{When it is sown} (hotan spar(8869)). Second aorist passive
subjunctive of speir(935c). Alone in Mark and repeated in verse
 32 . {Less than all the seeds} (mikroteron pant(936e) t(936e)
spermat(936e)). Comparative adjective with the ablative case after
it. Hyperbole, of course, but clearly meaning that from a very
small seed a large plant grows, the gradual pervasive expansive
power of the kingdom of God.