Now may he that ministereth seed to the sower, both minister bread for your 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 way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it.

It is like a grain of mustard-seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that are in the earth.

When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he who received seed by the way side.

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

So the servants of the householder came and said to him, Sir, didst thou not sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?

Another parable he proposed to them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard-seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:

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

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

And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them: