28For the earth ayields crops by itself: first the blade, then the head, after that the full grain in the head.
29But when the grain ripens, immediately ahe puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come.”
The Parable of the Mustard Seed
30 Then He said, a“To what shall we liken the kingdom of God? Or with what parable shall we picture it?
31It is like a mustard seed which, when it is sown on the ground, is smaller than all the seeds on earth;
32but when it is sown, it grows up and becomes greater than all herbs, and shoots out large branches, so that the birds of the air may nest under its shade.”
