Seeds

Remember this: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. He who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.

Don’t be deceived. God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.

For he who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption. But he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.

On that day Jesus went out of the house, and sat by the seaside. — read the full passage →

Most certainly I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains by itself alone. But if it dies, it bears much fruit.

Now may he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food, supply and multiply your seed for sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;

He said to them, “Because of your unbelief. For most certainly I tell you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will tell this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.

But God gives it a body even as it pleased him, and to each seed a body of its own.

Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.

You foolish one, that which you yourself sow is not made alive unless it dies. — read the full passage →

I planted. Apollos watered. But God gave the increase. — read the full passage →

Soon afterwards, he went about through cities and villages, preaching and bringing the good news of the Kingdom of God. With him were the twelve, — read the full passage →

having been born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which lives and remains forever.

On that day Jesus went out of the house, and sat by the seaside. — read the full passage →

On that day Jesus went out of the house, and sat by the seaside.

At that time, Jesus went on the Sabbath day through the grain fields. His disciples were hungry and began to pluck heads of grain and to eat. — read the full passage →

which indeed is smaller than all seeds. But when it is grown, it is greater than the herbs, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in its branches.”

“The farmer went out to sow his seed. As he sowed, some fell along the road, and it was trampled under foot, and the birds of the sky devoured it.

Again he began to teach by the seaside. A great multitude was gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat in the sea, and sat down. All the multitude were on the land by the sea. — read the full passage →

Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen. — read the full passage →

Great multitudes gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat, and sat, and all the multitude stood on the beach.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

Again he began to teach by the seaside. A great multitude was gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat in the sea, and sat down. All the multitude were on the land by the sea. — read the full passage →

That in the good ground, these are such as in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, hold it tightly, and produces fruit with patience.

He said, “The Kingdom of God is as if a man should cast seed on the earth, — read the full passage →

Or have only Barnabas and I no right to not work?

Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Haven’t I seen Jesus Christ, our Lord? Aren’t you my work in the Lord? — read the full passage →

He said to them, “Because of your unbelief. For most certainly I tell you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will tell this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you. — read the full passage →

What was sown among the thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of this age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.

By faith, even Sarah herself received power to conceive, and she bore a child when she was past age, since she counted him faithful who had promised.

Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God’s chosen ones, and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness, — read the full passage →

It’s like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, though it is less than all the seeds that are on the earth,

He answered them, “He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man,

He set another parable before them, saying, “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field,

As he sowed, some seeds fell by the roadside, and the birds came and devoured them.

Let us not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don’t give up.

“Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will be given to you. For with the same measure you measure it will be measured back to you.”

At that time, Herod the tetrarch heard the report concerning Jesus, — read the full passage →

He said to them, “Don’t you understand this parable? How will you understand all of the parables?

He set another parable before them, saying, “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field;

They came to the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes. — read the full passage →

He entered again into the synagogue, and there was a man there who had his hand withered. — read the full passage →

What was sown on the good ground, this is he who hears the word, and understands it, who most certainly bears fruit, and produces, some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.”

Let each man give according as he has determined in his heart; not grudgingly, or under compulsion; for God loves a cheerful giver.

Let both grow together until the harvest, and in the harvest time I will tell the reapers, “First, gather up the darnel weeds, and bind them in bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat into my barn.”’”

For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according to what you have, not according to what you don’t have.

“Listen! Behold, the farmer went out to sow,

When the sun had risen, they were scorched. Because they had no root, they withered away.

Others fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.

Others fell on the rocky ground, where it had little soil, and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of soil.

Others fell on good soil, and yielded fruit: some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.

Others fell on rocky ground, where they didn’t have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of earth.

and as he sowed, some seed fell by the road, and the birds came and devoured it.

He spoke to them many things in parables, saying, “Behold, a farmer went out to sow.

The Lord said, “If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you would tell this sycamore tree, ‘Be uprooted, and be planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.

The disciples came, and said to him, “Why do you speak to them in parables?”

I planted. Apollos watered. But God gave the increase.

When a great multitude came together, and people from every city were coming to him, he spoke by a parable.

The farmer sows the word.

Be patient therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receives the early and late rain.

You see then that by works, a man is justified, and not only by faith.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

All chastening seems for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been exercised thereby.

Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen.

For he had healed many, so that as many as had diseases pressed on him that they might touch him. — read the full passage →

Others fell among thorns. The thorns grew up and choked them.

Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.

He said, “How will we liken the Kingdom of God? Or with what parable will we illustrate it? — read the full passage →