Genesis 1:12

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¹²The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds^(A) and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.^(B)

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Mark 4:28

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²⁸All by itself the soil produces grain—first the stalk, then the head, then the full kernel in the head.

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Isaiah 55:10-11

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¹⁰As the rain^(A) and the snow
    come down from heaven,
and do not return to it
    without watering the earth
and making it bud and flourish,^(B)
    so that it yields seed^(C) for the sower and bread for the eater,^(D)
¹¹so is my word^(E) that goes out from my mouth:
    It will not return to me empty,^(F)
but will accomplish what I desire
    and achieve the purpose^(G) for which I sent it.

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Luke 6:44

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⁴⁴Each tree is recognized by its own fruit.^(A) People do not pick figs from thornbushes, or grapes from briers.

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2 Corinthians 9:10

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¹⁰Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food^(A) will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness.^(B)

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Matthew 13:24-26

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The Parable of the Weeds

²⁴Jesus told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like^(A) a man who sowed good seed in his field. ²⁵But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away. ²⁶When the wheat sprouted and formed heads, then the weeds also appeared.

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Isaiah 61:11

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¹¹For as the soil makes the sprout come up
and a garden^(A) causes seeds to grow,
so the Sovereign Lord will make righteousness^(B)
and praise spring up before all nations.