Is ripe (παραδο, second aorist subjunctive with οταν). Whenever the fruit yields itself or permits.

Putteth forth <…

Immediately he putteth in the sickle. This is the way with the farmer. As soon as the grain is ripe, it is cut down. So it is often with t…

He puts in the sickle.—From one point of view, here again, the harvest is the end of the world ([Reference Matth…

Pseudo-Chrysostom: A parable appeared a little earlier about the three seeds that perished in various ways and the one …

This parable emphasizes the mysterious power of the seed to produce a crop. All the farmer can do is plant the seed on suitable ground; he cannot m…

But when the fruit is brought forth
Unto perfection, and is fully ripe; signifying that when grace is brought to mat…

These declarations were intended to draw the disciples' attention to the word of Christ. By His instructing them in this way, they were enabled to …