Bible verses about "seed" | Worsley

⁸ and other fell on good ground, and yielded fruit springing up and increasing; and produced some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred-fold.

¹ Paul a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for promoting the faith of God's chosen people, and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness: ² in hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before all ages; ³ and hath in his own times manifested his word, by the preaching, with which I was intrusted according to the commandment of God our Saviour: ⁴ to Titus my son in the common faith, grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour. ⁵ For this cause I left thee in Crete, that thou mightest set in order what remained, and ordain elders in every city as I directed thee: ⁶ to wit, if any one be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, not accused of debauchery, or unruly. ⁷ For a bishop must be blameless as the steward of God, not self-willed, not passionate, not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of sordid gain: ⁸ but hospitable, benevolent, sober, just, holy, temperate; ⁹ holding fast the faithful word, according as he hath been taught, that he may be able both to instruct in sound doctrine, and to convince gainsayers. ¹⁰ For there are many disorderly persons, vain-talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision; whose mouths must be stopped: ¹¹ who subvert whole families, teaching what they ought not, for shameful gain: ¹² as said one of themselves, a prophet of their own, "The Cretans are always liars, mischievous beasts, sluggish gluttons." ¹³ This testimony is true: for which cause rebuke them sharply, that they may be found in the faith; ¹⁴ not attending to Jewish fables, and the precepts of men who turn away from the truth. ¹⁵ To the pure indeed all things are pure; but to the polluted and unbelieving nothing is pure; even their mind and conscience is polluted. ¹⁶ They profess to know God, but in works deny Him, being abominable and disobedient, and to every thing that is good void of understanding.

¹ And it came to pass afterwards that He went through every city and village, preaching and declaring the good tidings of the kingdom of God: and the twelve were with Him; ² and some women that had been cured of evil spirits and other infirmities, as Mary Magdalene, out of whom were cast seven demons, ³ and Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, who assisted Him with their substance. ⁴ And when a great multitude was gathered together, of those that came to Him out of every city, He spake a parable saying, ⁵ A sower went out to sow his seed, and as he was sowing, some fell by the way-side, and was trodden down, and the birds of the air devoured it. ⁶ And some fell upon stony ground, and as soon as it sprung up, it withered away, because it had no moisture. ⁷ And some fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up with it and choked it. ⁸ But some fell on good ground, and sprang up and yielded fruit an hundred-fold. And as He said these things He cried out, "He that hath ears to hear, let him hear." ⁹ And his disciples asked Him, what might be the meaning of this parable. ¹⁰ And He said, To you it is granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but I speak to others in parables, that in seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand. ¹¹ Now this is the meaning of the parable, The seed is the word of God: ¹² and those by the way-side, are such as hear indeed; but then the devil cometh and taketh away the word from their hearts, least they should believe and be saved. ¹³ And those on stony-ground are such as when they hear, receive the word with joy; but have no root, and so believe only for a while, and in the time of trial fall away. ¹⁴ And that which fell among thorns, are those who when they have heard the word go away and are choked with the cares and riches, and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to perfection. ¹⁵ But that on the good ground, are those who having heard the word, retain it in a good and honest heart, and bring forth fruit with patience. ¹⁶ No man when he hath lighted a candle covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a couch; but setteth it on a candlestick, that they who come in may see the light. ¹⁷ (For there is nothing secret, that shall not be made manifest: nor any thing concealed, which shall not be made known and come to light.) ¹⁸ Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever improveth what he hath, to him shall more be given; and whosoever hath not, even what he seemeth to have shall be taken from him. ¹⁹ Now his mother and his brethren came to Him, and could not come at Him for the croud: ²⁰ and it was told Him, Thy mother and thy brethren stand without desiring to see