Matthew 6:26. Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
Matthew 13:3. And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;
Matthew 13:4. And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:
Matthew 13:18. Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.
Matthew 13:19. When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.
Matthew 13:20. But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;
Matthew 13:22. He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.
Matthew 13:23. But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
