Highlights
- What type of seed are you and am I? Seeds that: 1. fall on the path – birds 2. On rocky soil – no roots 3. On the thorns – choke 4. On good soil;
- If you are not the good soil type, choose to change; pray to God for repentance and change
Mark 4:3-20
[3]“Listen! Once there was a man who went out to sow corn.
[4]As he scattered the seed in the field, some of it fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up.
[5]Some of it fell on rocky ground, where there was little soil. The seeds soon sprouted, because the soil wasn’t deep.
[6]Then, when the sun came up, it burnt the young plants; and because the roots had not grown deep enough, the plants soon dried up.
[7]Some of the seed fell among thorn bushes, which grew up and choked the plants, and they didn’t produce any corn.
[8]But some seeds fell in good soil, and the plants sprouted, grew, and produced corn: some had thirty grains, others sixty, and others 100.”
[9]And Jesus concluded, “Listen, then, if you have ears!”
[10]When Jesus was alone, some of those who had heard him came to him with the twelve disciples and asked him to explain the parables.
[11]“You have been given the secret of the Kingdom of God,” Jesus answered. “But the others, who are on the outside, hear all things by means of parables,
[12]so that, ‘They may look and look, yet not see; they may listen and listen, yet not understand. For if they did, they would turn to God, and he would forgive them.’ ”
[13]Then Jesus asked them, “Don’t you understand this parable? How, then, will you ever understand any parable?
[14]The sower sows God’s message.
[15]Some people are like the seeds that fall along the path; as soon as they hear the message, Satan comes and takes it away.
[16]Other people are like the seeds that fall on rocky ground. As soon as they hear the message, they receive it gladly.
[17]But it does not sink deep into them, and they don’t last long. So when trouble or persecution comes because of the message, they give up at once.
[18]Other people are like the seeds sown among the thorn bushes. These are the ones who hear the message,
[19]but the worries about this life, the love for riches, and all other kinds of desires crowd in and choke the message, and they don’t bear fruit.
[20]But other people are like the seeds sown in good soil. They hear the message, accept it, and bear fruit: some thirty, some sixty, and some 100.”