He said to him, By the words of your mouth you will be judged, you bad servant. You had knowledge that I am a hard man, taking up what I have not put down and getting in grain where I have not put seed;
Now this is the point of the story: The seed is the word of God.
A man went out to put in seed, and while he was doing it, some was dropped by the wayside and it was crushed under foot, and was taken by the birds of heaven.
And all the seven had no seed. Last of all the woman herself came to her death.
The seed is the word.
And he said, Such is the kingdom of God, as if a man put seed in the earth,
And went to sleep and got up, night and day, and the seed came to growth, though he had no idea how.
A man went out to put seed in the earth:
It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is put in the earth, is smaller than all the seeds on the earth,
Give ear, then, to the story of the man who put the seed in the earth.
When the word of the kingdom comes to anyone, and the sense of it is not clear to him, then the Evil One comes, and quickly takes away that which was put in his heart. He is the seed dropped by the wayside.
And the seed which was put in good earth, this is he who gives ear to the word, and gets the sense of it; who gives fruit, some a hundred, some sixty, some thirty times as much.
And he gave them another story, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a man who put good seed in his field:
And the servants of the master of the house came and said to him, Sir, did you not put good seed in your field? how then has it evil plants?
And he gave them teaching in the form of a story, saying, A man went out to put seed in the earth;
He put another story before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and put in his field:
And he made answer and said, He who puts the good seed in the earth is the Son of man;
And the field is the world; and the good seed is the sons of the kingdom; and the evil seeds are the sons of the Evil One;
And some of the seed went among the stones, where it had not much earth, and straight away it came up because the earth was not deep:
And he says to them, Because of your little faith: for truly I say to you, If you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, Be moved from this place to that; and it will be moved; and nothing will be impossible to you.
Now there were among us seven brothers; and the first was married and at his death, having no seed, gave his wife to his brother;
And he who had had the one talent came and said, Lord, I had knowledge that you are a hard man, getting in grain where you have not put seed, and making profits for which you have done no work:
But his lord in answer said to him, You are a bad and unready servant; if you had knowledge that I get in grain where I did not put seed, and make profits for which I have done no work,
You will put in seed, but you will not get in the grain; you will be crushing olives, but your bodies will not be rubbed with the oil; and you will get in the grapes, but you will have no wine.
And the seed of Israel made themselves separate from all the men of other nations, publicly requesting forgiveness for their sins and the wrongdoing of their fathers.
You saw that his heart was true to you, and made an agreement with him to give the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Jebusite and the Girgashite, even to give it to his seed, and you have done what you said; for righteousness is yours:
Now the manna was like a seed of grain, like small clear drops.
But my servant Caleb, because he had a different spirit in him, and has been true to me with all his heart, him I will take into that land into which he went, and his seed will have it for their heritage.
To be a sign, kept in memory for ever by the children of Israel, that no man who is not of the seed of Aaron has the right of burning spices before the Lord, so that he may not be like Korah and his band: as the Lord said to him by the mouth of Moses.
All the lifted offerings of the holy things which the children of Israel give to the Lord, I have given to you and to your sons and to your daughters as a right for ever. This is an agreement made with salt before the Lord, to you and to your seed for ever.
Why have you made us come out of Egypt into this evil place? This is no place of seed or figs or vines or other fruits, and there is no water for drinking.
The sinner gets the payment of deceit; but his reward is certain who puts in the seed of righteousness.
Certainly the evil-doer will not go free from punishment, but the seed of the upright man will be safe.
By planting the seed of evil a man will get in the grain of sorrow, and the rod of his wrath will be broken.
The children of your servants will have a safe resting-place, and their seed will be ever before you.
O you seed of Abraham, his servant, you children of Jacob, his loved ones.
And put seed in the fields and make vine-gardens, to give them fruit.
Let his seed be cut off; in the coming generation let their name go out of memory.
His seed will be strong on the earth; blessings will be on the generation of the upright.
Those who put in seed with weeping will get in the grain with cries of joy.
Though a man may go out weeping, taking his vessel of seed with him; he will come again in joy, with the corded stems of grain in his arms.
Great salvation does he give to his king; he has mercy on the king of his selection, David, and on his seed for ever.
Their fruit will be cut off from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.
You who have fear of the Lord, give him praise; all you seed of Jacob, give him glory; go in fear of him, all you seed of Israel.
A seed will be his servant; the doings of the Lord will be made clear to the generation which comes after.
His soul will be full of good things, and his seed will have the earth for its heritage.
For the Lord is a lover of righteousness, and takes care of his saints; they will be kept safe for ever; but the seed of the evil-doers will be cut off.
The seed of his servants will have their part in it, and there the lovers of his name will have rest.
That man is a worker of evil; the seed of wrongdoing has given birth to deceit.
His seed will keep their place for ever; his kingdom will be eternal, like the heavens.
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