'Grain' in the Bible
But when the blade shoots up and the grain is formed, then appears the darnel also.
Of itself the land produces the crop-- first the blade, then the ear; afterwards the perfect grain is seen in the ear.
Now on the second-first Sabbath while He was passing through the wheatfields, His disciples were plucking the ears and rubbing them with their hands to eat the grain.
In most solemn truth I tell you that unless the grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains what it was--a single grain; but that if it dies, it yields a rich harvest.
For in the Law of Moses it is written, "Thou shalt not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain."
If it is we who sowed the spiritual grain in you, is it a great thing that we should reap a temporal harvest from you?
and as for what you sow, it is not the plant which is to be that you are sowing, but a bare grain, of wheat (it may be)
For the Scripture says, "You are not to muzzle the ox while it is treading out the grain;" and the workman deserves his pay.