31 Bible Verses about Sowing Seeds
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As he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up.
"The sower went out to sow his seed; and, as he was sowing, some of the seed fell along the path and was trodden upon; and the wild birds ate it up.
By the seed which was sown on rocky places is meant the man who hears the Message, and at once accepts it joyfully;
And he who supplies 'seed to the sower, and bread for eating,' will supply you with seed, and cause it to increase, and will multiply 'the fruits of your righteousness').
Other seed fell upon rock, and, as soon as it began to grow, having no moisture, withered away.
Some, again, fell into the brambles; but the brambles shot up and choked it.
But, while every one was asleep, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and then went away.
The People meant by the seed that falls along the path are these--where the Message is sown, but, as soon as they have heard it, Satan immediately comes and carries away the Message that has been sown in them.
And righteousness, its fruit, is sown in peace by those who work for peace.
Some, however, fell on good soil, and yielded a return, sometimes one hundred, sometimes sixty, sometimes thirty fold.
Then he told them many truths in parables. "The sower," he began, "went out to sow; and,
Another parable which he told them was this-- "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a mustard-seed, which a man took and sowed in his field.
The field is the world. By the good seed is meant the People of the Kingdom. The tares are the wicked,
Some fell on rocky places, where it had not much soil, and, having no depth of soil, sprang up at once.
By what can we illustrate it? Perhaps by the growth of a mustard-seed. This seed, when sown in the ground, though it is smaller than all other seeds,
Jesus also said: "This is what the Kingdom of God is like-- like a man who has scattered seed on the ground,
I planted, and Apollos watered, but it was God who caused the growth.
And then sleeps by night and rises by day, while the seed is shooting up and growing--he knows not how.
Since we, then, sowed spiritual seed for you, is it too much that we should reap from you an earthly harvest?
Some fell into good soil, and, shooting up and growing, yielded a return, amounting to thirty, sixty, and even a hundred fold."
And the enemy who sowed them is the Devil. The harvest-time is the close of the age, and the reapers are angels.
And presently, as he was sowing, some of the seed fell along the path; and the birds came, and ate it up.
Another parable which Jesus told them was this-- "The Kingdom of Heaven is compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field.
Those meant by the seed sown among the brambles are different; they are the people who hear the Message,
On this the owner's servants came to him, and said 'Was not it good seed that you sowed in your field? Where, then, do the tares in it come from?'
