"Listen then to this parable of the farmer [who sowed seed].

He told them another story, as follows: "The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed seed in his field.

And he said, "So is the kingdom of God, even as if a man should sow seed in the ground,

“The sower went out to sow his seed; and as he sowed, some fell beside the road and it was trampled underfoot, and the birds of the sky ate it up.

[People who are] peacemakers sow [seeds of] peace and it produces a crop of righteousness [in the lives of others].

And now he furnishing seed to him sowing, and bread for food, furnish and multiply your sowing-season, and increase the fruits of your justice;)

And as for what you sow—you are not sowing the future body, but only a seed, perhaps of wheat or another grain.

Remember the saying--'Scanty sowing, scanty harvest; plentiful sowing, plentiful harvest.'

and while he was sowing, {some seed} fell on the side of the path, and the birds came [and] devoured it.

And it happened that while [he] was sowing, {some seed} fell on the side of the path, and the birds came and devoured it.

For he sowing to his flesh will reap corruption from the flesh. But he sowing to the Spirit will reap life everlasting from the Spirit.

And He responding said, The one sowing the good seed is the Son of man;

He who is sowing doth sow the word;

Hear ye; behold, he sowing went out to sow:

And like the sowing upon 'stony ground' are those who, whenever they hear the Word, at once receive it with joy,

For in this the word is true, that there is one sowing, and another reaping.

and the enemy sowing them is the devil: and the harvest is the end of the age; and the reapers are the angels.

'And he who is reaping doth receive a reward, and doth gather fruit to life age-during, that both he who is sowing and he who is reaping may rejoice together;

By what can we illustrate it? Perhaps by the growth of a mustard-seed. This seed, when sown in the ground, though it is smaller than all other seeds,

But while the world was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed wild wheat seed in the midst of the good seed, and went away.

When any one hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and takes away the seed sown in his heart. This is he that received seed by the way.

But as for the seed sown on good soil, this is the person who hears the word and understands. He bears fruit, yielding a hundred, sixty, or thirty times what was sown."

These are they that received seed by the wayside, where the word is sown; and when they hear, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word that was sown in their hearts.

Now [specific] promises were made to Abraham and to his seed [i.e., descendants]. [God] did not say "seeds" [plural] as though He were referring to many persons but "seed" [singular] showing that He meant one [descendant]; [Gen. 13:15 says] "And to your seed," referring to Christ.

You foolish man, the very seed you sow never comes to life without dying first;

So the slaves of the master of the house came [and] said to him, 'Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have darnel?'

He put before them another parable, saying, "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took [and] sowed in his field.

And the one who had received the one talent came up also [and] said, 'Master, [because I] knew you, that you are a hard man, reaping where you did not sow and gathering from where you did not scatter [seed].

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].

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.

If we have sown the spiritual seed for you, is it too great for us to reap a material support from you?

"This is the seed sown by the wayside. And the word, and at once receives it with joy.

"And the seed sown among thorns is he who hears the word, but the anxieties of the age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

Those meant by the seed sown among the brambles are different; they are the people who hear the Message,

But the people meant by the seed sown on the good ground are those who hear the Message, and welcome it, and yield a return, thirty, sixty, and even a hundred fold."

And other seed fell into good soil, and as the plants grew and increased, they yielded a crop and produced thirty, sixty, and a hundred times [as much as had been sown].”

now the meaning of the parable is this: the seed sown signifies the word of God.

And much people being gathered together, coming to him out of every city, he spake by a parable, A sower went forth to sow his seed:

Still other seed fell on good ground; when it sprang up, it produced a crop: 100 times what was sown.” As He said this, He called out, “Anyone who has ears to hear should listen!”

Then he told them many things in parables, saying: "A sower went out to sow his seed.

Because of this it is from faith, so that it is according to grace, in order for the promise to be sure to all the seed, not only to the seed from the law, but also to the seed from the faith of Abraham, who is father of us all

Because you have had a new birth, not from the seed of man, but from eternal seed, through the word of a living and unchanging God.

Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.

Truly I say to you, If a seed of grain does not go into the earth and come to an end, it is still a seed and no more; but through its death it gives much fruit.

the field is the world; the good seed are the members of the kingdom; the wild wheat seed are the followers of the wicked one.

This seed is smaller than all other seeds, but, when it has grown up, it is larger than the herbs and becomes a tree, so that 'the wild birds come and roost in its branches.'"

