²⁷ He sleeps^(A) and rises^(B) night^(C) and day; the seed sprouts and grows, although he doesn’t know how. ²⁸ The soil produces a crop^(D) by itself—first the blade, then the head, and then the full grain^(E) on the head. ²⁹ As soon as the crop is ready, he sends for the sickle,^(F) because the harvest^(G) has come.”