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 at night and is awake during the day. The seeds sprout and grow, although the man doesn’t know how. 28The ground produces grain by itself. First the green blade appears, then the head, then the head full of grain. As soon as the grain is ready, he cuts it with a sickle, because harvest time has come.” 30Jesus asked, “How can we show what God’s kingdom is like? To what can we compare it? 31It’s like a mustard seed planted in the ground. The mustard seed is one of the smallest seeds on earth.

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 5:26“You will come to your grave at a ripe old age like a stack of hay in the right season.
• 2 Timothy 4:7I have fought the good fight. I have completed the race. I have kept the faith.
• Isaiah 57:1Righteous people die, and no one cares. Loyal people are taken away, and no one understands. Righteous people are spared when evil comes.
• Joel 3:13Cut them down like grain. The harvest is ripe. Stomp on them as you would stomp on grapes. The winepress is full. The vats overflow. The nations are very wicked.
• Matthew 13:30Let both grow together until the harvest. When the grain is cut, I will tell the workers to gather the weeds first and tie them in bundles to be burned. But I’ll have them bring the wheat into my barn.’ ”
• Revelation 14:13I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write this: From now on those who die believing in the Lord are blessed.” “Yes,” says the Spirit. “Let them rest from their hard work. What they have done goes with 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