25. For to the one who has, more will be given, and from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.”
26. And he said, “The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed on the ground.
27. He sleeps and rises night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows; he knows not how.
28. The earth produces by itself, first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.
29. But when the grain is ripe, at once he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come.”
30. And he said, “With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable shall we use for it?
31. It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when sown on the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth,
32. yet when it is sown it grows up and becomes larger than all the garden plants and puts out large branches, so that the birds of the air can make nests in its shade.”
33. With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it.
34. He did not speak to them without a parable, but privately to his own disciples he explained everything.
35. On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, “Let us go across to the other side.”
36. And leaving the crowd, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was. And other boats were with him.
37. And a great windstorm arose, and the waves were breaking into the boat, so that the boat was already filling.