The Parable of the Sower |
Mk. 4.1-9 · Lk. 8.4-8 |
1 | The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side. |
2 | And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; Lk. 5.1-3 and the whole multitude stood on the shore. |
3 | And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow; |
4 | and when he sowed, some seeds fell by the wayside, and the fowls came and devoured them up: |
5 | some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth: |
6 | and when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away. |
7 | And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them: |
8 | but other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some a hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold. |
9 | Who hath ears to hear, let him hear. |
The Purpose of the Parables |
Mk. 4.10-12 · Lk. 8.9, 10 |
10 | ¶ And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables? |
11 | He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. |
12 | For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath. Mt. 25.29 · Mk. 4.25 · Lk. 8.18 ; 19.26 |
13 | Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. |
14 | And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which saith,
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By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; |
and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive: |
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15 | for this people's heart is waxed gross,
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and their ears are dull of hearing, |
and their eyes they have closed; |
lest at any time they should see with their eyes, |
and hear with their ears, |
and should understand with their heart, |
and should be converted, and I should heal them. Is. 6.9, 10 |
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16 | But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear. |
17 | For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them. Lk. 10.23, 24 |
Jesus Explains the Parable of the Sower |
Mk. 4.13-20 · Lk. 8.11-15 |
18 | ¶ Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower. |
19 | When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the wayside. |
20 | But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it; |
21 | yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended. |
22 | He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful. |
23 | But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandethit; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. |
The 500 Biblical references to sheep and shepherding are lost on city-slickers who have never experienced the group stupidity of sheep and their individual stubbornness. Dropping Latin from the curriculum was bad enough; lack of farm experience is the real crime. How else can one explain the ovine and bovine behavior of all people, including ourselves?
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1 | Who hath believed our report? Rom. 10.16 and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed? Joh. 12.38 |
2 | For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. |
3 | He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. |
4 | ¶ Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: Mt. 8.17 yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. |
5 | But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. 1 Pet. 2.24 |
6 | All we like sheep have gone astray; 1 Pet. 2.25 we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. |
7 | ¶ He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, Rev. 5.6 and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. |
8 | He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: Acts 8.32, 33 for the transgression of my people was he stricken. |
9 | And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth. 1 Pet. 2.22 |
10 | ¶ Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand. |
11 | He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities. |
12 | Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors: Mk. 15.28 · Lk. 22.37 and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
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