seed time and harvest

²²All the days of the earth, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, night and day, will not cease.”

²⁶And he said: “The kingdom of God is like this: it is as if a man were to cast seed on the land. ²⁷And he sleeps and he arises, night and day. And the seed germinates and grows, though he does not know it. ²⁸For the earth bears fruit readily: first the plant, then the ear, next the full grain in the ear. ²⁹And when the fruit has been produced, immediately he sends out the sickle, because the harvest has arrived.”

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

³⁸Give, and it will be given to you: a good measure, pressed down and shaken together and overflowing, they will place upon your lap. Certainly, the same measure that you use to measure out, will be used to measure back to you again.”

¹⁰And he who ministers seed to the sower will offer you bread to eat, and will multiply your seed, and will increase the growth of the fruits of your justice.

⁹And so, let us not be deficient in doing good. For in due time, we shall reap without fail.

¹²You will bless the crown of the year with your kindness, and your fields will be filled with abundance.

³⁸Now the field is the world. And the good seeds are the sons of the kingdom. But the weeds are the sons of wickedness.

¹²For whoever has, it shall be given to him, and he shall have in abundance. But whoever has not, even what he has shall be taken away from him.

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

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.

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.