The sower sows the word.
Now those who were scattered went about preaching the word.
When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown along the path.
since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God; for “All flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls, but the word of the Lord remains forever.” And this word is the good news that was preached to you.
Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
He answered, “The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man.
“Listen! Behold, a sower went out to sow.
And many were gathered together, so that there was no more room, not even at the door. And he was preaching the word to them.
because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in the word of the truth, the gospel, which has come to you, as indeed in the whole world it is bearing fruit and increasing—as it also does among you, since the day you heard it and understood the grace of God in truth,
Happy are you who sow beside all waters, who let the feet of the ox and the donkey range free.
just as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word have delivered them to us,
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