27 he sleeps(A) and rises(B)—night(C) and day, and the seed sprouts and grows—he doesn’t know how. 28 The soil produces a crop(D) by itself—first the blade, then the head, and then the ripe grain(E) on the head. 29 But as soon as the crop is ready, he sends for the sickle,(F) because the harvest(G) has come.”

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