Saw the good seed was scattered all about (6)
I believe the answer is:
espied
'saw' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'good seed was scattered all about' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'good' could be 'pi' (old-fashioned term for pious) and 'pi' is found within the answer.
an anagram of 'seed' is 'esed' which is present in the left over letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'the' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for espied that I've seen before include "Saw (archaic)" , "Caught sight of (poetic)" , "observed in literature" , "Watched" , "Glimpsed" .)