Mark 4:21-31

21 He said to them, "Is the lamp brought to be put under a basket or under the bed? Isn't it put on the lampstand?

22 For there is nothing hidden, except that it should be made known; neither was anything made secret, but that it should come to light.

23 If any man has ears to hear, let him hear."

24 He said to them, "Take heed what you hear. With whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you, and more will be given to you who hear.

25 For whoever has, to him will more be given, and he who has not, from him will be taken away even that which he has."

26 He said, "So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed on the earth,

27 and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should spring up and grow, he doesn't know how.

28 For the earth bears fruit: first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.

29 But when the fruit is ripe, immediately he puts forth the sickle, because the harvest has come."

30 He said, "How will we liken the kingdom of God? Or by what parable will we compare it?

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