'Sowing' in the Bible

As he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and ate them up.

“A sower went out to sow his seed. As he was sowing, some fell along the path; it was trampled on, and the birds of the sky ate it up.

And as for what you sow—you are not sowing the future body, but only a seed, perhaps of wheat or another grain.