Thematic Bible: Sowing, illustrative of
Thematic Bible
Seed » Sowing, illustrative of » Preaching the gospel
Then he talk'd to them much in parables, and said, a sower went out to sow.
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'tis one indeed of the smallest grains: but when it is grown, it is the largest of the pulse kind, and becomes a tree: so that the birds of the air come and lodge in its branches.
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if for your benefit we have sown spirituals, is it so extraordinary if we should reap some benefit from your temporals?
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Seed » Sowing, illustrative of » Men's works producing a corresponding recompense
be not deceived, God will not be mocked: for what a man soweth, that shall he also reap: he that soweth to his vices, shall reap the deadly fruit of his vices; but he that sows to the spirit, shall of the spirit reap everlasting life.
Seed » Sowing, illustrative of » Christian liberality
remember, " he who sows sparingly, shall reap also sparingly: and he who sows bountifully, shall reap also bountifully."
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Seed » Sowing, illustrative of » The burial of the body
foolish as you are, the grain you sow, is not revived except it die. and whatever you sow, you don't sow that body which shall afterwards appear, but only the bare grain of wheat, for instance, or of some other grain. but God gives it such a body, as he thinks fit, to every seed its peculiar body.
Seed » Sowing, illustrative of » Scattering or dispersing a people
Seed » Sowing, illustrative of » The death of Christ and its effects
verily, verily I say unto you, when a corn of wheat is thrown into the ground, there it lies a single grain unless it dies: but if it die, it becomes very fruitful.
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