• Mark 4:26 — And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;
• Mark 4:27 — And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.
• Mark 4:28 — For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.
• Mark 4:29 — But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come.

3 Christian traditions affirm this interpretation.

• Evangelical · Evangelical
• Patristic · Patristic
• Reformed · Reformed

2 passages from 2 historic works cite scripture this interpretation depends on.

• Catechism of the Catholic Church · 1 passage
• Against Heresies (Adversus Haereses) · 1 passage