Quotes about Growth
And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.
— Luke 2:52
And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the new wine will burst the skins, the wine will spill, and the wineskins will be ruined.
— Luke 5:37
A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like his teacher.
— Luke 6:40
No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit.
— Luke 6:43
“A farmer went out to sow his seed. And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, where it was trampled, and the birds of the air devoured it.
— Luke 8:5
Some fell on rocky ground, and when it came up, the seedlings withered because they had no moisture.
— Luke 8:6
Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up with it and choked the seedlings.
— Luke 8:7
Still other seed fell on good soil, where it sprang up and produced a crop—a hundredfold.” As Jesus said this, He called out, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
— Luke 8:8
Consider how the lilies grow: They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory was adorned like one of these.
— Luke 12:27
Then Jesus told this parable: “A man had a fig tree that was planted in his vineyard. He went to look for fruit on it, but did not find any.
— Luke 13:6
So he said to the keeper of the vineyard, ‘Look, for the past three years I have come to search for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Therefore cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?’
— Luke 13:7
‘Sir,’ the man replied, ‘leave it alone again this year, until I dig around it and fertilize it.
— Luke 13:8