Mark 4:26-29 And He said, "Thus is the kingdom of God: As if ever a man should be casting seed on the earth,

CLV⁽ⁱ⁾ ²⁶ And He said, "Thus is the kingdom of God: As if ever a man should be casting seed on the earth, ²⁷ and he may be drowsing and rousing night and day, and the seed may be germinating and lengthening, as he is not aware." ²⁸ Spontaneously the earth is bearing fruit, first the blade, thereafter the ear, thereafter the full grain in the ear." ²⁹ Now whenever the fruit may be giving way, straightway he is dispatching the sickle, for present is the harvest."