G4687–σπείρω–speirō

See the birds of heaven; they do not put seeds in the earth, they do not get in grain, or put it in store-houses; and your Father in heaven gives them food. Are you not of much more value than they?

σπείρουσιν speirousin “they sow”

And he gave them teaching in the form of a story, saying, A man went out to put seed in the earth;

σπείρων speirōn “sowing”σπείρειν. speirein “to sow.”

And while he did so, some seeds were dropped by the wayside, and the birds came and took them for food:

σπείρειν speirein “sowing”

Give ear, then, to the story of the man who put the seed in the earth.

σπείραντος· speirantos “having sown:”

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.

ἐσπαρμένον esparmenon “having been sown”σπαρείς. spareis “having been sown.”

And that which went on the stones, this is he who, hearing the word, straight away takes it with joy;

σπαρείς, spareis “having been sown,”

And that which was dropped among the thorns, this is he who has the word; and the cares of this life, and the deceits of wealth, put a stop to the growth of the word and it gives no fruit.

σπαρείς, spareis “having been sown,”

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.

σπαρείς, spareis “having been sown,”

And he gave them another story, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a man who put good seed in his field:

σπείραντι speiranti “having sown”

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?

ἔσπειρας espeiras “did you sow”

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:

ἔσπειρεν espeiren “sowed”

And he made answer and said, He who puts the good seed in the earth is the Son of man;

σπείρων speirōn “sowing”

And he who put them in the earth is Satan; and the getting in of the grain is the end of the world; and those who get it in are the angels.

σπείρας speiras “having sown”

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:

ἔσπειρας espeiras “you did sow”

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,

ἔσπειρα espeira “I sowed”

A man went out to put seed in the earth:

σπείρων speirōn “sowing”σπεῖραι· speirai “to sow;”

And while he was doing it, some was dropped by the wayside, and the birds came and took it for food.

σπείρειν, speirein “sowing,”

The seed is the word.

σπείρων speirōn “sowing”σπείρει. speirei “sows.”

And these are they by the wayside, where the word is planted; and when they have given ear, the Evil One comes straight away and takes away the word which has been planted in them.

σπείρεται speiretai “is sown”ἐσπαρμένον esparmenon “sown”

And in the same way, these are they who are planted on the stones, who, when the word has come to their ears, straight away take it with joy;

σπειρόμενοι, speiromenoi “sown,”

And others are those planted among the thorns; these are they who have given ear to the word,

σπειρόμενοι· speiromenoi “sown;”

And these are they who were planted on the good earth; such as give ear to the word, and take it into their hearts, and give fruit, thirty and sixty and a hundred times as much.

σπαρέντες, sparentes “having been sown,”

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,

σπαρῇ sparēa “it may be sown”

But when it is planted, it comes up, and becomes taller than all the plants, and puts out great branches, so that the birds of heaven are able to take rest in its shade.

σπαρῇ, sparēa “it may be sown,”

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.

σπείρων speirōn “sowing”σπεῖραι speirai “to sow”σπείρειν speirein “sowing”