Thematic Bible: Sowing, illustrative of
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Seed » Sowing, illustrative of » Preaching the gospel
And in stories, by way of comparison, He told them many things, as He continued to speak: "A sower went out to sow,
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It is the smallest of all seeds, but when it is grown it is the largest of plants; yea, it grows into a tree, so that the wild birds come and roost in its branches."
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If we have sown the spiritual seed for you, is it too great for us to reap a material support from you?
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Seed » Sowing, illustrative of » Men's works producing a corresponding recompense
Do not be deceived anymore; God is not to be scoffed at. A person will reap just what he sows, whatever it is. The person who sows to gratify his lower nature will reap destruction from that lower nature, and the person who sows to gratify his higher nature will reap eternal life from the Spirit.
Seed » Sowing, illustrative of » Christian liberality
Now this is the way it is: Whoever sows sparingly will reap sparingly too, but whoever sows bountifully will reap bountifully too.
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Seed » Sowing, illustrative of » The burial of the body
You foolish man! the seed that you sow never comes to life unless it dies first; and what you sow does not have the body that it is going to have, but is a naked grain, of wheat (it may be) or something else; but God gives it just the body He sees fit, even each kind of seed its own body.
Seed » Sowing, illustrative of » Scattering or dispersing a people
Seed » Sowing, illustrative of » The death of Christ and its effects
I most solemnly say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains a single grain. But if it does die, it yields a great harvest.
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