of God, and this parable may also be read in the light of that issue. At first there may be little to show for the sowing of seed, and a sceptical observer might think nothing was happening. But there is an inner dynamic in that message which will in due time produce its effect, even if human insight cannot fathom how the process works (ὡς οὐκ οἶδεν αὐτός). In the meantime the wise disciple will wait in confidence for God’s work to be accomplished in God’s way.24 The kingdom of God, then,