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²⁹And God said: “Behold, I have given you every seed-bearing plant upon the earth, and all the trees that have in themselves the ability to sow their own kind, to be food for you,

²⁰But this kind is not cast out, except through prayer and fasting.”

¹In that day, Jesus, departing from the house, sat down beside the sea. ²And such great crowds were gathered to him that he climbed into a boat and he sat down. And the entire multitude stood on the shore. ³And he spoke many things to them in parables, saying: “Behold, a sower went out to sow seed. ⁴And while he was sowing, some fell beside the road, and the birds of the air came and ate it. ⁵Then others fell in a rocky place, where they did not have much soil. And they sprung up promptly, because they had no depth of soil. ⁶But when the sun rose up, they were scorched, and because they had no roots, they withered.

⁸For whatever a man will have sown, that also shall he reap. For whoever sows in his flesh, from the flesh he shall also reap corruption. But whoever sows in the Spirit, from the Spirit he shall reap eternal life.

⁶But I say this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. And whoever sows with blessings shall also reap from blessings:

³⁸For God gives it a body according to his will, and according to each seed’s proper body.

³⁶How foolish! What you sow cannot be brought back to life, unless it first dies. ³⁷And what you sow is not the body that will be in the future, but a bare grain, such as of wheat, or of some other grain. ³⁸For God gives it a body according to his will, and according to each seed’s proper body.

¹²Sow for yourselves in justice, and harvest in the mouth of mercy; renew your fallow land. But the time when you will seek the Lord is the time when he will arrive who will teach you justice.

¹¹Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

¹¹And he said, “Let the land spring forth green plants, both those producing seed, and fruit-bearing trees, producing fruit according to their kind, whose seed is within itself, over all the earth.” And so it became.

⁸And some fell on good soil. And it brought forth fruit that grew up, and increased, and yielded: some thirty, some sixty, and some one hundred.”

¹And it happened afterwards that he was making a journey through the cities and towns, preaching and evangelizing the kingdom of God. And the twelve were with him, ²along with certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary, who is called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had departed, ³and Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod’s steward, and Susanna, and many other women, who were ministering to him from their resources. ⁴Then, when a very numerous crowd was gathering together and hurrying from the cities to him, he spoke using a comparison: ⁵“The sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell beside the way; and it was trampled and the birds of the air devoured it. ⁶And some fell upon rock; and having sprung up, it withered away, because it had no moisture.

¹⁹Observe my laws. You shall not cause your cattle to breed with other kinds of animals. You shall not sow your field with diverse seeds. You shall not be clothed with a garment which has been woven from two things.

¹⁵I will put enmities between you and the woman, between your offspring and her offspring. She will crush your head, and you will lie in wait for her heel.”

⁷Do not choose to wander astray. God is not to be ridiculed.

¹²And the land brought forth green plants, both those producing seed, according to their kind, and trees producing fruit, with each having its own way of sowing, according to its species. And God saw that it was good.

¹Paul, a servant of God and an Apostle of Jesus Christ, in accord with the faith of God’s elect and in acknowledgment of the truth which is accompanied by piety, ²in the hope of the eternal life that God, who does not lie, promised before the ages of time, ³which, at the proper time, he has manifested by his Word, in the preaching that has been entrusted to me by the command of God our Savior; ⁴to Titus, beloved son according to the common faith. Grace and peace, from God the Father and from Christ Jesus our Savior. ⁵For this reason, I left you behind in Crete: so that those things which are lacking, you would correct, and so that you would ordain, throughout the communities, priests, (just as I also ordained you) ⁶if such a man is without offense, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, not accused of self-indulgence, nor of insubordination.