Mark 4:26-34
The Parable of the Seed Growing
26 And he said, a“The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed on the ground. 27 He sleeps and rises night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows; ahe knows not how. 28 The earth produces by itself, first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear. 29 But when the grain is ripe, at once ahe puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come.”
The Parable of the Mustard Seed
30 aAnd he said, “With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable shall we use for it? 31 It is like aa grain of mustard seed, which, when sown on the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth, 32 yet when it is sown it grows up and becomes larger than all the garden plants and puts out large branches, so that the birds of the air can make nests in its shade.”
33 aWith many such parables he spoke bthe word to them, cas they were able to hear it. 34 He did not speak to them awithout a parable, but bprivately to his own disciples he cexplained everything.
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