G4687–σπείρω–speirō

Observe the ravens. They neither sow nor reap, and have neither store-chamber nor barn. And yet God feeds them. How far more precious are you than the birds!

σπείρουσιν speirousin “they sow”

For I was afraid of you, because you are a severe man: you take up what you did not lay down, and you reap what you did not sow.'

ἔσπειρας. espeiras “you did sow.”

"`By your own words,' he replied, `I will judge you, you bad servant. You knew me to be a severe man, taking up what I did not lay down, and reaping what I did not sow:

ἔσπειρα· espeira “I did sow;”

The reaper gets pay and gathers in a crop in preparation for the Life of the Ages, that so the sower and the reapers may rejoice together.

σπείρων speirōn “is sowing”

For it is in this that you see the real meaning of the saying, `The sower is one person, and the reaper is another.'

σπείρων speirōn “is sowing”

If it is we who sowed the spiritual grain in you, is it a great thing that we should reap a temporal harvest from you?

ἐσπείραμεν, espeiramen “sowed,”

Foolish man! the seed you yourself sow has no life given to it unless it first dies;

σπείρεις, speireis “you sow”

and as for what you sow, it is not the plant which is to be that you are sowing, but a bare grain, of wheat (it may be) or of something else, and God gives it a body as He has seen fit,

σπείρεις, speireis “you sow,”σπείρεις speireis “you sow”

It is the same with the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown in a state of decay, it is raised free from decay;

σπείρεται speiretai “It is sown”

it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power;

σπείρεται speiretai “It is sown”σπείρεται speiretai “It is sown”

an animal body is sown, a spiritual body is raised. As surely as there is an animal body, so there is also a spiritual body.

σπείρεται speiretai “It is sown”

But do not forget that he who sows with a niggardly hand will also reap a niggardly crop, and that he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.

σπείρων speirōn “sowing”σπείρων speirōn “sowing”

And God who continually supplies seed for the sower and bread for eating, will supply you with seed and multiply it, and will cause your almsgiving to yield a plentiful harvest.

σπείροντι speironti “sowing”

Do not deceive yourselves. God is not to be scoffed at. For whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.

σπείρῃ speirē “shall sow”

He who sows in the field of his lower nature, will from that nature reap destruction; but he who sows to serve the Spirit will from the Spirit reap the Life of the Ages.

σπείρων speirōn “sowing”σπείρων speirōn “sowing”

And peace, for those who strive for peace, is the seed of which the harvest is righteousness.

σπείρεται speiretai “is sown”