Mark 4:23-33

²³If any man have ears of hearing, hear he.

²⁴And he said to them, See ye what ye hear. In what measure ye mete, it shall be meted to you again, and it shall be cast to you.

²⁵For it shall be given to him that hath, and it shall be taken away from him that hath not, also that that he hath.

²⁶And he said, So the kingdom of God is, as if a man cast seed into the earth,

²⁷and he sleep, and it rise up night and day, and bring forth seed, and wax fast, while he knoweth not.

²⁸For the earth by his own work-ing, or his own will, maketh fruit, first the grass, afterward the ear, and afterward full fruit in the ear.

²⁹And when of itself it hath brought forth fruit, anon he sendeth a sickle, for reaping time is come.

³⁰And he said, To what thing shall we liken the kingdom of God? or to what parable shall we comparison it?

³¹As a corn of sinapi, which when it is sown in the earth, is less than all seeds that be in the earth;

³²and when it is sprung up, it waxeth into a tree, and is made greater than all herbs; and it maketh great branches, so that the birds of heaven may dwell under the shadow thereof.

³³And in many such parables he spake to them the word, as they might hear;