And another fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.

and should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knows not how.

But when it has been sown, it grows up and becomes greater than all herbs, and shoots out great branches, so as to enable the birds of the air to roost under its shade.

But that you, speaking the truth in love, may in all things grow up to Him who is the Head, even Christ;

which indeed is the least of all seeds, but when it is grown it is the greatest among herbs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in its branches.

And this until we all come into the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a full-grown man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ;

For in many things we all offend. If anyone does not offend in word, the same is a full-grown man, able also to bridle the whole body.