A sower went out to sow his seed, and as he was sowing, some fell by the way-side, and was trodden down, and the birds of the air devoured it.

And may He, who supplieth seed to the sower, and giveth bread for food, furnish and multiply your sowing, and increase the fruits of your bounty:)

and as he was sowing, some seeds fell by the way-side, and the birds came and ate them up:

and in sowing, some fell by the way-side, and the birds came and ate it up:

It is like to a grain of mustard-seed, which when it is sown in the ground, is one of the lest of all the seeds on the earth:

It is like a grain of mustard-seed, which a man took and sowed in his garden, and it grew, and became a great tree, and the birds of the air lodged in it's boughs.

and regardeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and snatcheth away that which was sown in his heart: this is he who received the seed as by the way-side.

So the servants came to their master, and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? whence then are the tares?

Another parable delivered He unto them, saying, The gospel-kingdom is like a grain of mustard-seed, which a man took and sowed in his field.

And these are they who are like seed sown on good ground: such as hear the word, and receive it; and bring forth fruit, some thirty-fold, and some sixty, and some an hundred.

Now the promises were made to Abraham, and to his seed. He doth not say, "and to seeds," as of many; but as of one, "and to thy seed," which is Christ.

Nor because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children of promise: but "in Isaac shall thy seed be called."

Now this is the meaning of the parable, The seed is the word of God:

in remembrance of his mercy (even as He promised to our fathers, to Abraham and to his seed,) for ever."

saying, Moses enjoined us, if any man's brother die, having a wife, and he die childless, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed to his brother.

And the Lord said, If ye had faith but as a grain of mustard-seed, ye might say to this sycamine-tree, Be thou rooted up and planted in the sea; and it would obey you.

Hath not the Scripture said, that Christ cometh of the seed of David, and from Bethlehem, the town whence David was.

They answered Him, We are the seed of Abraham, and never were slaves to any one, how then dost thou say, Ye shall be made free?

I know that ye are the seed of Abraham, but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.

Now ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant, which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, "And in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed:"

though He gave him no inheritance in it, no not the breadth of a foot; but He promised to give it to him for a possession, even to his seed after him; though he had then no child."

And God spake thus unto him, "that his seed should sojourn in a strange country, and they shall in slave and abuse them four hundred years:"

Of this man's seed, according to the promise, hath God raised up to Israel Jesus the Saviour:

That is, not the children of the flesh are the children of God, but the children of the promise are accounted for the seed.

And as Esaias said before, "Except the Lord of hosts had left us a seed, we had been as Sodom, and we had been made like unto Gomorrah."

I say then, Hath God cast off his people? God forbid! for I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

who was of the seed of David according to the flesh,

For the promise made to Abraham, or to his seed, that he should be heir of the world, was not by the law, but by the righteousness of faith:

And therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace, that so the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but also to that which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,

who against hope believed, with hope, that he should be the father of many nations, according to that which was said unto him, "So shall thy seed be."

Are they Hebrews? so am I: are they Israelites? so am I: are they the seed of Abraham?

What then availeth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come, to whom the promise was made; and it was delivered by angels in the hand of a mediator.

And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.