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# Connecting Statement:
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Jesus then tells the people parables to explain the kingdom of God, which he later explains to his disciples. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parables]])
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# like a man who sows his seed
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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]])
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# He sleeps at night and gets up by day
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This is something that the man habitually does. AT: "He sleeps each night and gets up each day" or "He sleeps each night and gets up the next day"
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# gets up by day
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"is up during the day" or "is active during the day"
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# though he does not know how
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"though the man does not know how the seed sprouts and grows"
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# the blade
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the stalk or sprout
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# the ear
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the head on the stalk or the part of the plant that holds the fruit
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# he immediately sends in the sickle
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Here "the sickle" is a metonym that stands for the farmer or the people whom the farmer sends out to harvest the grain. AT: "he immediately goes into the field with a sickle to harvest the grain" or "he immediately sends people with sickles into the field to harvest the grain" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# sickle
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a curved blade or a sharp hook used to cut grain
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# because the harvest has come
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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]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/kingdomofgod]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/sow]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/grain]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/harvest]] |