sowing a seed

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

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.

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.

⁸For you know that whatever good each one will do, the same will he receive from the Lord, whether he is servant or free.

¹¹If we have sown spiritual things in you, is it important if we harvest from your worldly things?

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.

³For thus says the Lord to the men of Judah and of Jerusalem: “Break new ground, and do not choose to sow upon thorns.

¹Behold, the hand of the Lord has not been shortened, so that it cannot save, and his ear has not been blocked, so that it cannot hear.

⁸In fact, I have instead seen those who work iniquity and who sow resentments, reap them,

⁸Whoever sows iniquity will reap evils, and by the rod of his own wrath he will be consumed.

¹And again, he began to teach by the sea. And a great crowd was gathered to him, so much so that, climbing into a boat, he was seated on the sea. And the entire crowd was on the land along the sea. ²And he taught them many things in parables, and he said to them, in his doctrine: ³“Listen. Behold, the sower went out to sow. ⁴And while he was sowing, some fell along the way, and the birds of the air came and ate it. ⁵Yet truly, others fell upon stony ground, where it did not have much soil. And it rose up quickly, because it had no depth of soil. ⁶And when the sun was risen, it was scorched. And because it had no root, it withered away.