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