23. If any man has ears to hear, let him be listening and let him perceive and comprehend.
24. And He said to them, Be careful what you are hearing. The measure [of thought and study] you give [to the truth you hear] will be the measure [of virtue and knowledge] that comes back to you–and more [besides] will be given to you who hear.
25. For to him who has will more be given; and from him who has nothing, even what he has will be taken away [by force],
26. And He said, The kingdom of God is like a man who scatters seed upon the ground,
27. And then continues sleeping and rising night and day while the seed sprouts and grows and increases–he knows not how.
28. The earth produces [acting] by itself–first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.