thee. ²¹ And He answered and said unto them, My mother and my brethren are these that hear the word of God and do it. ²² And it came to pass on one of the days that He went into a ship, Himself and his disciples, and He said to them, Let us go over to the other side of the lake. ²³ And they launched forth: but as they were failing, He fell asleep: and a storm of wind came down upon the lake, and they were filled with water, and were in great danger. ²⁴ And they came to Him and awoke Him, saying, Master, master, we are perishing. Then He arose and rebuked the wind, and the raging of the water, and they ceased, and there was a calm. ²⁵ And He said unto them, Where is your faith? But they were struck with awe and amazement, and said one to another, who is this? for He commandeth even the winds and the sea, and they obey Him. ²⁶ And they sailed to the country of the Gadarenes, which is over against Galilee. ²⁷ And when He was landed, there met Him a man out of the city, who had been possessed by demons a long while, and wore no clothes, and abode in no dwelling but the tombs. ²⁸ But when he saw Jesus, he cried out and fell down to Him, and said with a loud voice, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God? I beseech thee, do not torment me. ²⁹ (For He commanded the impure spirit to come out of the man; which had oftentimes seized him so violently, that tho' he was bound with chains and fetters, yet he broke the bands asunder, and was driven by the demon into those lonely places.) ³⁰ And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? and he said, Legion: because many demons were entred into him. ³¹ And they besought Him that He would not command them to go into the abyss: ³² but as there was there an herd of many swine feeding on the mountain, they intreated Him that He would suffer them to enter into them, and He permitted them. ³³ So the demons went out of the man and entred into the swine: and the herd ran violently down the hill into the lake and were drowned. ³⁴ And when those that looked after them saw what was done they fled; and went and told it in city and country: ³⁵ and the people went out to see what was done, and came to Jesus; and found the man, from whom the demons were gone out, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind: ³⁶ and they were afraid, for those that saw it told them how the demoniac was healed. ³⁷ And all the people of the country round about the Gadarenes desired Him to depart from them; for they were seized with great fear: and He went into the ship and returned. ³⁸ Now the man from whom the demons were gone out, prayed Him to let him be with Him: but Jesus sent him away, ³⁹ saying, Return home, and relate what God hath done for thee. So he went away publishing through the whole city what great things Jesus had done to him. ⁴⁰ And when Jesus returned, a great multitude of people received Him; for they were all waiting for Him. ⁴¹ And behold there came a man whose name was Jairus, a ruler of the synagogue, and he fell at the feet of Jesus, and intreated Him to come into his house: ⁴² for he had an only daughter, about twelve years old, and she was dying. (But as He was going, the people crouded Him: ⁴³ and a woman who had been in a flux twelve years, and had spent her whole livelyhood upon physicians, ⁴⁴ but could not be healed by any, came close behind Him and touched the hem of his garment, and immediately her flux was stopt. ⁴⁵ And Jesus said, Who touched me? When all denied it, Peter, and those that were with him, said, Sir, the multitudes throng and press thee, and dost thou ask, Who was it that touched me? ⁴⁶ And Jesus said, Somebody hath touched me: for I perceive a peculiar virtue is gone out of me. ⁴⁷ And when the woman saw that she was not concealed, she came trembling, and fell down to Him, and declared before all the people, for what reason she had touched Him, and how she was healed immediately. ⁴⁸ And He said unto her, Daughter, be comforted, thy faith has healed thee, go in peace.) ⁴⁹ While He was yet speaking, there cometh one from the ruler of the synagogue's, and said to Him, Thy daughter is dead, trouble not the Master. ⁵⁰ But Jesus hearing it, answered saying, Fear not, only believe, and she shall be recovered. ⁵¹ And when He came to the house, He suffered none to go in but Peter, and James, and John, and the father and mother of the child. ⁵² And they were all weeping and bewailing her: but He said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth. ⁵³ And they laughed at Him, knowing that she was dead. ⁵⁴ But He turned them all out, and taking hold of her hand, called to her, saying, Child, arise. ⁵⁵ And her spirit returned, and immediately she stood up: and He ordered something to be given her to eat. ⁵⁶ And her parents were exceedingly astonished: but He charged them to tell no one what was done.

