Parable of the Seed

26 And He was saying, “The kingdom of God is like a man who casts seed upon the soil; 27 and he goes to bed at night and gets up by day, and the seed sprouts and grows—how, he himself does not know. 28 The soil produces crops by itself; first the blade, then the head, then the mature grain in the head. 29 But when the crop permits, he immediately (a)(A)puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come.”

Parable of the Mustard Seed

30 (B)And He said, “How shall we (b)(C)picture the kingdom of God, or by what parable shall we present it?

Footnotes:

a. Mark 4:29: ['Lit ', sends forth]
b. Mark 4:30: ['Lit ', compare]

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