24 Listen carefully to what you hear! The way you treat others will be the way you will be treated—and even worse.
25 Everyone who has something will be given more. But people who don't have anything will lose what little they have.
26 Again Jesus said:God's kingdom is like what happens when a farmer scatters seed in a field.
27 The farmer sleeps at night and is up and around during the day. Yet the seeds keep sprouting and growing, and he doesn't understand how.
28 It is the ground that makes the seeds sprout and grow into plants that produce grain.
29 Then when harvest season comes and the grain is ripe, the farmer cuts it with a sickle.
30 Finally, Jesus said:What is God's kingdom like? What story can I use to explain it?