21 Jesus said to them, "Do you bring in a lamp to put it under a large bowl or a bed? Don't you put it on its stand?
22 What is hidden is meant to be seen. And what is put out of sight is meant to be brought out into the open.
23 Everyone who has ears should listen."
24 "Think carefully about what you hear," he said. "As you give, so you will receive. In fact, you will receive even more.
25 If you have something, you will be given more. If you have nothing, even what you have will be taken away from you."
26 Jesus also said, "Here is what God's kingdom is like. A farmer scatters seed on the ground.
27 Night and day the seed comes up and grows. It happens whether the farmer sleeps or gets up. He doesn't know how it happens.