Mark 4:29
And as soon as the grain is ripe, he swings the sickle, because the harvest has come. ”
What it says
When the grain is ripe, the harvest comes.
What it is doing
Ripeness leads to gathering.
In context
26Jesus also said, “The kingdom of God is like a man who scatters seed on the ground. 27Night and day he sleeps and wakes, and the seed sprouts and grows, though he knows not how. 28All by itself the earth produces a crop— first the stalk, then the head, then grain that ripens within. 29And as soon as the grain is ripe, he swings the sickle, because the harvest has come. ”