Other seed fell on the rocky ground where it did not have much soil; and immediately it sprang up because it had no depth of soil.

Other seeds fell into the good soil, and as they grew up and increased, they yielded a crop and produced thirty, sixty, and a hundredfold.”

And those are the ones on whom seed was sown on the good soil; and they hear the word and accept it and bear fruit, thirty, sixty, and a hundredfold.”

And He was saying, “The kingdom of God is like a man who casts seed upon the soil;

The soil produces crops by itself; first the blade, then the head, then the mature grain in the head.

It is like a mustard seed, which, when sown upon the soil, though it is smaller than all the seeds that are upon the soil,

For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul?

For what will a man give in exchange for his soul?

Looking at him, Jesus felt a love for him and said to him, “One thing you lack: go and sell all you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.”

and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.’

And He *said to them, “My soul is deeply grieved to the point of death; remain here and keep watch.”