'Sowed' in the Bible
and as he sowed, some grains fell along the way, and the birds came and devoured them;
but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed darnel amongst the wheat, and went away.
Another parable set he before them, saying, The kingdom of the heavens is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and sowed in his field;
and the enemy who has sowed it is the devil; and the harvest is the completion of the age, and the harvestmen are angels.
And he also that had received the one talent coming to him said, My lord, I knew thee that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou hadst not sowed, and gathering from where thou hadst not scattered,
And his lord answering said to him, Wicked and slothful bondman, thou knewest that I reap where I had not sowed, and gather from where I had not scattered;