Mark 4:23-33

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

²⁴And he said to them, Take heed what ye hear. With what measure ye mete, it will be measured to you, and more will be added to you.

²⁵For he that hath, to him will be given; and he that hath not, from him will be taken away even what he hath.

²⁶And he said, Thus is the kingdom of God, as when a man has cast seed upon the ground,

²⁷and sleeps and rises night and day, and the seed springs and grows up, he knows not how.

²⁸For the earth brings forth fruit of itself, first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.

²⁹But when the fruit puts itself forth, immediately he sends out the sickle, because the harvest is come.

³⁰And he said, To what shall we liken the kingdom of God? or under what comparison shall we set it forth?

³¹It is like a grain of mustard, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that are in the earth;

³²and when it is sown, it grows up, and becomes greater than all the herbs, and puts forth great branches, so that the birds of the air can lodge under its shade.

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