Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns came up and choked it, and it didn’t produce a crop.

Still others fell on good ground and produced a crop that increased 30, 60, and 100 times what was sown.”

But the ones sown on good ground are those who hear the word, welcome it, and produce a crop: 30, 60, and 100 times what was sown.”

The soil produces a crop by itself—first the blade, then the head, and then the ripe grain on the head.

But as soon as the crop is ready, he sends for the sickle, because the harvest has come.”