyG2112
• he putteth inἀποστέλλωapostellō · to sendG649
• the sickleδρέπανονdrepanon · sickleG1407
• becauseὅτιhoti · that/since: sinceG3754
• the harvestθερισμόςtherismos · harvestG2326
• is comeπαρίστημιparistēmi paristanō · to stand byG3936

Cross-references for Mark 4:29

• Job 5:26You will approach the grave in full vigor, as a stack of sheaves is gathered in its season.
• 2 Timothy 4:7I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
• Isaiah 57:1The righteous person perishes, and no one takes it to heart; the faithful are taken away, with no one realizing that the righteous person is taken away because of evil.
• Joel 3:13Swing the sickle because the harvest is ripe. Come and trample the grapes because the winepress is full; the wine vats overflow because the wickedness of the nations is extreme.
• Matthew 13:30Let both grow together until the harvest. At harvest time I’ll tell the reapers: Gather the weeds first and tie them in bundles to burn them, but collect the wheat in my barn.’”
• Revelation 14:13Then I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “so they will rest from their labors, since their works follow them.”

Commentaries on Mark 4:29

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 29He putteth in the sickle - Ϛ, he sendeth out the sickle, i.e. the reapers; the instrument, by a metonomy, being put for the persons who use it. This is a common figure. It has been supposed that our Lord intimates here that, as soon as a soul is made completely holy, it is taken into the kingdom of God. But certainly the parable does not say so. When the corn is ripe, it is reaped for the benefit of him who sowed it; for it can be of little or no use till…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 29Immediately he putteth in the sickle - This is the way with the farmer. As soon as the grain is ripe it is cut down. So it is often with the Christian. As soon as he is prepared for heaven he is taken there. But we are not to press this part of the parable, as if it meant that all are removed as soon as they are fit for heaven. Every parable contains circumstances thrown in to fill up the story, which cannot be literally interpreted. In this, the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 21-34Verses 21-34 These declarations were intended to call the attention of the disciples to the word of Christ. By his thus instructing them, they were made able to instruct others; as candles are lighted, not to be covered, but to be placed on a candlestick, that they may give light to a room. This parable of the good seed, shows the manner in which the kingdom of God makes progress in the world. Let but the word of Christ have the place it ought to have in…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 29Harvest time is like the final coming of God’s kingdom. A sickle often represents the final judgment (Jeremiah 50:16; Joel 3:13; Revelation 14:14–19).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2929. But when the fruit is brought forth--to maturity immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come--This charmingly points to the transition from the earthly to the heavenly condition of the Christian and the Church. Parable of the Mustard Seed (Mr 4:30-32). For the exposition of this portion, see on Mt 13:31, 32.Read the comment

Topics related to Mark 4:29

• Church
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Kingdom of Heaven
• Regeneration
• Sermon
• Sickle
• Word of God

In the dictionaries

• Alone
• Care
• Cast
• Comparison
• Doctrine
• Sickle
• Harvest
• Jesus Christ
• Kingdom of God (of Heaven), the
• Mark, the Gospel According to

Commentaries on Mark 4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings