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

"A sower went out to sow his seed. As he was sowing, some of the seed fell along the path, and were trodden down, and the wild birds ate them up.

and as he was sowing, some of the seed fell along the path, and the birds came and ate them up,

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

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 anyone hears the message of the kingdom and does not understand it, the wicked one comes and carries off the seed that was sown in his heart. This is what was sown along the path.

It is like a mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the ground, is the smallest of all seeds,

And the farmer's slaves came up to him and said, 'Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? Then where did the wild wheat plants come from?'

He told them this story, as follows: "The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a mustard seed which a man took and sowed in his field.

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

You foolish man! the seed that you sow never comes to life unless it dies first;

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.

He who always supplies the sower with seed and the eater with bread will supply you with seed and multiply it and enlarge the harvest which your deeds of charity yield.

The harvest of uprightness is grown from the seed of peace by those who are peacemakers.

And He answered: "The sower of the good seed is the Son of Man;

Some fell among the thorn seed, and the thorns grew up and choked them out and they yielded no grain.

He also was saying: "The kingdom of God is like a man who scatters seed on the ground,

then continues sleeping by night and getting up by day, while the seed sprouts and comes up without his knowing how.

This is what the story means: The seed is God's message.

It is like a mustard seed which a man took and dropped in his garden, and it grew and became a tree, and the wild birds roosted in its branches."

Then the Lord said to them, "If you had faith that grows like a mustard seed, you might have been saying to this mulberry tree, 'Pull yourself up by the roots and plant yourself in the sea,' and it would have obeyed you!