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# Connecting Statement:
Jesus then tells the people parables to explain the kingdom of God, which he later explained to his disciples. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parables]])
# like a man who sows his seed
Jesus likens the kingdom of God to a farmer who sows his seed. AT: "like a farmer who sows his seed" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
# He sleeps at night and gets up by day
"He rises in the morning and sleeps at night"
# the blade
the stalk or sprout
# the ear
the head on the stalk or the part of the plant that holds the fruit
# he immediately sends out the sickle
Here "the sickle" is a metonym that stands for the farmer or the people who the farmer sends out to harvest the grain. AT: "he immediately goes out with a sickle to harvest the grain" or "he immediately sends out people with sickles to harvest the grain" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
# sickle
a curved blade or a sharp hook used to cut grain
# because the harvest has come
Here the phrase "has come" is an idiom for the grain being ripe for harvest. AT: "because the grain is ready to be harvested" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
# translationWords
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/kingdomofgod]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/sow]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/grain]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/harvest]]