Thematic Bible: Sowing, illustrative of
Thematic Bible
Seed » Sowing, illustrative of » Preaching the gospel
And he spake unto them many things, in parables, saying: Lo! the sower went forth to sow, -
which, indeed, is, less, than all seeds, but, when grown, is greater than garden-plants, and becometh a tree, - so that the birds of heaven come, and lodge among its branches.
If, we, unto you, the things of the Spirit have sown, is it a great matter, if, we, of you, the things of the flesh shall reap?
Seed » Sowing, illustrative of » Men's works producing a corresponding recompense
So far as I have seen, They who plow for iniquity and sow misery, reap the same:
Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap ye at thc bidding of lovingkindness, furrow to yourselves the newly-ploughed soil, - then will be the time to seek Yahweh, until he come, that he may rain down righteousness for you.
Be not deceiving yourselves! God, is not to be mocked; for, whatsoever a man soweth, the same, shall he also reap, - Because, he that soweth into his own flesh, out of the flesh, shall reap corruption, whereas, he that soweth into the Spirit, out of the Spirit, shall reap age-abiding life.
Seed » Sowing, illustrative of » Christian liberality
As to this, however, he that soweth sparingly, sparingly, also shall reap, and, he that soweth with blessings, with blessings, also shall reap:
In the morning, sow thy seed, and, until evening, do not withhold thy hand, - for thou knowest not - whether shall thrive, either this or that, or whether, both alike, shall be fruitful.
Seed » Sowing, illustrative of » The burial of the body
Simple one! What, thou, sowest, is not quickened, except it die; And, what thou sowest, not the body that shall come into existence, dost thou sow, but a naked kernel - if it so happen, of wheat, or of any of the rest, - Howbeit, God, giveth it a body, as he pleased, and, unto each of the seeds, a body of its own.
Seed » Sowing, illustrative of » Scattering or dispersing a people
Though I scatter them among the peoples, yet, in places far away, shall they remember me, - and they shall live with their children, and shall return;
Seed » Sowing, illustrative of » The death of Christ and its effects
Verily! Verily, I say unto you: Except, the kernel of wheat, shall fall into the ground, and die, it, alone, abideth; but, if it die, much fruit, it beareth.