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

Now he that supplieth seed to the sower, shall also supply bread for food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness,

A sower went out to sow his seed; and as he sowed, some fell by the road side, and was trodden under foot, and the birds of the air devoured it up.

Another parable proposed he to them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like unto a man who sowed good seed in his field:

The servants of the proprietor came, and said to him, Master, didst thou not sow good seed in thy field? whence then hath it the zizane?

And he replying said to them, He that sowed the good seed, is the Son of man;

But to Abraham were the promises spoken, and to his seed. He saith not, To seeds, as unto many persons; but as to an individual, and to thy seed, which is Christ.

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

and that which thou sowest, thou sowest not the body which shall be afterwards, but the bare grain, perhaps of wheat, or of some of the other seeds:

It is like a grain of mustard, which when it is sown in the earth, is among the least of all the seeds which are upon the earth: