Matthew 13:3

And He spake to them many things in parables, saying, "Behold, the sower went forth to sow.

Matthew 13:8

And others fell on the good ground, and were yielding fruit, some a hundredfold, some sixty, and some thirty.

Matthew 13:23

But he that was sown on the good ground, this is he that 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, "So is the Kingdom of God, as if a man should cast the seed upon the earth;

1 Peter 2:9

But ye are "an elect race, a kingly priesthood, a holy nation," a people for a possession, that ye may show forth the excellencies of Him Who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

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Bible References

As the earth

Matthew 13:3
And He spake to them many things in parables, saying, "Behold, the sower went forth to sow.
Mark 4:26
And He said, "So is the Kingdom of God, as if a man should cast the seed upon the earth;

General references

1 Corinthians 15:38
but God giveth it a body, even as He willed, and to each of the seeds a body of its own.