seeds
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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,
6But I say this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. And whoever sows with blessings shall also reap from blessings:
7Do not choose to wander astray. God is not to be ridiculed.
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.
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.
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.
24Amen, amen, I say to you, unless the grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies,
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.
20But this kind is not cast out, except through prayer and fasting.”
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.
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.
38For God gives it a body according to his will, and according to each seed’s proper body.
6In the morning, sow your seed, and in the evening, do not let your hand cease. For you do not know which of these may rise up, the one or the other. But if both rise up together, so much the better.