Now to Abraham were the undertakings given, and to his seed. He says not, And to seeds, as of a great number; but as of one, he says, And to your seed, which is Christ.

Because he who puts in the seed of the flesh will of the flesh get the reward of death; but he who puts in the seed of the Spirit will of the Spirit get the reward of eternal life.

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.

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.

And they are not all children because they are the seed of Abraham; but, In Isaac will your seed be named.

And he who gives seed for putting into the field and bread for food, will take care of the growth of your seed, at the same time increasing the fruits of your righteousness;

It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is put in the earth, is smaller than all the seeds on the earth,

And the field is the world; and the good seed is the sons of the kingdom; and the evil seeds are the sons of the Evil One;

Now there were among us seven brothers; and the first was married and at his death, having no seed, gave his wife to his brother;

And he who had had the one talent came and said, Lord, I had knowledge that you are a hard man, getting in grain where you have not put seed, and making profits for which you have done no work:

But his lord in answer said to him, You are a bad and unready servant; if you had knowledge that I get in grain where I did not put seed, and make profits for which I have done no work,

What then is the law? It was an addition made because of sin, till the coming of the seed to whom the undertaking had been given; and it was ordered through angels by the hand of a go-between.

And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and yours is the heritage by the right of God's undertaking given to Abraham.

Be not tricked; God is not made sport of: for whatever seed a man puts in, that will he get back as grain.

A man went out to put seed in the earth:

The seed is the word.

And he said, Such is the kingdom of God, as if a man put seed in the earth,

And went to sleep and got up, night and day, and the seed came to growth, though he had no idea how.

Keep in mind Jesus Christ, of the seed of David, who came back from the dead, as my good news gives witness:

For, truly, he does not take on the life of angels, but that of the seed of Abraham.

Of whom it had been said, From Isaac will your seed take their name:

And all the seven had no seed. Last of all the woman herself came to her death.

Anyone who is a child of God does no sin, because he still has God's seed in him; he is not able to be a sinner, because God is his Father.

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,

And the dragon was angry with the woman and went away to make war on the rest of her seed, who keep the orders of God, and the witness of Jesus:

A man went out to put in seed, and while he was doing it, some was dropped by the wayside and it was crushed under foot, and was taken by the birds of heaven.

Now this is the point of the story: The seed is the word of God.

It is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and put in his garden, and it became a tree, and the birds of heaven made their resting-places in its branches.

And the Lord said, If your faith was only as great as a grain of mustard seed, you might say to this tree, Be rooted up and planted in the sea; and it would be done.

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;

Do not the Writings say that the Christ comes of the seed of David and from Beth-lehem, the little town where David was?

They said to him in answer, We are Abraham's seed and have never been any man's servant: why do you say, You will become free?

I am conscious that you are Abraham's seed; but you have a desire to put me to death because my word has no place in you.