And while he did so, some seeds were dropped by the wayside, and the birds came and took them for food:

The seed is the word.

A man went out to put in seed, and while he was doing it, some was dropped by the wayside and it was crushed under foot, and was taken by the birds of heaven.

And that which went on the stones, this is he who, hearing the word, straight away takes it with joy;

And he made answer and said, He who puts the good seed in the earth is the Son of man;

Now this is the point of the story: The seed is the word of God.

Give ear, then, to the story of the man who put the seed in the earth.

And he who gives seed for putting into the field and bread for food, will take care of the growth of your seed, at the same time increasing the fruits of your righteousness;

And some went on the rock, and when it came up it became dry and dead because it had no water.

Now Isaac, planting seed in that land, got in the same year fruit a hundred times as much, for the blessing of the Lord was on him.

And some seeds went among thorns, and the thorns came up and they had no room for growth:

But while men were sleeping, one who had hate for him came and put evil seeds among the grain, and went away.

Light is shining on the lovers of righteousness, and for the upright in heart there is joy.

And these are they by the wayside, where the word is planted; and when they have given ear, the Evil One comes straight away and takes away the word which has been planted in them.

And the fruit of righteousness is planted in peace for those who make peace.

And some, falling on good earth, gave fruit, some a hundred, some sixty, some thirty times as much.

For I will let the seed of peace be planted; the vine will give her fruit and the land will give her increase and the heavens will give their dew; and I will give to the rest of this people all these things for their heritage.

Do not have your vine-garden planted with two sorts of seed: or all of it may become a loss, the seed you have put in as well as the increase.

And he gave them teaching in the form of a story, saying, A man went out to put seed in the earth;

He put another story before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and put in his field:

And the field is the world; and the good seed is the sons of the kingdom; and the evil seeds are the sons of the Evil One;

In the morning put your seed into the earth, and till the evening let not your hand be at rest; because you are not certain which will do well, this or that--or if the two will be equally good.

And some of the seed went among the stones, where it had not much earth, and straight away it came up because the earth was not deep:

It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is put in the earth, is smaller than all the seeds on the earth,

And he said, Such is the kingdom of God, as if a man put seed in the earth,

I did the planting, Apollos did the watering, but God gave the increase.

Put in the seed of righteousness, get in your grain in mercy, let your unploughed earth be turned up: for it is time to make search for the Lord, till he comes and sends righteousness on you like rain.

And went to sleep and got up, night and day, and the seed came to growth, though he had no idea how.

If we have been planting the things of the Spirit for you, does it seem a great thing for you to give us a part in your things of this world?

And God said, See, I have given you every plant producing seed, on the face of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit producing seed: they will be for your food:

And some, falling on good earth, gave fruit, coming up and increasing, and giving thirty, sixty, and a hundred times as much.

Is the ploughman for ever ploughing? does he not get the earth ready and broken up for the seed?

And he who put them in the earth is Satan; and the getting in of the grain is the end of the world; and those who get it in are the angels.

Then Joseph said to the people, I have made you and your land this day the property of Pharaoh; here is seed for you to put in your fields.

If any part of the dead body of one of these gets on to any seed for planting, it is clean;

In this the saying is a true one, One does the planting, and another gets in the grain.

And while he was doing it, some was dropped by the wayside, and the birds came and took it for food.

And he gave them another story, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a man who put good seed in his field:

And others are those planted among the thorns; these are they who have given ear to the word,

A man went out to put seed in the earth:

And the servants of the master of the house came and said to him, Sir, did you not put good seed in your field? how then has it evil plants?

He who is watching the wind will not get the seed planted, and he who is looking at the clouds will not get in the grain.

For six years put seed into your fields and get in the increase;

And in the eighth year you will put in your seed, and get your food from the old stores, till the fruit of the ninth year is ready.