Agriculture

I planted, Apollos watered, but God was giving growth; — read the full passage →

And in that day Jesus, having gone forth from the house, was sitting by the sea, — read the full passage →

`I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman;

And he said, `Thus is the reign of God: as if a man may cast the seed on the earth,

As a grain of mustard, which, whenever it may be sown on the earth, is less than any of the seeds that are on the earth;

I planted, Apollos watered, but God was giving growth;

Be patient, then, brethren, till the presence of the Lord; lo, the husbandman doth expect the precious fruit of the earth, being patient for it, till he may receive rain--early and latter;

the labouring husbandman it behoveth first of the fruits to partake;

suffer both to grow together till the harvest, and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather up first the darnel, and bind it in bundles, to burn it, and the wheat gather up into my storehouse.'

And in that day Jesus, having gone forth from the house, was sitting by the sea, — read the full passage →

then saith he to his disciples, `The harvest indeed <FI>is<Fi> abundant, but the workmen few;

then said he unto them, `The harvest indeed <FI>is<Fi> abundant, but the workmen few; beseech ye then the Lord of the harvest, that He may put forth workmen to His harvest.

and he spake to them many things in similes, saying: `Lo, the sower went forth to sow, — read the full passage →

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

and of doing good, and of fellowship, be not forgetful, for with such sacrifices God is well-pleased.

For earth, that is drinking in the rain many times coming upon it, and is bringing forth herbs fit for those because of whom also it is dressed, doth partake of blessing from God,

do not say that it is yet four months, and the harvest cometh; lo, I say to you, Lift up your eyes, and see the fields, that they are white unto harvest already.

and Jesus said unto him, `No one having put his hand on a plough, and looking back, is fit for the reign of God.'

and already also the axe unto the root of the trees is laid, every tree, therefore, not making good fruit is cut down, and to fire it is cast.'

whose fan <FI>is<Fi> in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his floor, and will gather his wheat to the storehouse, but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.'

And this: He who is sowing sparingly, sparingly also shall reap; and he who is sowing in blessings, in blessings also shall reap;

and God doth give to it a body according as He willed, and to each of the seeds its proper body. — read the full passage →

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

At that time did Jesus go on the sabbaths through the corn, and his disciples were hungry, and they began to pluck ears, and to eat,

Every tree not yielding good fruit is cut down and is cast to fire:

and he said, This I will do, I will take down my storehouses, and greater ones I will build, and I will gather together there all my products and my good things,

`And that sown on the good ground: this is he who is hearing the word, and is understanding, who indeed doth bear fruit, and doth make, some indeed a hundredfold, and some sixty, and some thirty.'

`Ye, therefore, hear ye the simile of the sower:

look to the fowls of the heaven, for they do not sow, nor reap, nor gather into storehouses, and your heavenly Father doth nourish them; are not ye much better than they?