Mark 4:26-29 And He said, Thus is the kingdom of God, as a man may cast seed on the ground;

Godbey⁽ⁱ⁾ ²⁶ And He said, Thus is the kingdom of God, as a man may cast seed on the ground; ²⁷ and he may sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed germinates and grows, as he does not know. ²⁸ The earth spontaneously brings forth fruit; first the blade, then the ear, then the full corn in the ear. ²⁹ And when the fruit may develop, immediately he thrusts in the sickle, because the harvest is at hand.