Certainly ¹  caraway seed is not threshed with a sledge, nor is the wheel of a cart rolled over cumin seed. ²  Certainly caraway seed is beaten with a stick, and cumin seed with a flail.

(Now the manna was like coriander seed, and its color like the color of bdellium.

He ¹  answered, “The one who sowed the good seed is the Son of Man.

He also said, “The kingdom of God is like someone who spreads seed on the ground.

Other seed fell among the thorns, ¹  and they grew up with it and choked ²  it.

“Now the parable means ¹  this: The seed is the word of God.

Then God said, “I now ¹  give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the entire earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. ² 

You must not plant your vineyard with two kinds of seed; otherwise the entire yield, both of the seed you plant and the produce of the vineyard, will be defiled. ¹ 

Once he has leveled its surface, does he not scatter the seed of the caraway plant, sow the seed of the cumin plant, and plant the wheat, barley, and grain in their designated places? ¹ 

Now God ¹  who provides seed for the sower and bread for food will provide and multiply your supply of seed and will cause the harvest of your righteousness to grow.

Now, if such a carcass falls on any sowing seed which is to be sown, ¹  it is clean,

but if water is put on the seed and such a carcass falls on it, it is unclean to you.

You must be certain to tithe ¹  all the produce of your seed that comes from the field year after year.

“You will take much seed to the field but gather little harvest, because locusts will consume it.

The ¹  seed sown on rocky ground ²  is the person who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy.

And as he sowed, some seed ¹  fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it.

Other seed fell among the thorns, ¹  and they grew up and choked it, ²  and it did not produce grain.

Other seed fell on rock, ¹  and when it came up, it withered because it had no moisture.

You have been born anew, not from perishable but from imperishable seed, through the living and enduring word of God.

Joseph said to the people, “Since I have bought you and your land today for Pharaoh, here is seed for you. Cultivate ¹  the land.