'The sower went forth to sow his seed, and in his sowing some indeed fell beside the way, and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the heaven did devour it.

Another simile he set before them, saying: 'The reign of the heavens was likened to a man sowing good seed in his field,

And he answering said to them, 'He who is sowing the good seed is the Son of Man,

And this: He who is sowing sparingly, sparingly also shall reap; and he who is sowing in blessings, in blessings also shall reap;

because he who is sowing to his own flesh, of the flesh shall reap corruption; and he who is sowing to the Spirit, of the Spirit shall reap life age-during;

He who is sowing doth sow the word;

and in his sowing, some indeed fell by the way, and the fowls did come and devour them,

and it came to pass, in the sowing, some fell by the way, and the fowls of the heaven did come and devour it;

'And he who is reaping doth receive a reward, and doth gather fruit to life age-during, that both he who is sowing and he who is reaping may rejoice together;

and may He who is supplying seed to the sower, and bread for food, supply and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness,

'And the servants of the householder, having come near, said to him, Sir, good seed didst thou not sow in thy field? whence then hath it the darnel?

and to Abraham were the promises spoken, and to his seed; He doth not say, 'And to seeds,' as of many, but as of one, 'And to thy seed,' which is Christ;

nor because they are seed of Abraham are all children, but -- 'in Isaac shall a seed be called to thee;'

As a grain of mustard, which, whenever it may be sown on the earth, is less than any of the seeds that are on the earth;

'Ye are sons of the prophets, and of the covenant that God made unto our fathers, saying unto Abraham: And in thy seed shall be blessed all the families of the earth;

and He gave him no inheritance in it, not even a footstep, and did promise to give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him -- he having no child.

'And God spake thus, That his seed shall be sojourning in a strange land, and they shall cause it to serve, and shall do it evil four hundred years,

Of this one's seed God, according to promise, did raise to Israel a Saviour -- Jesus,

And certain of the Epicurean and of the Stoic philosophers, were meeting together to see him, and some were saying, 'What would this seed picker wish to say?' and others, 'Of strange demons he doth seem to be an announcer;' because Jesus and the rising again he did proclaim to them as good news,

concerning His Son, (who is come of the seed of David according to the flesh,

For not through law is the promise to Abraham, or to his seed, of his being heir of the world, but through the righteousness of faith;

Because of this it is of faith, that it may be according to grace, for the promise being sure to all the seed, not to that which is of the law only, but also to that which is of the faith of Abraham,

Who, against hope in hope did believe, for his becoming father of many nations according to that spoken: 'So shall thy seed be;'

that is, the children of the flesh -- these are not children of God; but the children of the promise are reckoned for seed;

and according as Isaiah saith before, 'Except the Lord of Sabaoth did leave to us a seed, as Sodom we had become, and as Gomorrah we had been made like.'

I say, then, Did God cast away His people? let it not be! for I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin:

and the field is the world, and the good seed, these are the sons of the reign, and the darnel are the sons of the evil one,

Hebrews are they? I also! Israelites are they? I also! seed of Abraham are they? I also!

Why, then, the law? on account of the transgressions it was added, till the seed might come to which the promise hath been made, having been set in order through messengers in the hand of a mediator --

and if ye are of Christ then of Abraham ye are seed, and according to promise -- heirs.

'Teacher, Moses said, If any one may die not having children, his brother shall marry his wife, and shall raise up seed to his brother.

'And there were with us seven brothers, and the first having married did die, and not having seed, he left his wife to his brother;

Remember Jesus Christ, raised out of the dead, of the seed of David, according to my good news,

for, doubtless, of messengers it doth not lay hold, but of seed of Abraham it layeth hold,

By faith also Sarah herself did receive power to conceive seed, and she bare after the time of life, seeing she did judge Him faithful who did promise;

of whom it was said -- 'In Isaac shall a seed be called to thee;'

being begotten again, not out of seed corruptible, but incorruptible, through a word of God -- living and remaining -- to the age;

And he said, 'Thus is the reign of God: as if a man may cast the seed on the earth,

and may sleep, and may rise night and day, and the seed spring up and grow, he hath not known how;

every one who hath been begotten of God, sin he doth not, because his seed in him doth remain, and he is not able to sin, because of God he hath been begotten.

'Teacher, Moses wrote to us, that if any one's brother may die, and may leave a wife, and may leave no children, that his brother may take his wife, and raise up seed to his brother.

'There were then seven brothers, and the first took a wife, and dying, he left no seed;

and the dragon was angry against the woman, and went away to make war with the rest of her seed, those keeping the commands of God, and having the testimony of Jesus Christ.

and the second took her, and died, neither left he seed, and the third in like manner,

and the seven took her, and left no seed, last of all died also the woman;