Mark 4:24-30

²⁴He said to them, “Pay attention to what you hear, for the measure you use will be measured to you, and more will be added to you.

²⁵Because whoever has, to him will be given more, and whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken.”

²⁶He also said, “The kingdom of God is like a man who sows his seed on the ground.

²⁷He sleeps at night and gets up by day, and the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how.

²⁸The earth bears grain by itself: First the blade, then the ear, then the mature grain in the ear.

²⁹When the crop is ripe, he immediately sends in the sickle because the harvest has come.”

³⁰Again he said, “To what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable can we use to explain it?