Again Jesus began to teach by the lake. The crowd that gathered around him was so large that he got into a boat and sat in it out on the lake, while all the people were along the shore at the water’s edge. 2 He taught them many things by parables, and in his teaching said: 3 “Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed.
THE PARABLE OF THE SOWER
SOIL#4 : GOOD SOIL
Matthew 13:8 Still other seed fell on good soil, where it produced a crop—a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown.
WHO WAS THE FARMER? Jesus WHAT IS THE SEEDS? God’s Word WHO IS THE SOIL? Human Hearts WHICH SOIL ARE YOU? Hard; rocky, thorny or good
PARABLE EXPLAINED 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.
