Matthew 13:3
Then he told them many truths in parables. "The sower," he began, "went out to sow; and,
Matthew 13:8
Some, however, fell on good soil, and yielded a return, sometimes one hundred, sometimes sixty, sometimes thirty fold.
Matthew 13:23
But by the seed which was sown on the good ground is meant the man who hears the Message and understands it, and really yields a return, sometimes one hundred, sometimes sixty, sometimes thirty fold."
Mark 4:26-32
Jesus also said: "This is what the Kingdom of God is like-- like a man who has scattered seed on the ground,
1 Peter 2:9
But you are 'a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a consecrated nation, God's own People,' entrusted with the proclamation of the goodness of him who called you out of Darkness into his wonderful Light.