Mark 4:26-29

Rotherham(i) 26 And he was saying––Thus, is the kingdom of God: As a man may cast seed upon the earth, 27 and be sleeping and rising, night and day,––and the seed be sprouting, and lengthening itself,––how, he, knoweth not: 28 of itself, the earth beareth fruit,––first, a blade, afterwards, an ear, after that, full corn in the ear; 29 but, as soon as the fruit yieldeth itself up, straightway, he sendeth forth the sickle, because standing by is the harvest.––