'And this is the simile: The seed is the word of God,

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,

which less, indeed, is than all the seeds, but when it may be grown, is greatest of the herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the heaven do come and rest in its branches.'

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

and others fell upon the good ground, and were giving fruit, some indeed a hundredfold, and some sixty, and some thirty.

and others fell upon the thorns, and the thorns did come up and choke them,

Thou dost not sow thy vineyard with divers things, lest the fulness of the seed which thou dost sow, and the increase of the vineyard, be separated.

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 God saith, 'Lo, I have given to you every herb sowing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree in which is the fruit of a tree sowing seed, to you it is for food;

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

'And other fell upon the rock, and having sprung up, it did wither, through not having moisture.

and other fell to the good ground, and was giving fruit, coming up and increasing, and it bare, one thirty-fold, and one sixty, and one an hundred.'

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;

and others fell upon the rocky places, where they had not much earth, and immediately they sprang forth, through not having depth of earth,

Every one hearing the word of the reign, and not understanding -- the evil one doth come, and doth catch that which hath been sown in his heart; this is that sown by the way.

and these are they by the way where the word is sown: and whenever they may hear, immediately cometh the Adversary, and he taketh away the word that hath been sown in their hearts.

And Jesus said to them, 'Through your want of faith; for verily I say to you, if ye may have faith as a grain of mustard, ye shall say to this mount, Remove hence to yonder place, and it shall remove, and nothing shall be impossible to you,

and, while men are sleeping, his enemy came and sowed darnel in the midst of the wheat, and went away,

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

Mighty in the earth is his seed, The generation of the upright is blessed.

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

'Ye, therefore, hear ye the simile of the sower:

In the morning sow thy seed, And at even withdraw not thy hand, For thou knowest not which is right, this or that, Or whether both of them alike are good.

and the Lord said, 'If ye had faith as a grain of mustard, ye would have said to this sycamine, Be uprooted, and be planted in the sea, and it would have obeyed you.

and the fruit of the righteousness in peace is sown to those making peace.

Another simile he set before them, saying: 'The reign of the heavens is like to a grain of mustard, which a man having taken, did sow in his field,

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

For, as come down doth the shower, And the snow from the heavens, And thither returneth not, But hath watered the earth, And hath caused it to yield, and to spring up, And hath given seed to the sower, and bread to the eater,

I planted, Apollos watered, but God was giving growth;

Sow for yourselves in righteousness, Reap according to loving-kindness, Till for yourselves tillage of knowledge, To seek Jehovah, Till he come and shew righteousness to you.

'Even to the age do I establish thy seed, And have built to generation and generation thy throne. Selah.

for the whole of the land which thou are seeing, to thee I give it, and to thy seed -- to the age.

Those sowing in tears, with singing do reap,

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

And I -- this is My covenant with them, said Jehovah, My Spirit that is on thee, And My words that I have put in thy mouth, Depart not from thy mouth, And from the mouth of thy seed, And from the mouth of thy seed's seed, said Jehovah, From henceforth unto the age!

And that in the good ground: These are they, who in an upright and good heart, having heard the word, do retain it, and bear fruit in continuance.

Whoso goeth on and weepeth, Bearing the basket of seed, Surely cometh in with singing, bearing his sheaves!

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

Because of the sowing of peace, The vine doth give her fruit, And the earth doth give her increase, And the heavens do give their dew, And I have caused the remnant of this people To inherit all these.

And Isaac soweth in that land, and findeth in that year a hundredfold, and Jehovah blesseth him;

And He hath given rain for thy seed, With which thou dost sow the ground, And bread, the increase of the ground, And it hath been fat and plenteous, Enjoy do thy cattle in that day an enlarged pasture.

Whoso is observing the wind soweth not, And whoso is looking on the thick clouds reapeth not.

And Joseph saith unto the people, 'Lo, I have bought you to-day and your ground for Pharaoh; lo, seed for you, and ye have sown the ground,

and Onan knoweth that the seed is not reckoned his; and it hath come to pass, if he hath gone in unto his brother's wife, that he hath destroyed it to the earth, so as not to give seed to his brother;

and God doth give to it a body according as He willed, and to each of the seeds its proper body.

And He did not make one only, And He hath the remnant of the Spirit. And what is the one alone! He is seeking a godly seed. And ye have been watchful over your spirit, And with the wife of thy youth, None doth deal treacherously.

'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.

and enmity I put between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; he doth bruise thee -- the head, and thou dost bruise him -- the heel.'

And known among nations hath been their seed, And their offspring in the midst of the peoples, All their beholders acknowledge them, For they are a seed Jehovah hath blessed.

Lo, days are coming, an affirmation of Jehovah, And I have sown the house of Israel, And the house of Judah, With seed of man, and seed of beast.