Other seed fell on rocky ground where it did not have much soil. It sprang up at once because the soil was not deep.

But other seed fell on good soil and produced grain, sprouting and growing; some yielded thirty times as much, some sixty, and some a hundred times."

But these are the ones sown on good soil: They hear the word and receive it and bear fruit, one thirty times as much, one sixty, and one a hundred."

By itself the soil produces a crop, first the stalk, then the head, then the full grain in the head.

As Jesus looked at him, he felt love for him and said, "You lack one thing. Go, sell whatever you have and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.'

He said to them, "My soul is deeply grieved, even to the point of death. Remain here and stay alert."