Noun sperma (seed, descendant) in the Gospels-Acts

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


Matthew

13: 24He put before them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven may be compared to someone who sowed good seed (sperma) in his field;
13: 27And the slaves of the householder came and said to him, 'Master, did you not sow good seed (sperma) in your field? Where, then, did these weeds come from?'
13: 32it is the smallest of all the seeds (sperma), but when it has grown it is the greatest of shrubs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches."
13: 37He answered, "The one who sows the good seed (sperma) is the Son of Man;
13: 38the field is the world, and the good seed (sperma) are the children of the kingdom; the weeds are the children of the evil one,
22: 24"Teacher, Moses said, 'If a man dies childless, his brother shall marry the widow, and raise up a descendant (sperma) for his brother.'
22: 25Now there were seven brothers among us; the first married, and died without a descendant (sperma), leaving the widow to his brother.

Mark

4: 31It is like a mustard grain, which, when sown upon the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds (sperma) on earth;
12: 19"Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies, leaving a wife but no child, the man shall marry the widow and raise up a descendant (sperma) for his brother.
12: 20There were seven brothers; the first married and, when he died, left no descendant (sperma);
12: 21and the second married the widow and died, leaving no descendant (sperma); and the third likewise;
12: 22none of the seven left a descendant (sperma). Last of all the woman herself died.

Luke

1: 55according to the promise he made to our ancestors, to Abraham and to his descendants (sperma) forever."
20: 28and asked him a question, "Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies, leaving a wife without a descendant (sperma), the man shall marry the widow and raise up children for his brother.

John

7: 42Has not the scripture said that the Messiah is a descendant (sperma) of David and comes from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?"
8: 33They answered him, "We are descendants (sperma) of Abraham and have never been slaves to anyone. What do you mean by saying, 'You will be made free'?"
8: 37I know that you are descendants (sperma) of Abraham; yet you look for an opportunity to kill me, because there is no place in you for my word.

Acts

3: 25You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God gave to your ancestors, saying to Abraham, 'And in your descendants (sperma) all the families of the earth shall be blessed.'
7: 5He did not give him any of it as a heritage, not even a foot's length, but promised to give it to him as his possession and to his descendants (sperma) after him, even though he had no child.
7: 6And God spoke in these terms, that his descendants (sperma) would be resident aliens in a country belonging to others, who would enslave them and mistreat them during four hundred years.
13: 23Of this man's descendants (sperma) God has brought to Israel a Savior, Jesus, as he promised;

1 John

3: 9Those who have been born of God do not sin, because God's seed (sperma) abides in them; they cannot sin, because they have been born of God.