Verb speirō (to sow) in the Gospels-Acts

(Translation from NRSV with a few modifications for a more literal meaning)


Matthew

6: 26Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow (speirō) nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?
13: 3And he told them many things in parables, saying: "Listen! A sowing (speirō) went out to sow (speirō).
13: 4And as he sowed (speirō), some seeds fell on the path, and the birds came and ate them up.
13: 18"Hear then the parable of the sowing (speirō).
13: 19When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what is sown (speirō) in the heart; this is what was sown (speirō) on the path.
13: 20As for what was sown (speirō) on rocky ground, this is the one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy;
13: 22As for what was sown (speirō) among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the lure of wealth choke the word, and it yields nothing.
13: 23But as for what was sown (speirō) on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty."
13: 24He put before them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven may be compared to someone who sowed (speirō) good seed in his field;
13: 27And the slaves of the householder came and said to him, 'Master, did you not sow (speirō) good seed in your field? Where, then, did these weeds come from?'
13: 31He put before them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that someone took and sowed (speirō) in his field;
13: 37He answered, "The one who sows (speirō) the good seed is the Son of Man;
13: 39and the enemy who sowed (speirō) them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels.
25: 24Then the one who had received the one talent also came forward, saying, 'Master, I knew that you were a harsh man, reaping where you did not sow (speirō), and gathering where you did not scatter seed;
25: 26But his master replied, 'You wicked and lazy slave! You knew, did you, that I reap where I did not sow (speirō), and gather where I did not scatter?

Mark

4: 3"Listen! A sowing (speirō) went out to sow (speirō).
4: 4And as he sowed (speirō), some seed fell on the path, and the birds came and ate it up.
4: 14The sowing (speirō) sows (speirō) the word.
4: 15These are the ones on the path where the word is sown (speirō): when they hear, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word that is sown (speirō) in them.
4: 16And these are the ones sown (speirō) on rocky ground: when they hear the word, they immediately receive it with joy.
4: 18And others are those sown (speirō) among the thorns: these are the ones who hear the word,
4: 20And these are the ones sown (speirō) on the good soil: they hear the word and accept it and bear fruit, thirty and sixty and a hundredfold."
4: 31It is like a mustard seed, which, when sown (speirō) upon the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth;
4: 32yet when it is sown (speirō) it grows up and becomes the greatest of all shrubs, and puts forth large branches, so that the birds of the air can make nests in its shade."

Luke

8: 5"A sowing (speirō) went out to sow (speirō) his seed; and as he sowed (speirō), some fell on the path and was trampled on, and the birds of the air ate it up.
12: 24Consider the ravens: they neither sow (speirō) nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds!
19: 21for I was afraid of you, because you are a harsh man; you take what you did not deposit, and reap what you did not sow (speirō).'
19: 22He said to him, 'I will judge you by your own words, you wicked slave! You knew, did you, that I was a harsh man, taking what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow (speirō)?

John

4: 36The reaper is already receiving wages and is gathering fruit for eternal life, so that the sowing (speirō) and reaper may rejoice together.
4: 37For here the saying holds true, 'One sows (speirō) and another reaps.'