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The Parable of the Sower

* The farmer went out to plant his harvest…
… the farmer sows the word of God.

* As he was scattering seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up…
… some people are like seed along the path, where the word is sown… as soon as they hear it, satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them.


* Some seed fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root…
… others, like seed sown on rocky places, hear the word and at once receive it with joy… but since they have no root, they last only a short time… when trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.

* Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants, so that they did not bear grain…
… still others, like seed sown among thorns, hear the word; but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth and the desires for other things come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful.


* Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up, grew and produced a crop, some multiplying thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times…
… others, like seed sown on good soil, hear the word, accept it, and produce a crop—some thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times what was sown.

“The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those on the outside everything is said in parables so that, ‘they may be ever seeing but never perceiving, and ever hearing but never understanding; otherwise they might turn and be forgiven!’” – j. christ