Lexicon :: Strong's G4690 - sperma

He presented another parable to them: “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field.

“The landowner’s servants came to him and said, ‘Master, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Then where did the weeds come from? ’

“It’s the smallest of all the seeds, but when grown, it’s taller than the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the sky come and nest in its branches.”

He replied, “The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man;

“Teacher, Moses said, if a man dies, having no children, his brother is to marry his wife and raise up offspring for his brother.

“It’s like a mustard seed that, when sown upon the soil, is the smallest of all the seeds on the ground.

“Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies, leaving a wife behind but no child, that man should take the wife and raise up offspring for his brother.

to Abraham and his descendants[fn] forever,

just as he spoke to our ancestors.

“Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother has a wife, and dies childless, his brother should take the wife and produce offspring for his brother.

“Doesn’t the Scripture say that the Messiah comes from David’s offspring[fn] and from the town of Bethlehem, where David lived? ”

“We are descendants[fn] of Abraham,” they answered him, “and we have never been enslaved to anyone. How can you say, ‘You will become free’? ”

“I know you are descendants of Abraham, but you are trying to kill me because my word has no place among you.

“You are the sons[fn] of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your ancestors, saying to Abraham, And all the families of the earth will be blessed through your offspring.

“He didn’t give him an inheritance in it ​— ​not even a foot of ground ​— ​but he promised to give it to him as a possession, and to his descendants after him, even though he was childless.

“From this man’s descendants, as he promised, God brought to Israel the Savior, Jesus.[fn]

concerning his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, who was a descendant of David[fn] according to the flesh

For the promise to Abraham or to his descendants that he would inherit the world was not through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.

This is why the promise is by faith, so that it may be according to grace, to guarantee it to all the descendants ​— ​not only to the one who is of the law[fn] but also to the one who is of Abraham’s faith. He is the father of us all.

He believed, hoping against hope, so that he became the father of many nations according to what had been spoken: So will your descendants be.

Neither is it the case that all of Abraham’s children are his descendants.[fn] On the contrary, your offspring will be traced[fn] through Isaac.

And just as Isaiah predicted:

If the Lord of Armies had not left us offspring,

we would have become like Sodom,

and we would have been made like Gomorrah.

I ask, then, has God rejected his people? Absolutely not! For I too am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.

But God gives it a body as he wants, and to each of the seeds its own body.

Now the one who provides seed for the sower and bread for food will also provide and multiply your seed and increase the harvest of your righteousness.

Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they the descendants of Abraham? So am I.

Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. He does not say “and to seeds,” as though referring to many, but referring to one, and to your seed, who is Christ.

Why, then, was the law given? It was added for the sake of transgressions[fn] until the Seed to whom the promise was made would come. The law was put into effect through angels by means of a mediator.

And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, heirs according to the promise.

Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead and descended from David, according to my gospel,

For it is clear that he does not reach out to help angels, but to help Abraham’s offspring.

By faith even Sarah herself, when she was unable to have children, received power to conceive offspring, even though she was past the age, since she[fn] considered that the one who had promised was faithful.

the one to whom it had been said, Your offspring[fn] will be traced through Isaac.

Everyone who has been born of God does not sin,[fn] because his seed remains in him; he is not able to sin,[fn] because he has been born of God.

So the dragon was furious with the woman and went off to wage war against the rest of her offspring[fn] ​— ​those who keep the commands of God and hold firmly to the testimony about Jesus.