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Seed - The SEED is the word of God - Luke 8:11. This means that the SEED which God uses [to bring forth children of God] is His word, His word and ONLY His word, NOT some human doctrine. (Eph 6:17, Gal 3:24-27, Rom 6:3-5, 1 Pet 1:22-25). The SEED is the word of God, the SOIL is the Human Heart [the mind], the PLANT which results from that particular SEED falling into GOOD SOIL [a good and honest heart - Lk 8:15] is the child of God. A member of God's family, the church (1 Tim 3:14-15). When Catholic SEED [doctrine] is planted in a soil [human mind], which allows it to germinate and grow into a plant [that is when a human mind accepts and obeys Catholic doctrine], then the result is a member of the Catholic religion, NOT a member of the church in which Jesus built.
And so on and so on one could go with EVERY denomination on earth. Obeying Catholic or denominational doctrine simply does NOT result in ones' becoming a member of the church which Jesus built.
Every person can rejoice to know that whenever God's SEED [that is His word - the gospel of Jesus Christ - Rom 1:16-17, Lk 8:11] is PLANTED in a human mind which BELIEVES and OBEYS it, the result is ALWAYS the same: a child of God (Gal 3:26-27), a member of the ONE BODY, the CHURCH. (1 Cor 12:13, Eph 1:22-23, Col 1:18).
The SEED of God brings forth CHILDREN OF GOD, NOT the devil. The SEED of the devil [any doctrine other than the GOSPEL of Christ] NEVER brings forth a child of God!!!
This simply means that OBEYING such doctrines as Catholic or denominational doctrine will NEVER make one a member of the Lord's church. Each person should OBEY THE GOSPEL. (Acts 2:36-41). One can be certain that having OBEYED Jesus Christ by being BAPTIZED IN HIS NAME for the remission of sins (Acts 2:38), the Lord will have ADDED him to the church for which He died. (Acts 2:47). It is in obedience to the FAITH (the gospel) that one BECOMES a child of the Lord's one true church. (Gal 3:23-27).
There are only a FEW who will be saved. Go back and re-read Luke 13:23-24 and Matthew 7:13-14 - Note the phrase [few who find it].
Key KJV Scriptures:
Luke 8:11; Galatians 3:16,26-29; 1 Peter 1:23
Key KJV Scriptures: Full Text
133 indexed verses · Showing 1–40. Read each passage in its chapter context.
Genesis 1:11 (KJV)
And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
Genesis 1:12 (KJV)
And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:29 (KJV)
And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
Leviticus 19:19 (KJV)
Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee.
Deuteronomy 22:9 (KJV)
Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds: lest the fruit of thy seed which thou hast sown, and the fruit of thy vineyard, be defiled.
Ecclesiastes 11:6 (KJV)
In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
Hosea 10:12 (KJV)
Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.
Matthew 13:1 (KJV)
The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side.
Matthew 13:2 (KJV)
And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore.
Matthew 13:3 (KJV)
And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;
Matthew 13:4 (KJV)
And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:
Matthew 13:5 (KJV)
Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:
Matthew 13:6 (KJV)
And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.
Matthew 13:7 (KJV)
And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:
Matthew 13:8 (KJV)
But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.
Matthew 13:9 (KJV)
Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Matthew 13:10 (KJV)
And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?
Matthew 13:11 (KJV)
He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
Matthew 13:12 (KJV)
For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.
Matthew 13:13 (KJV)
Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
Matthew 13:14 (KJV)
And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:
Matthew 13:15 (KJV)
For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
Matthew 13:16 (KJV)
But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.
Matthew 13:17 (KJV)
For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.
Matthew 13:18 (KJV)
Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.
Matthew 13:19 (KJV)
When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.
Matthew 13:20 (KJV)
But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;
Matthew 13:21 (KJV)
Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.
Matthew 13:22 (KJV)
He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.
Matthew 13:23 (KJV)
But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
Matthew 13:24 (KJV)
Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:
Matthew 13:25 (KJV)
But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.
Matthew 13:26 (KJV)
But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.
Matthew 13:27 (KJV)
So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?
Matthew 13:28 (KJV)
He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?
Matthew 13:29 (KJV)
But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.
Matthew 13:30 (KJV)
Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.
Matthew 13:31 (KJV)
Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:
Matthew 13:32 (KJV)
Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.
Matthew 13:33 (KJV)
Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
Reference selections include Orville J. Nave’s public-domain topical index, via Brady Stephenson’s bible-data (CC BY 4.0). Titles and references have been normalized, duplicates merged, and references checked against the site’s KJV. This is a passage-finding aid; its classifications do not establish doctrine.