sowing seeds

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.

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.

¹²Then Isaac sowed in that land, and he found, in that same year, one hundredfold. And the Lord blessed him.

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.

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

¹⁵But those which were on good soil are those who, upon hearing the word with a good and noble heart, retain it, and they bring forth fruit in patience.

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

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.

²⁴Some distribute their own goods, and they become wealthier. Others seize what is not their own, and they are always in need. ²⁵The soul that blesses shall be made fat. And whoever inebriates will likewise be inebriated himself.

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.

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.

¹“So then, if you will listen to the voice of the Lord your God, so as to keep and do all of his commandments, which I instruct to you this day, the Lord your God will cause you to be more exalted than all the nations which exist upon the earth. ²And all these blessings shall come to you and take hold of you, but only if you listen to his precepts. ³Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed in the field. ⁴Blessed shall be the fruit of your loins, and the fruit of your land, and the fruit of your cattle, the droves of your herds, and the folds of your sheep. ⁵Blessed shall be your barns, and blessed your storehouses. ⁶Blessed shall you be entering and departing.

³⁵I have revealed all things to you, because by laboring in this way, it is necessary to support the weak and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ”

²⁴Amen, amen, I say to you, unless the grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies,

¹²For the ministration of this office not only supplies whatever the saints need, but also abounds through many thanksgivings in the Lord.