Consider the birds of the sky, that they do not sow or reap or gather [produce] into barns, and your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth more than they [are]?

So he said to them, "Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, and those with him,

Or have you not read in the law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple violate the sanctity of the Sabbath and are guiltless?

And he answered [and] said, "Have you not read that the one who created [them] from the beginning made them male and female

And they said to him, "Do you hear what these [children] are saying?" So Jesus said to them, "Yes, have you never read, 'Out of the mouths of children and nursing babies you have prepared for yourself praise'?"

Jesus said to them, "Have you never read in the scriptures, 'The stone which the builders rejected, this has become {the cornerstone}. This came about from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes'?

Now concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God, who said,

But his master answered [and] said to him, 'Evil and lazy slave! You knew that I reap where I did not sow and gather from where I did not scatter [seed].

And he said to them, "Have you never read what David did when he had need and he and those [who were] with him were hungry--

Have you not read this scripture: 'The stone which the builders rejected, this has become {the cornerstone}.

Now concerning the dead, that they are raised, have you not read in the book of Moses {in the passage about the bush} how God spoke to him, saying, 'I [am] the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob'?

And he came to Nazareth, where {he had been brought up}, and according to {his custom} he entered into the synagogue on the day of the Sabbath and stood up to read.

And Jesus answered [and] said to them, "Have you not read this, what David did when he and those [who were] with him were hungry--

And he said to him, "What is written in the law? How do you read [it]?"

Consider the ravens, that they neither sow nor reap; to them there is neither storeroom nor barn, and God feeds them. How much more are you worth than the birds?

For I was afraid of you, because you are a severe man--you withdraw what you did not deposit, and you reap what you did not sow!'

I sent you to reap what you did not work for; others have worked, and you have entered into their work."

(Now Jesus had been speaking about his death, but they thought that he was speaking about {real sleep}.)

So many of the Jews read this notice, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city. And it was written in Aramaic, in Latin, [and] in Greek.

And he went out [and] was following [him]. And he did not know that what was being done by the angel was real, but was thinking [he] was seeing a vision.

For those who live in Jerusalem and their rulers, [because they] did not recognize this one, and the voices of the prophets that are read on every Sabbath, fulfilled [them] [by] condemning [him].

For Moses has those who proclaim him in every city from ancient generations, [because he] is read aloud in the synagogues on every Sabbath."

And [when they] read [it] aloud, they rejoiced at the encouragement.

If we have sown spiritual [things] among you, [is it too] great [a thing] if we reap material [things] from you?

For we are not writing [anything] else to you except what you can read or also understand. But I hope that you will understand {completely},

You are our letter, inscribed on our hearts, known and read by all people,

But until today, whenever Moses is read aloud, a veil lies upon their heart,

Now [the point is] this: the one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the one who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.

Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked, for whatever a person sows, this he will also reap,

because the one who sows to his own flesh will reap corruption from the flesh, but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit.

And let us not grow weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap, [if we] do not give up.

so that you may be able when you read to understand my insight into the mystery of Christ

And whenever this letter is read among you, {see to it} that it is read also among the Laodicean church, and that you also read the [letter] from Laodicea.

I adjure you by the Lord, have this letter read aloud to all the brothers.

Behold, the wages that were held back by you from the workers who reap your fields cry out, and the cries of the reapers have come to the ears of the Lord of hosts.

And another angel came out of the temple, crying out with a loud voice to the one seated on the cloud, "Send out your sickle and reap, because the hour to reap has come, because the harvest of the earth is ripe!"