13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

• Creation
• Kingdom of God

• The Growing Seed

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• 1Cor 3:6 — I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.
• 1Cor 3:9 — For we are labourers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building.
• 1Cor 15:38 — But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.
• 1Pet 1:23 — Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
• Col 1:6 — Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth:
• Eccl 11:4 — He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
• Eccl 11:6 — In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
• Eccl 11:6 — In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
• Isa 28:24 — Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break the clods of his ground?
• Isa 32:20 — Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth thither the feet of the ox and the ass.
• Isa 61:11 — For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the na
• Jas 3:18 — And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.
• John 3:8 — The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
• John 4:36 — And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.
• John 12:24 — Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.
• Luke 8:5 — A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it.
• Luke 8:5 — A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it.
• Luke 8:11 — Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
• Luke 13:18 — Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it?
• Mark 4:3 — Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:
• Mark 4:3 — Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:
• Mark 4:14 — The sower soweth the word.
• Matt 13:24 — Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:
• Matt 13:24 — Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:
• Matt 13:26 — But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.
• Prov 11:18 — The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.