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for of itself doth the earth bear fruit, first a blade, afterwards an ear, afterwards full corn in the ear;
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and whenever the fruit may yield itself, immediately he doth send forth the sickle, because the harvest hath come.'
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And he said, `To what may we liken the reign of God, or in what simile may we compare it?
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As a grain of mustard, which, whenever it may be sown on the earth, is less than any of the seeds that are on the earth;
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and whenever it may be sown, it cometh up, and doth become greater than any of the herbs, and doth make great branches, so that under its shade the fowls of the heaven are able to rest.'
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And with many such similes he was speaking to them the word, as they were able to hear,
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and without a simile he was not speaking to them, and by themselves, to his disciples he was expounding all.
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And he saith to them on that day, evening having come, `We may pass over to the other side;'
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and having let away the multitude, they take him up as he was in the boat, and other little boats also were with him.
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And there cometh a great storm of wind, and the waves were beating on the boat, so that it is now being filled,
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and he himself was upon the stern, upon the pillow sleeping, and they wake him up, and say to him, `Teacher, art thou not caring that we perish?'