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But when the grain is ripe, at once he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come."
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And 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 a grain of mustard seed, which, when sown upon the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth;
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yet when it is sown it grows up and becomes the greatest of all shrubs, and puts forth large branches, so that the birds of the air can make nests in its shade."
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With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it;
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he did not speak to them without a parable, but privately to his own disciples he explained everything.
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On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, "Let us go across to the other side."
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And leaving the crowd, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was. And other boats were with him.
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And a great storm of wind arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that the boat was already filling.
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But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion; and they woke him and said to him, "Teacher, do you not care if we perish?"
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And he awoke and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, "Peace! Be still!" And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.