Matthew 13:3
Then he told them many things in parables, saying: "A sower went out to sow his seed.
Matthew 13:8
But other seed fell on good soil and yielded a crop: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
Matthew 13:23
But the one who received seed on the good soil is he who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and produces: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty."
Mark 4:26-32
And he said, "The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed on the ground,
1 Peter 2:9
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.