Mark 4:29

29 When the grain is ready, the farmer cuts it, because this is the harvest time."

Mark 4:29 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 4:29

But when the fruit is brought forth
Unto perfection, and is fully ripe; signifying that when grace is brought to maturity, and faith is performed with power, and the good work begun is perfected; then, as the husbandman,

immediately he putteth the sickle;
and cuts it down, and gathers it in;

because the harvest is come;
at death or at the end of the world, which the harvest represents: when all the elect of God are called by grace, and grace in them is brought to its perfection, and they have brought forth all the fruit they were ordained to bear, they will then be all gathered in; either by Christ himself who comes into his garden, and gathers his lilies by death; or by the angels, the reapers, at the close of time, who will gather the elect from the four winds; or the ministers of the Gospel, who shall come again with joy, bringing their sheaves with them; being able to observe with pleasure a greater increase, and more fruit of their labours, than they knew of, or expected.

Mark 4:29 In-Context

27 Night and day, whether the person is asleep or awake, the seed still grows, but the person does not know how it grows.

28 By itself the earth produces grain. First the plant grows, then the head, and then all the grain in the head.

29 When the grain is ready, the farmer cuts it, because this is the harvest time."

30 Then Jesus said, "How can I show you what the kingdom of God is like? What story can I use to explain it?

31 The kingdom of God is like a mustard seed, the smallest seed you plant in the ground.