Mark 4:26

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And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;

“Listen! Consider the sower who went out to sow.

The wicked man earns an empty wage,
but the one who sows righteousness, a true reward.

One who watches the wind will not sow,
and the one who looks at the clouds will not reap.

Does the plowman plow every day to plant seed?
Does he continuously break up and cultivate the soil?

Those who sow seed are happy
beside abundant waters;
they let ox and donkey range freely.

Then He told them many things in parables, saying: “Consider the sower who went out to sow.

“A sower went out to sow his seed. As he was sowing, some fell along the path; it was trampled on, and the birds of the sky ate it up.

The reaper is already receiving pay and gathering fruit for eternal life, so the sower and reaper can rejoice together.

“I assure you: Unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains by itself. But if it dies, it produces a large crop.

I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth.

And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who cultivate peace.

since you have been born again—not of perishable seed but of imperishable—through the living and enduring word of God.

When the plants sprouted and produced grain, then the weeds also appeared.

But God gives it a body as He wants, and to each of the seeds its own body.