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, a sower went out to sow,

He spoke at some length to them in parables, saying: "A sower went out to sow,

"A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some seed fell on the road and was trampled down, and the wild birds ate it up;

The reaper is already getting his wages and harvesting for eternal life, so that the sower shares the reaper's joy.

Truly, truly I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains a single grain; but if it dies, it bears rich fruit.

I did the planting, Apollos did the watering, but it was God who made the seed grow.

and the peacemakers who sow in peace reap righteousness.

You are born anew of immortal, not of mortal seed, by the living, lasting word of God;

When the blade sprouted and formed the kernel, then the weeds appeared as well.

God gives it a body as he pleases, gives each kind of seed a body of its own.