'Sowed' in the Bible

and as he sowed, some'seeds fell by the way side, and the birds came and devoured them:

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

but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares also among the wheat, and went away.

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 the enemy that sowed them is the devil: and the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are angels.

But his lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I did not scatter;