Mark 4:26-29 And he said, Thus is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground,

ACV⁽ⁱ⁾ ²⁶ And he said, Thus is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground, ²⁷ and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should sprout and lengthen, he knows not how. ²⁸ For the earth bears fruit spontaneously, first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear. ²⁹ But when the fruit yields, straightaway he sends forth the sickle, because the harvest has come.