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And he was saying - Thus, is the kingdom of God: As a man may cast seed upon the earth,

and be sleeping and rising, night and day, - and the seed be sprouting, and lengthening itself, - how, he, knoweth not:

of itself, the earth beareth fruit, - first, a blade, afterwards, an ear, after that, full corn in the ear;

but, as soon as the fruit yieldeth itself up, straightway, he sendeth forth the sickle, because standing by is the harvest. -