Matthew 13:3

And He spoke many things to them in parables, saying, Behold a sower went out to sow.

Matthew 13:8

But others fell in good ground, and gave fruit, some a hundred, some sixty, and some thirty.

Matthew 13:23

And the one having been sown on good ground, is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; who truly bears fruit, and produces, some a hundred, some sixty, and some thirty.

Mark 4:26-32

And He said, Thus is the kingdom of God, as a man may cast seed on the ground;

1 Peter 2:9

But you are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people unto conquest; in order that you may proclaim the virtues of the one having called you out of darkness unto his own marvelous light:

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Summary

For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.

As the earth

General references

Bible References

As the earth

Matthew 13:3
And He spoke many things to them in parables, saying, Behold a sower went out to sow.
Mark 4:26
And He said, Thus is the kingdom of God, as a man may cast seed on the ground;

General references

1 Corinthians 15:38
but God gives it a body as he wished; and to each of the seeds its own body.