"A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was sowing, some seeds fell along the path, were trampled on, and birds from the sky ate them up.

As he was sowing, some seeds fell along the path, and birds came and ate them up.

As he was sowing, some seeds fell along the path, and birds came and ate them up.

If we have sown spiritual seed among you, is it too much if we reap material benefits from you?

He presented another parable to them: "The kingdom from heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field.

"The owner's servants came and asked him, "Master, you sowed good seed in your field, didn't you? Then where did these weeds come from?'

He answered, "The person who sowed good seed is the Son of Man,

Now he who supplies seed to the farmer and bread to eat will also supply you with seed and multiply it and enlarge the harvest that results from your righteousness.

Some people are like the seeds along the path, where the word is sown. When they hear it, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word that was sown in them.

Others are like the seeds sown on good soil. They hear the word, accept it, and produce crops 30, 60, or 100 times what was sown."

It's like a mustard seed planted in the ground. Although it's the smallest of all the seeds on earth,

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

Others are like the seeds sown on the stony ground. When they hear the word, at once they joyfully accept it,

Still others are like the seeds sown among the thorn bushes. These are the people who hear the word,

You fool! The seed you plant does not come to life unless it dies,

But God gives the plant the form he wants it to have, and to each kind of seed its own form.

He presented another parable to them, saying, "The kingdom from heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and planted in his field.

while the field is the world. The good seed are those who belong to the kingdom, while the weeds are those who belong to the evil one.

He told them, "Because of your lack of faith. I tell all of you with certainty, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, "Move from here to there,' and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.

"Then the one who had received one talent came forward and said, "Master, I knew that you were a hard man, harvesting where you haven't planted and gathering where you haven't scattered any seed.

"His master answered him, "You evil and lazy servant! So you knew that I harvested where I haven't planted and gathered where I haven't scattered any seed?

And a harvest of righteousness is grown from the seed of peace planted by peacemakers.

For you have been born again, not by a seed that perishes but by one that cannot perish by the living and everlasting word of God.

No one who has been born from God practices sin, because God's seed abides in him. Indeed, he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born from God.