This word can refer either to the act of planting or to the plant itself, what has been planted. Jesus uses it metaphorically in Matthew when responding to the Pharisees' criticism of his disciples: 'Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be uprooted.' The agricultural imagery works spiritually to distinguish authentic disciples (planted by God) from false religious traditions (planted by human authority). In classical Greek the word could mean plantation, plant, or the process of planting, and Jesus draws on this agricultural familiarity to make a point about divine versus human origins.