Blessed are you, sowing by all waters, letting the feet of the ox and the donkey range free.
Cast your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will find it.
And the fruit of righteousness is sown in shalom by those who make shalom.
I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase.
Yet more than ever those trusting in the Lord were added—large numbers of men and women.
But many who heard the message believed, and the number of the men came to about five thousand.
So those who received his message were immersed, and that day about three thousand souls were added.