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26 He also 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 forth and grow up, he knows not how.

28 For the earth brings forth fruit of herself: first the blade, then the ear, after that the full grain in the ear.

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The Parable of the Growing Seed

26 He also said, “This is what the kingdom of God is like.(A) A man scatters seed on the ground. 27 Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how. 28 All by itself the soil produces grain—first the stalk, then the head, then the full kernel in the head.

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