Contemporary English Version
It is the ground that makes the seeds sprout and grow into plants that produce grain.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For the earth of itself bringeth forth fruit, first the blade, then the ear, afterwards the full corn in the ear.

For the earth of itself bringeth forth fruit, first the blade, then the ear, afterwards the full corn in the ear.

the earth.

Genesis 1:11,12 And he said: let the earth bring forth green herb, and such as may seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after its kind, which may have seed in itself upon the earth. And it was so done. . . .

Genesis 2:4,5,9 These are the generations of the heaven and the earth, when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the heaven and the earth: . . .

Genesis 4:11,12 Now therefore cursed shalt thou be upon the earth, which hath opened her mouth and received the blood of thy brother at thy hand. . . .

Isaiah 61:11 For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth her seed to shoot forth: so shall the Lord God make justice to spring forth, and praise before all the nations.

first.

Mark 4:31,32 It is as a grain of mustard seed: which when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that are in the earth: . . .

Psalm 1:3 And he shall be like a tree which is planted near the running waters, which shall bring forth its fruit, in due season. And his leaf shall not fall off: and all whatsoever he shall do shall prosper.

Psalm 92:13,14 They that are planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of the house of our God. . . .

Proverbs 4:18 The way of the wicked is darksome: they know not where they fall.

Ecclesiastes 3:1,11 All things have their season, and in their times all things pass under heaven. . . .

Hosea 6:3 He will revive us after two days: on the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight. We shall know, and we shall follow on, that we may know the Lord. His going forth is prepared as the morning light, and he will come to us as the early and the latter rain to the earth.

Philippians 1:6,9-11 Being confident of this very thing: that he who hath begun a good work in you will perfect it unto the day of Christ Jesus. . . .

Colossians 1:10 That you may walk worthy of God, in all things pleasing; being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God:

1 Thessalonians 3:12,13 And may the Lord multiply you and make you abound in charity towards one another and towards all men: as we do also towards you, . . .

blade.

Matthew 13:26 And when the blade was sprung up, and had brought forth fruit, then appeared also the cockle.