Mark 4:26-29 "The reign of God," he said, "is like a man scattering seed on the ground,

Goodspeed⁽ⁱ⁾ ²⁶ "The reign of God," he said, "is like a man scattering seed on the ground, ²⁷ and then sleeping at night and getting up by day, while the seed sprouts and comes up, without his knowing it. ²⁸ The ground of itself is productive, putting forth first a blade, then a head, then fully developed wheat in the head. ²⁹ But as soon as the crop will let him, the man goes in with his sickle, for the harvest time has come.