and as he was sowing, some seeds fell indeed by the road-side; and the birds came and ate them up:

Another parable proposed he to them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like unto a man who sowed good seed in his field:

The servants of the proprietor came, and said to him, Master, didst thou not sow good seed in thy field? whence then hath it the zizane?

And he replying said to them, He that sowed the good seed, is the Son of man;