Mark 4:29

But when the fruit is ripe, immediately he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come.”

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WEBBE

But when the fruit is ripe, immediately he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come.”

BSB

And as soon as the grain is ripe, he swings the sickle, because the harvest has come.”

KJV

But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come.

ASV

But when the fruit is ripe, straightway he putteth forth the sickle, because the harvest is come.

BBE

But when the grain is ready, he quickly sends men to get it cut, because the time for cutting has come.

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ὅταν hotan When G3752 δὲ de then G1161 παραδοῖ paradoi it may produce G3860 ὁ ho the G3588 καρπός karpos fruit G2590 εὐθὺς euthus immediately G2112 ἀποστέλλει apostellei he sends G649 τὸ to the G3588 δρέπανον drepanon sickle G1407 ὅτι hoti for G3754 παρέστηκεν parestēken has come G3936 ὁ ho the G3588 θερισμός.¶ therismos harvest G2326

The early church

And when it has brought forth the fruit, immediately he sendeth the sickle, because the harvest is come.
Theophylact of Ohrid · d. 1107Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)
The sickle is death or the judgment, which cuts down all things; the harvest is the end of the world.
Pseudo-Jerome · d. 9999Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 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 a soul, and it will show itself in a good conversation. It grows gradually: first the blade; then the ear; after that the full corn in the ear. When it is sprung up, it will go forward. The work of grace in the soul is, at first, but the day of small things; yet it has mighty products even now, while it is in its growth; but what will there be when it is perfected in heaven!

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.