Mark 4:22-32

22 For there is nothing hid *, which shall not be manifested ; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad *.

23 If any man have ears to hear , let him hear .

24 And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear : with what measure ye mete , it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given .

25 For he that hath , to him shall be given : and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath .

26 And he said , So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;

27 And should sleep , and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up , he knoweth not how.

28 For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.

29 But when the fruit is brought forth , immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come .

30 And he said , Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it?

31 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth:

32 But when it is sown , it groweth up , and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it.