28For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.
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And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment; …
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: …
Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.
For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.
He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 21-34)The lessons which our Saviour designs to teach us here by parables and figurative expressions are these:— I. That those who are good ought to consider the obligations they are under to do good ; that is, as in the parable before, to bring forth fruit . God expects a grateful return of his gifts to us, and a useful improvement of his gifts in us; for (Mark 4:21), Isa. a candle brought to be put und…
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