He answered, “The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man;
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
“Whoever listens to you listens to me, and whoever rejects you rejects me, and whoever rejects me rejects the one who sent me.”
The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will collect out of his kingdom all causes of sin and all evildoers,
For I will not be so bold as to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me to win obedience from the gentiles, by word and deed,
Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.”
Very truly, I tell you, whoever receives one whom I send receives me, and whoever receives me receives him who sent me.”
And the slaves of the householder came and said to him, ‘Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? Where, then, did these weeds come from?’
He put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to someone who sowed good seed in his field,
“Whoever welcomes you welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me.
And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.”
how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation? It was declared at first through the Lord, and it was confirmed for us by those who heard him,
Long ago God spoke to our ancestors in many and various ways by the prophets,
And as he sowed, some seeds fell on a path, and the birds came and ate them up.
Grain is crushed for bread, but one does not thresh it forever; one drives the cart wheel and horses over it but does not pulverize it.