2014-51 Jesus Christ - Parable of the Sower
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| Jesus Christ |
The Parable of the Sower [Mathew 13]
1That same
day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the lake. 2 Such large crowds gathered
around him that he got into a boat and sat in it, while all the people
stood on the shore. 3 Then he told them many things in parables,
saying: “A farmer went out to sow his seed. 4 As he was scattering the
seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. 5 Some fell on rocky places,
where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was
shallow. 6 But when
the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had
no root. 7 Other
seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants. 8 Still other seed fell on
good soil, where it produced a crop—a hundred, sixty or thirty times what
was sown. 9 Whoever
has ears, let them hear.”
10 The
disciples came to him and asked, “Why do you speak to the people in parables?”
11 He
replied, “Because the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven has
been given to you, but not to them. 12 Whoever has will be given
more, and they will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what they
have will be taken from them. 13 This is why I speak to them in parables:
“Though seeing, they do not see;
though hearing, they do not hear or understand.
though hearing, they do not hear or understand.
14 In them
is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah:
“‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding;
you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.
15 For this people’s heart has become calloused;
they hardly hear with their ears,
and they have closed their eyes.
Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
hear with their ears,
understand with their hearts
and turn, and I would heal them.’[a]
you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.
15 For this people’s heart has become calloused;
they hardly hear with their ears,
and they have closed their eyes.
Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
hear with their ears,
understand with their hearts
and turn, and I would heal them.’[a]
16 But
blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear. 17 For truly I tell you, many
prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see but did not see
it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.
18 “Listen
then to what the parable of the sower means: 19 When anyone hears the
message about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes
and snatches away what was sown in their heart. This is the seed sown along the
path. 20 The seed
falling on rocky ground refers to someone who hears the word and at once
receives it with joy. 21 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. 22 The seed
falling among the thorns refers to someone who hears the word, but the worries
of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, making it
unfruitful. 23 But the
seed falling on good soil refers to someone who hears the word and understands
it. This is the one who produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty
times what was sown.”
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