Mark 4:23-33

²³If any one have ears to hear, let him hear.

²⁴And he said to them, Take heed what ye hear; with what measure ye mete, it shall be meted to you; and there shall be more added to you.

²⁵For whosoever has, to him shall be given; and he who has not, even what he has shall be taken from him.

²⁶And he said, Thus is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast the seed upon the earth,

²⁷and should sleep and rise up night and day, and the seed should sprout and grow, he does not know how.

²⁸The earth bears fruit of itself, first the blade, then an ear, then full corn in the ear.

²⁹But when the fruit is produced, immediately he sends the sickle, for the harvest is come.

³⁰And he said, How should we liken the kingdom of God, or with what comparison should we compare it?

³¹As to a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown upon the earth, is less than all seeds which are upon the earth,

³²and when it has been sown, mounts up and becomes greater than all herbs, and produces great branches, so that the birds of heaven can roost under its shadow.

³³And with many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear,