²⁹ But when the grain is ripe and permits, immediately he ^[a]sends forth [the reapers] and puts in the sickle, because the harvest stands ready.

³⁰ And He said, With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable shall we use to illustrate and explain it?

³¹ It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when sown upon the ground, is the smallest of all seeds upon the earth;