20. But the ones sown on good ground are those who hear the word, welcome it, and produce a crop: 30, 60, and 100 times what was sown.”
21. He also said to them, “Is a lamp brought in to be put under a basket or under a bed? Isn’t it to be put on a lampstand?
22. For nothing is concealed except to be revealed, and nothing hidden except to come to light.
23. If anyone has ears to hear, he should listen! ”
24. Then He said to them, “Pay attention to what you hear. By the measure you use, it will be measured and added to you.
25. For to the one who has, it will be given, and from the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away.”
26. “The kingdom of God is like this,” He said. “A man scatters seed on the ground;
27. he sleeps and rises — night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows — he doesn’t know how.