MARK 4:24-30

²⁴And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete it shall be measured unto you: and more shall be given unto you.

²⁵For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, from him shall be taken away even that which he hath.

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

²⁷and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should spring up and grow, he knoweth not how.

²⁸The earth beareth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, then the full corn in the ear.

²⁹But when the fruit is ripe, straightway he putteth forth the sickle, because the harvest is come.

³⁰And he said, How shall we liken the kingdom of God? or in what parable shall we set it forth?