He must become more important while I become less important.”

But the word of God kept on increasing and multiplying.

In this way the word of the Lord continued to grow in power and to prevail.

I planted, Apollos watered, but God caused it to grow.

In him the whole building, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord,

And the child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom, and the favor of God was upon him.

So neither the one who plants counts for anything, nor the one who waters, but God who causes the growth.

But practicing the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ, who is the head.

And yearn like newborn infants for pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation,

Why do you worry about clothing? Think about how the flowers of the field grow; they do not work or spin.

And the child kept growing and becoming strong in spirit, and he was in the wilderness until the day he was revealed to Israel.

“But as the time drew near for God to fulfill the promise he had declared to Abraham, the people increased greatly in number in Egypt,

so that you may live worthily of the Lord and please him in all respects – bearing fruit in every good deed, growing in the knowledge of God,

But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the honor both now and on that eternal day.

It is the smallest of all the seeds, but when it has grown it is the greatest garden plant and becomes a tree, so that the wild birds come and nest in its branches.”

But other seed fell on good soil and produced grain, sprouting and growing; some yielded thirty times as much, some sixty, and some a hundred times.”

Consider how the flowers grow; they do not work or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed like one of these!

It is like a mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the wild birds nested in its branches.”

The word of God continued to spread, the number of disciples in Jerusalem increased greatly, and a large group of priests became obedient to the faith.

Now God who provides seed for the sower and bread for food will provide and multiply your supply of seed and will cause the harvest of your righteousness to grow.