Quotes About Growth

Then He told them, “For this reason, every scribe who has been discipled in the kingdom of heaven is like a homeowner who brings out of his storeroom new treasures as well as old.”

But Jesus replied, “Every plant that My heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by its roots.

Jesus invited a little child to stand among them.

“Truly I tell you,” He said, “unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

“All these I have kept,” said the young man. “What do I still lack?”

Seeing a fig tree by the road, He went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. “May you never bear fruit again!” He said. And immediately the tree withered.

When the disciples saw this, they marveled and asked, “How did the fig tree wither so quickly?”

ëI will not,í he replied. But later he changed his mind and went.

Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its branches become tender and sprout leaves, you know that summer is near.

To one he gave five talents, to another two talents, and to another one talent—each according to his own ability. And he went on his journey.

The servant who had received the five talents went at once and put them to work and gained five more.

Likewise, the one with the two talents gained two more.

But the servant who had received the one talent went off, dug a hole in the ground, and hid his masterís money.

The servant who had received the five talents came and presented five more. ëMaster,í he said, ëyou entrusted me with five talents. See, I have gained five more.í

The servant who had received the two talents also came and said, ëMaster, you entrusted me with two talents. See, I have gained two more.í

Finally, the servant who had received the one talent came and said, ëMaster, I knew that you are a hard man, reaping where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed.

So I was afraid and went out and hid your talent in the ground. See, you have what belongs to you.í

Then you should have deposited my money with the bankers, and on my return I would have received it back with interest.

Therefore take the talent from him and give it to the one who has ten talents.

For everyone who has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. But the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. If he does, the new piece will pull away from the old, and a worse tear will result.

And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. Instead, new wine is poured into new wineskins.”

“Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed.

And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it.