We have not built any houses to live in. We do not own any vineyards, fields, or crops.

This is why the sky ¹  has held back its dew and the earth its produce. ² 

Then ¹  he prayed again, and the sky gave rain and the land sprouted with a harvest.

The more years there are, ¹  the more you may make its purchase price, and the fewer years there are, ²  the less you must make its purchase price, because he is only selling to you a number of years of ³  produce.

But ¹  other seed fell on good soil and grew, ²  and it produced a hundred times as much grain.” ³  As he said this, ⁴  he called out, “The one who has ears to hear had better listen!” ⁵ 

During the seven years of abundance the land produced large, bountiful harvests. ¹ 

But the wheat and the spelt ¹  were not struck, for they are later crops.) ² 

They ate all the vegetation in their land, and devoured the crops of their fields. ¹ 

Honor ¹  the Lord from your wealth and from the first fruits of all your crops; ² 

When ¹  the plants sprouted and bore grain, then the weeds also appeared.

But other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some a hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.

But ¹  other seed fell on good soil and produced grain, sprouting and growing; some yielded thirty times as much, some sixty, and some a hundred times.”

My point is this: The person who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the person who sows generously ¹  will also reap generously.

For the ground that has soaked up the rain that frequently falls on ¹  it and yields useful vegetation for those who tend it receives a blessing from God.

When you gather in the crop, ¹  give ²  one-fifth of it to Pharaoh, and the rest ³  will be yours for seed for the fields and for you to eat, including those in your households and your little children.”

You will still be eating stored produce from the previous year ¹  and will have to clean out what is stored from the previous year to make room for new. ² 

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

Yes, the Lord will bestow his good blessings, ¹  and our land will yield ²  its crops.

When the hay is removed and new grass appears, and the grass from the hills is gathered in,

A poor person ¹  who oppresses the weak is like ²  a driving rain without food. ³