Saturday, September 19, 2026

³⁵But someone will say, "How are the dead raised?" and, "With what kind of body do they come?"

³⁶You foolish one, that which you yourself sow is not made alive unless it dies.

³⁷That which you sow, you don't sow the body that will be, but a bare grain, maybe of wheat, or of some other kind.

⁴²So also is the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown perishable; it is raised imperishable.

⁴³It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power.

⁴⁴It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body and there is also a spiritual body.

⁴⁵So also it is written, "The first man Adam became a living soul." The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.

⁴⁶However, that which is spiritual isn't first, but that which is natural, then that which is spiritual.

⁴⁷The first man is of the earth, made of dust. The second man is the Lord from heaven.

⁴⁸As is the one made of dust, such are those who are also made of dust; and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.

⁴⁹As we have borne the image of those made of dust, let's also bear the image of the heavenly.

¹⁰Then my enemies shall turn back in the day that I call. I know this: that God is for me.

¹¹In God, I will praise his word. In the LORD, I will praise his word.

¹²I have put my trust in God. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?

¹³Your vows are on me, God. I will give thank offerings to you.

¹⁴For you have delivered my soul from death, and prevented my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living.

⁴When a great multitude came together and people from every city were coming to him, he spoke by a parable:

⁵"The farmer went out to sow his seed. As he sowed, some fell along the road, and it was trampled under foot, and the birds of the sky devoured it.

⁶Some seed fell on the rock, and as soon as it grew, it withered away, because it had no moisture.

⁷Some fell amid the thorns, and the thorns grew with it and choked it.

⁸Some fell into the good ground and grew and produced one hundred times as much fruit." As he said these things, he called out, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear!"

⁹Then his disciples asked him, "What does this parable mean?"

¹⁰He said, "To you it is given to know the mysteries of God's Kingdom, but to the rest it is given in parables, that 'seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.'

¹¹"Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

¹²Those along the road are those who hear; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their heart, that they may not believe and be saved.

¹³Those on the rock are they who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; but these have no root. They believe for a while, then fall away in time of temptation.

¹⁴What fell among the thorns, these are those who have heard, and as they go on their way they are choked with cares, riches, and pleasures of life; and they bring no fruit to maturity.

¹⁵Those in the good ground, these are those who with an honest and good heart, having heard the word, hold it tightly, and produce fruit with perseverance.