A Lamp Under a Basket
21 1And he said to them,
2“Is a lamp brought in to be put under a basket, or under a bed, and not on a stand?
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3For nothing is hidden except to be made manifest; nor is anything secret except to come to light.
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4If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear. ”
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And he said to them, “Pay attention to what you hear:
5with the measure you use, it will be measured to you, and still more will be added to you.
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6For to the one who has, more will be given, and from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away. ”
The Parable of the Seed Growing
26 And he said,
7“The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed on the ground.
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He sleeps and rises night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows;
8he knows not how.
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The earth produces by itself, first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.
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But when the grain is ripe, at once
9he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come. ”
The Parable of the Mustard Seed
30 10And he said, “With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable shall we use for it?
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It is like
11a grain of mustard seed, which, when sown on the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth,