Bible Cross References
The seed
Isaiah 8:20
You are to answer them, "Listen to what the LORD is teaching you! Don't listen to mediums---what they tell you cannot keep trouble away."
Matthew 13:19
Those who hear the message about the Kingdom but do not understand it are like the seeds that fell along the path. The Evil One comes and snatches away what was sown in them.
Mark 4:14-20
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The sower sows God's message.
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Some people are like the seeds that fall along the path; as soon as they hear the message, Satan comes and takes it away.
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Other people are like the seeds that fall on rocky ground. As soon as they hear the message, they receive it gladly.
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But it does not sink deep into them, and they don't last long. So when trouble or persecution comes because of the message, they give up at once.
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Other people are like the seeds sown among the thorn bushes. These are the ones who hear the message,
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but the worries about this life, the love for riches, and all other kinds of desires crowd in and choke the message, and they don't bear fruit.
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But other people are like seeds sown in good soil. They hear the message, accept it, and bear fruit: some thirty, some sixty, and some one hundred."
1 Corinthians 3:6
I planted the seed, Apollos watered the plant, but it was God who made the plant grow.
1 Corinthians 3:7
The one who plants and the one who waters really do not matter. It is God who matters, because he makes the plant grow.
1 Corinthians 3:9-12
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For we are partners working together for God, and you are God's field. You are also God's building.
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Using the gift that God gave me, I did the work of an expert builder and laid the foundation, and someone else is building on it. But each of you must be careful how you build.
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For God has already placed Jesus Christ as the one and only foundation, and no other foundation can be laid.
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Some will use gold or silver or precious stones in building on the foundation; others will use wood or grass or straw.
James 1:21
So get rid of every filthy habit and all wicked conduct. Submit to God and accept the word that he plants in your hearts, which is able to save you.
1 Peter 1:23-25
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For through the living and eternal word of God you have been born again as the children of a parent who is immortal, not mortal.
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As the scripture says, "All human beings are like grass, and all their glory is like wild flowers. The grass withers, and the flowers fall,
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but the word of the Lord remains forever." This word is the Good News that was proclaimed to you.