Grow in Spirit

²¹Also He said to them, "Is a lamp brought to be put under a basket or under a bed? Is it not to be set on a lampstand? ²²For there is nothing hidden which will not be revealed, nor has anything been kept secret but that it should come to light. ²³If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear." ²⁴Then He said to them, "Take heed what you hear. With the same measure you use, it will be measured to you; and to you who hear, more will be given. ²⁵For whoever has, to him more will be given; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him." ²⁶And He said, "The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed on the ground, ²⁷and should sleep by night and rise by day, and the seed should sprout and grow, he himself does not know how. ²⁸For the earth yields crops by itself: first the blade, then the head, after that the full grain in the head. ²⁹But when the grain ripens, immediately he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come."

^٢١ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُمْ: «هَلْ يُؤْتَى بِسِرَاجٍ لِيُوضَعَ تَحْتَ ٱلْمِكْيَالِ أَوْ تَحْتَ ٱلسَّرِيرِ؟ أَلَيْسَ لِيُوضَعَ عَلَى ٱلْمَنَارَةِ؟ ^٢٢لِأَنَّهُ لَيْسَ شَيْءٌ خَفِيٌّ لَا يُظْهَرُ، وَلَا صَارَ مَكْتُومًا إِلَّا لِيُعْلَنَ. ^٢٣إِنْ كَانَ لِأَحَدٍ أُذُنَانِ لِلسَّمْعِ، فَلْيَسْمَعْ». ^٢٤وَقَالَ لَهُمُ: «ٱنْظُرُوا مَا تَسْمَعُونَ! بِٱلْكَيْلِ ٱلَّذِي بِهِ تَكِيلُونَ يُكَالُ لَكُمْ وَيُزَادُ لَكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلسَّامِعُونَ. ^٢٥لِأَنَّ مَنْ لَهُ سَيُعْطَى، وَأَمَّا مَنْ لَيْسَ لَهُ فَٱلَّذِي عِنْدَهُ سَيُؤْخَذُ مِنْهُ». ^٢٦ وَقَالَ: «هَكَذَا مَلَكُوتُ ٱللهِ: كَأَنَّ إِنْسَانًا يُلْقِي ٱلْبِذَارَ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ، ^٢٧وَيَنَامُ وَيَقُومُ لَيْلًا وَنَهَارًا، وَٱلْبِذَارُ يَطْلُعُ وَيَنْمُو، وَهُوَ لَا يَعْلَمُ كَيْفَ، ^٢٨لِأَنَّ ٱلْأَرْضَ مِنْ ذَاتِهَا تَأْتِي بِثَمَرٍ. أَوَّلًا نَبَاتًا، ثُمَّ سُنْبُلًا، ثُمَّ قَمْحًا مَلْآنَ فِي ٱلسُّنْبُلِ. ^٢٩وَأَمَّا مَتَى أَدْرَكَ ٱلثَّمَرُ، فَلِلْوَقْتِ يُرْسِلُ ٱلْمِنْجَلَ لِأَنَّ ٱلْحَصَادَ قَدْ حَضَرَ».