'Seed' in the Bible

Another parable set he before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man that sowed good seed in his field:

And the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst thou not sow good seed in thy field? whence then hath it tares?

Another parable set he before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like unto a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:

And he answered and said, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;

and the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; and the tares are the sons of the evil one ;

And he saith unto them, Because of your little faith: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.

saying, Teacher, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.

Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first married and deceased, and having no seed left his wife unto his brother;

and it came to pass, as he sowed, some'seed fell by the way side, and the birds came and devoured it.

And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed upon the earth;

and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should spring up and grow, he knoweth not how.

It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown upon the earth, though it be less than all the seeds that are upon the earth,

Teacher, Moses wrote unto us, If a man's brother die, and leave a wife behind him, and leave no child, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.

There were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed;

and the second took her, and died, leaving no seed behind him; and the third likewise:

and the seven left no seed. Last of all the woman also died.

(As he spake unto our fathers) Toward Abraham and his seed for ever.

The sower went forth to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden under foot, and the birds of the heaven devoured it.

Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

It is like unto a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his own garden; and it grew, and became a tree; and the birds of the heaven lodged in the branches thereof.

And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye would say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou rooted up, and be thou planted in the sea; and it would obey you.

and they asked him, saying, Teacher, Moses wrote unto us, that if a man's brother die, having a wife, and he be childless, his brother should take the wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.

Hath not the scripture said that the Christ cometh of the seed of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?

They answered unto him, We are Abraham's seed, and have never yet been in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?

I know that ye are Abraham's seed: yet ye seek to kill me, because my word hath not free course in you.

Ye are the sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with your fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

and he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: and he promised that he would give it to him in possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.

And God spake on this wise, that his seed should sojourn in a strange land, and that they should bring them into bondage, and treat them ill, four hundred years.

Of this man's seed hath God according to promise brought unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus;

concerning his Son, who was born of the seed of David according to the flesh,

For not through the law was the promise to Abraham or to his seed that he should be heir of the world, but through the righteousness of faith.

For this cause it is of faith, that it may be according to grace; to the end that the promise may be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all

Who in hope believed against hope, to the end that he might become a father of many nations, according to that which had been spoken, So shall thy seed be.

neither, because they are Abraham's seed, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.

That is, it is not the children of the flesh that are children of God; but the children of the promise are reckoned for a seed.

And, as Isaiah hath said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, We had become as Sodom, and had been made like unto Gomorrah.

I say then, Did God cast off his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

but God giveth it a body even as it pleased him, and to each seed a body of its own.

And he that supplieth seed to the sower and bread for food, shall supply and multiply your seed for sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness:

Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I.

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

What then is the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise hath been made; and it was ordained through angels by the hand of a mediator.

And if ye are Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, heirs according to promise.

Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, of the seed of David, according to my gospel:

For verily not to angels doth he give help, but he giveth help to the seed of Abraham.

By faith even Sarah herself received power to conceive seed when she was past age, since she counted him faithful who had promised:

even he to whom it was said, In Isaac shall thy seed be called:

having been begotten again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which liveth and abideth.

Whosoever is begotten of God doeth no sin, because his seed abideth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is begotten of God.

And the dragon waxed wroth with the woman, and went away to make war with the rest of her seed, that keep the commandments of God, and hold the testimony of Jesus: