28 The ground of itself is productive, putting forth first a blade, then a head, then fully developed wheat in the head.
Mark 4:28 Cross References - Goodspeed
Matthew 13:26
26 And when the wheat came up and ripened, the weeds appeared too.
Mark 4:31-32
Philippians 1:6
6 For I am certain that he who has begun the good work in you will finish it for the Day of Jesus Christ.
Philippians 1:9-11
9 And it is my prayer that your love may grow richer and richer in knowledge and perfect insight,
10 so that you may have a sense of what is vital, and may be men of transparent character and blameless life, in preparation for the Day of Christ,
11 with your lives filled with the fruits which uprightness produces through Jesus Christ, to the honor and praise of God.
Colossians 1:10
10 so that the lives you live may be worthy of your Master and wholly pleasing to him, and you may be fruitful in all kinds of good deeds, and may grow into fuller knowledge of God.