Mark 4:26-29 And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as a man who shall cast seed into the earth;

Etheridge⁽ⁱ⁾ ²⁶ And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as a man who shall cast seed into the earth; ²⁷ and shall sleep, and rise up by night and day, and the seed shall increase, and become long, while he knoweth not, ²⁸ For the earth yieldeth him fruit; and first is there the plant, and after it the ear, but lastly the completed corn in the ear. ²⁹ But when the fruit is mature, immediately cometh the sickle, because the harvest is come.