⁶ But this I say, He that soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he that soweth bountifully shall also reap bountifully.

²² Having therefore purified your souls by obedience to the truth, through the Spirit, to brotherly love unfeigned, love one another with a pure heart fervently: ²³ being regenerated not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God which liveth and abideth for ever. ²⁴ For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass: the grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away; ²⁵ but the word of the Lord abideth for ever. And this is the word which is preached to you in the gospel.

²⁰ And Jesus said unto them, because of your unbelief: for verily I tell you, if ye had but faith as a grain of mustard-seed, ye might say to this mountain, Remove from hence thither, and it shall remove: and nothing would be impossible to you.

⁸ He then, who soweth to his flesh, shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he, that soweth to the Spirit, shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.

³⁶ Silly creature! that which thou sowest, is not quickened, except it die first. ³⁷ And as to what thou sowest, thou sowest not the very body that shall be produced, but a bare grain, it may be, of wheat, or any other corn: ³⁸ and God giveth it a body as He pleaseth, and to every one of the seeds it's own body.

³⁸ and God giveth it a body as He pleaseth, and to every one of the seeds it's own body.

¹ Now on the same day, Jesus went out of the house, and sat by the sea-side: ² and many people were gathered together to bear Him, so that He went into a ship and sat down, and all the multitude stood upon the shore; and He spake to them many things in parables, ³ saying, "Behold a sower went out to sow; ⁴ and as he was sowing, some seeds fell by the way-side, and the birds came and ate them up: ⁵ some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth; and they soon sprung up indeed, because they had no depth of earth; ⁶ but when the sun rose, they were burnt up, and withered; because they had no root: ⁷ and others fell among thorns; and the thorns grew up and choked them: ⁸ but others fell on good ground, and yielded fruit, some an hundred-fold, some sixty, and some thirty. ⁹ He that hath ears to hear, let him hear." ¹⁰ And the disciples came to Him and said, Why dost thou speak to them in parables? ¹¹ And He answered them, saying, Because it is granted unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not granted: ¹² for whosoever really hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have abundantly; but whosoever thus hath not, even that which he hath, shall be taken away from him: ¹³ for this reason I speak to them in parables; because though they see, they will not see; and though they hear, they will not hear, nor understand. ¹⁴ And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which saith, Ye shall hear by the hearing of the ear, and not understand; and in seeing ye shall see, and not perceive: for the heart of this people is grown stupid, ¹⁵ and their ears are dull of hearing, and they have closed their eyes; least they should see at all with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them. ¹⁶ But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear: ¹⁷ for indeed I tell you, that many prophets and righteous men have desired to see the things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear what ye hear, and have not heard them. ¹⁸ Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower. When any one heareth the word of the gospel-kingdom, ¹⁹ and regardeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and snatcheth away that which was sown in his heart: this is he who received the seed as by the way-side. ²⁰ And he who received the seed as upon stony grounds, is one that heareth the word and immediately receiveth it with joy: ²¹ yet hath he no root in himself, and therefore is but for a short season; and when affliction cometh, or persecution on account of the word, he is as soon disgusted. ²² And he that received the seed among the thorns, is one that likewise heareth the word; but the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches choketh the word, and so it becometh unfruitful. ²³ But he who received the seed into good ground, is one that heareth and understandeth the word, who indeed beareth fruit, and yieldeth, like fertile lands, some an hundred-fold, some sixty, some thirty. ²⁴ Another parable propounded He unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a man, who sowed good grain in his ground: ²⁵ but while men were asleep, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went away. ²⁶ Now when the blade shot forth, and produced the corn, then the tares also appeared. ²⁷ So the servants came to their master, and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? whence then are the tares? ²⁸ And he said unto them, Some enemy hath done this. The servants therefore said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up? ²⁹ But he said, No: least in plucking up the tares ye root up the corn along with them. ³⁰ Let both grow together till harvest, and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, First gather the weeds together, and bind them in bundles to burn them; but carry the wheat into my barn. ³¹ Another parable delivered He unto them, saying, The gospel-kingdom is like a grain of mustard-seed, which a man took and sowed in his field. ³² Which is indeed one of the lest of all seeds: but when it is grown, is the greatest among herbs, and even becometh a tree; so that the birds of the air come and lodge in it's branches. ³³ Another parable spake He unto them, saying, The gospel-kingdom is like leaven, which a woman took and put into a large quantity of dough, till the whole was leavened. ³⁴ All these things spake Jesus in parables to the multitudes; and at this time He spake nothing to them without a parable: ³⁵ that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables, I will publish things which have been concealed from the foundation of the world. ³⁶ Then Jesus leaving the multitude went into the house; and his disciples came to Him, saying, Explain to us the parable of the tares of the field: ³⁷ and He answered them, and said, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man; ³⁸ the field is the world; the good seed are the children of my kingdom; and the tares are the children of the wicked one. ³⁹ The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels. ⁴⁰ As therefore the tares are gathered together, and burnt in the fire; so shall it be in the end of the world: ⁴¹ the Son of man will send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all that commit offences, and those who do iniquity, and shall cast them into the furnace of fire, ⁴² and there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. ⁴³ But the righteous shall then shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. ⁴⁴ Again, the kingdom of heaven is like treasure hid in a field, which a man having found conceals, and being rejoiced at it goes and sells all that he has, and purchases that field. ⁴⁵ Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking precious pearls, ⁴⁶ who, having found one of great value, went and sold all that he had, and bought it. ⁴⁷ Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net, that was cast into the sea, and inclosed fishes of various sorts; ⁴⁸ which, when it was full, they dragged to the shore, and sat down and gathered the good into vessels, and threw out the bad. ⁴⁹ So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and separate the wicked from among the righteous; ⁵⁰ and shall cast them into the fiery furnace, and there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. ⁵¹ Then saith Jesus unto them, Did ye understand all these? they say unto Him, Yes, Lord: and He said unto them, ⁵² Therefore every teacher, who has been thus instructed in the knowledge of the kingdom of heaven, is like a master of a family, who brings forth out of his store things new and old. ⁵³ And when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed thence: ⁵⁴ and came into his own country, and taught them in their synagogues; so that they were amazed and said, Whence hath this man this wisdom and these powers? ⁵⁵ Is not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas? ⁵⁶ and his sisters, are they not all here among us? from whence then hath this man all these things? ⁵⁷ So they were prejudiced against Him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is no where less honoured than in his own country, and in his own family. ⁵⁸ And he did not many miracles there, because of their unbelief.