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Mark 4:29

“But when the grain permits, at once he sends in the sickle, because the harvest has come.””

Mark 4:29 · direct translation from the Greek
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Allusion · Joel 3:13

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Both texts speak of putting in the sickle because the harvest is ripe.

They share words that are rare in the original, without a quotation.

  • ἀποστέλλειapostelleiG649שִׁלְחוּshiljuH7971“send”
  • δρέπανονdrepanonG1407מַגָּלmagalH4038“sickle”
  • παρέστηκενparestēkenG3936בָשַׁלvashalH1310“be present, present”
  • θερισμόςtherismosG2326קָצִירkatsirH7105“harvest”

Mark 4:29, word by word

whenὅτανhotan

when, whenever

When, whenever.

Where else “hotan” appears
the grainκαρπόςkarpos

fruit

What a plant produces, which is harvested and eaten.

Where else “karpos” appears
permitsπαραδοῖparadoi

hand over

To put something or someone into another's hands.

Where else “paradoi” appears
at onceεὐθὺςeuthys

immediately

Without any time passing: what follows happens right after.

Where else “euthys” appears
he sends inἀποστέλλειapostellei

send off

To send something, or send someone away.

Where else “apostellei” appears
the sickleδρέπανονdrepanon

sickle

Sickle.

Where else “drepanon” appears
the harvestθερισμόςtherismos

harvest

Harvest.

Where else “therismos” appears
has comeπαρέστηκενparestēken

stand by

To be there, or for the time to arrive.

Where else “parestēken” appears

Translation note

It recalls Joel 3:13 (“put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe”).

The context

28By itself the earth bears fruit, first the blade, then the head, then the full grain in the head.

29 · This verse (above)

30And he was saying, “How shall we compare the kingdom of God, or in what parable shall we put it?

Read all of Mark 4

To study Mark 4 in a group

  1. 1. What it says

    What happened in the boat when the storm came, and what did Jesus do (vv. 37–39)?

  2. 2. What it means

    What did Jesus mean by “whoever has ears to hear, let them hear” when telling the parable of the sower (vv. 3–9)?

  3. 3. How I live it

    Jesus asked his disciples, “Why are you cowards?” (v. 40). What fear of today could you bring before him?

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