But other seeds fell on good soil and produced a crop, some 100, some 60, and some 30 times what was sown.

The dragon grew angry with the woman, and went away to make war with the rest of her seed, who keep God's commandments and hold to the testimony of Jesus.

Hath not the scripture said that the Christ cometh of the seed of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?

Whoever is born of God does not commit sin, because his seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.

even he to whom it was said, "In Isaac will your seed be called;"

Teacher, Moses wrote to us, "If a mans brother die, and leave a wife and no child, his brother shall take his wife, and raise up seed to his brother."

For, truly, he did not come to help the angels, but to help the seed of Abraham.

There were seven brothers; and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed.

Because I was in fear of you, for you are a hard man: you take up what you have not put down, and get in grain where you have not put seed.

He said to him, By the words of your mouth you will be judged, you bad servant. You had knowledge that I am a hard man, taking up what I have not put down and getting in grain where I have not put seed;

And the second took her and died, leaving no seed; and the third likewise.

And the seven left no seed. Last of all, the woman also died.

and God giveth it a body at his pleasure, to every seed a several body.

They answered unto him, We are Abraham's seed, and have never yet been in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?

I know that ye are Abraham's seed: yet ye seek to kill me, because my word hath not free course in you.

Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, of the seed of David, according to my Good News,

And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you.

They are Hebrews, so am I. They are Israelites, even so am I. They are the seed of Abraham, even so am I.

And other seed fell on a rock, and vegetating, withered because it had no moisture.

And other seed fell amidst thorns, and the thorns springing up with it, choked it.

His help he has given to Israel, his servant, so that he might keep in mind his mercy to Abraham and his seed for ever,

Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.

(As he spake unto our fathers) Toward Abraham and his seed for ever.

Wherefore then serveth the law? The law was added because of transgression - till the seed came, to which the promise was made - and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.

If ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs by promise.

And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.

And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat them evil four hundred years.

By faith also that very Sarah, who was barren, received ability for the conception of seed, and past the usual time of life brought forth a child, because she accounted that he who promised it, would be true to his promise.

Of this man's seed hath God according to his promise raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus:

and should sleep and rise up night and day: and the seed should spring, and grow up while he is not aware.

saying, Master, Moses wrote for us, If a man's brother die, having a wife, and he die childless, that his brother should take the wife, and raise up seed for his brother.

And other [seed] fell on the rocky ground, where it did not have much soil, and it sprang up at once because it did not have [any] depth of soil.

And other [seed] fell among the thorn plants, and the thorn plants came up and choked it.

saying, Teacher, Moses said, "If a man die having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed to his brother."

Now there were with us seven brothers; and the first, marrying, died; and, not having seed, he left his wife to his brother.

And he said to them, "Because of your little faith. For truly I say to you, if you have faith like a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here [to] there,' and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you."

And certain of the Epicurean and of the Stoic philosophers, were meeting together to see him, and some were saying, 'What would this seed picker wish to say?' and others, 'Of strange demons he doth seem to be an announcer;' because Jesus and the rising again he did proclaim to them as good news,

Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh;

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

Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations; according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.

That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.

And as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodoma, and been made like unto Gomorrha.

Alas for you, Teachers of the Law and Pharisees, hypocrites that you are! You pay tithes on mint, fennel, and caraway seed, and have neglected the weightier matters of the Law--justice, mercy, and good faith. These last you ought to have put into practice, without neglecting the first.

And other [seed] fell on the rocky ground where it did not have much soil, and it sprang up at once, because it did not have [any] depth of soil.

And other [seed] fell among the thorn plants, and the thorn plants came up and choked it, and it did not produce grain.

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

And the [seed] that fell into the thorn plants--these are the ones who hear and [as they] go along are choked by the worries and riches and pleasures of life, and they do not bear fruit to maturity.

But the [seed] on the good soil--these are the ones who, [after] hearing the word, hold fast to [it] with a noble and good heart, and bear fruit with patient endurance.

I planted, Apollos watered, but God caused [the seed] to grow;

By the seed which fell along the path are meant those who hear the Message; but then comes the Devil and carries away the Message from their minds, to prevent their believing it and being saved.

By the seed which fell upon the rock are meant those who, as soon as they hear the Message, welcome it joyfully; but they have no root, and believe it only for a time, and, when the time of temptation comes, they draw back.