by faith Moses when he was grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter;

till being united in a perfect belief, and acknowledgment of the son of God, we grow up to that full state of maturity required by Christ:

another part fell among thorns: and the thorns grew up and choked it.

some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choaked it, so that it yielded no fruit.

but after it is sown, it grows up, and becometh larger than other plants of the pulse kind, and shooteth out its branches so high, that the fowls of the air may lodge under its shadow.

but some of the corn fell into good soil, and grew up, yielding a hundred grains for one. then raising his voice he concluded with these words, he that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

'tis one indeed of the smallest grains: but when it is grown, it is the largest of the pulse kind, and becomes a tree: so that the birds of the air come and lodge in its branches.

for all nations have drunk of the poisonous wine of her idolatry, the kings of the earth have submitted to her idolatries, and the merchants of the earth are grown rich through the abundance of her delicacies.

up the wheat with them. let both grow together till the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will thus direct the reapers, first of all gather the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: then lodge the wheat in my barn.

but part of it fell on good ground, which sprang up, and grew so fruitful, that some grains produced thirty, others sixty, and some an hundred.

however he takes his repose by night, or is employ'd by day, the grain shoots up and grows without his inspection.

but as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the son of man be lifted up:

"ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up to heaven? this same Jesus who is taken up from you into heaven, shall descend in the same manner as ye have seen him ascend thither."

for if the spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead, dwell in you; he that raised up Christ from the dead, shall likewise restore your mortal bodies to life, by his spirit that dwelleth in you.

for as God hath raised up the Lord, so will he likewise raise us up to partake of his own power.