Mark 4:26-32

Anderson(i) 26 And he said: So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should sow seed in the ground, 27 and should sleep and rise, night and day, and the seed should spring up and grow, he knows not how. 28 For the earth, of its own accord, produces fruit, first the blade; then the ear, then the full grain in the ear. 29 But when the fruit is ripe, immediately he sends forth the sickle, because the harvest is ready. 30 And he said: To what shall we liken the kingdom of God? Or, by what similitude shall we illustrate it? 31 It is like a grain of mustard, which, when it is sown in the ground, is less than all seeds that are in the ground; 32 yet, when it is sown, it grows up, and becomes larger than all garden-plants, and sends out great branches, so that the birds of the air can roost under its shadow.