G4687–σπείρω–speirō

Look at the birds which fly in the air: they do not sow or reap or store up in barns, but your Heavenly Father feeds them: are not you of much greater value than they?

σπείρουσιν speirousin “they sow”

He then spoke many things to them in figurative language. "The sower goes out," He said, "to sow.

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

As he sows, some of the seed falls by the way-side, and the birds come and peck it up.

σπείρειν speirein “sowing”

"To you then I will explain the parable of the Sower.

σπείραντος· speirantos “having sown:”

When a man hears the Message concerning the Kingdom and does not understand it, the Evil one comes and catches away what has been sown in his heart. This is he who has received the seed by the road-side.

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

He who has received the seed on the rocky ground is the man who hears the Message and immediately receives it with joy.

σπαρείς, spareis “having been sown,”

He who has received the seed among the thorns is the man who hears the Message, but the cares of the present age and the delusions of riches quite stifle the Message, and it becomes unfruitful.

σπαρείς, spareis “having been sown,”

But he who has received the seed on good ground is he who hears and understands. Such hearers give a return, and yield one a hundred for one, another sixty, another thirty.")

σπαρείς, spareis “having been sown,”

Another parable He put before them. "The Kingdom of the Heavens," He said, "may be compared to a man who has sown good seed in his field,

σπείραντι speiranti “having sown”

"So the farmer's men come and ask him, "`Sir, was it not good seed that you sowed on your land? Where then does the darnel come from?'

ἔσπειρας espeiras “did you sow”

Another parable He put before them. "The Kingdom of the Heavens," He said, "is like a mustard-seed, which a man takes and sows in his ground.

ἔσπειρεν espeiren “sowed”

"The sower of the good seed," He replied, "is the Son of Man;

σπείρων speirōn “sowing”

The enemy who sows the darnel is *the Devil*; the harvest is the Close of the Age; the reapers are the angels.

σπείρας speiras “having sown”

"But, next, the man who had the one talent in his keeping came and said, "`Sir, I knew you to be a severe man, reaping where you had not sown and garnering what you had not winnowed.

ἔσπειρας espeiras “you did sow”

"`You wicked and slothful servant,' replied his master, `did you know that I reap where I have not sown, and garner what I have not winnowed?

ἔσπειρα espeira “I sowed”

"Listen: the sower goes out to sow.

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

As he sows, some of the seed falls by the way-side, and the birds come and peck it up.

σπείρειν, speirein “sowing,”

"What the sower sows is the Message.

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

Those who receive the seed by the way-side are those in whom the Message is sown, but, when they have heard it, Satan comes at once and carries away the Message sown in them.

σπείρεται speiretai “is sown”ἐσπαρμένον esparmenon “sown”

In the same way those who receive the seed on the rocky places are those who, when they have heard the Message, at once accept it joyfully,

σπειρόμενοι, speiromenoi “sown,”

Others there are who receive the seed among the thorns: these are they who have heard the Message,

σπειρόμενοι· speiromenoi “sown;”

Those, on the other hand, who have received the seed on the good ground, are all who hear the Message and welcome it, and yield a return of thirty, sixty, or a hundred fold."

σπαρέντες, sparentes “having been sown,”

It is like a mustard-seed, which, when sown in the earth, is the smallest of all the seeds in the world;

σπαρῇ sparēa “it may be sown”

yet when sown it springs up and becomes larger than all the herbs, and throws out great branches, so that the birds build under its shadow."

σπαρῇ, sparēa “it may be sown,”

"The sower," He said, "goes out to sow his seed; and as he sows, some of the seed falls by the way-side, and is trodden upon, or the birds of the air come and peck it up.

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