1That same day Jesus went out of the house
and sat by the lake. 2Such large crowds
gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat in it, while all the
people stood on the shore. 3Then he told them
many things in parables, saying: "A farmer went out to sow his seed. 4As
he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and
ate it up. 5Some fell on rocky places, where
it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow.
6But when the sun came up, the plants were
scorched, and they withered because they had no root. 7Other
seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants. 8Still
other seed fell on good soil, where it produced a crop—a hundred, sixty or
thirty times what was sown. 9He who has ears,
let him hear."
10The disciples came to
him and asked, "Why do you speak to the people in parables?"
11He replied, "The
knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but
not to them. 12Whoever has will be given
more, and he will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what he has
will be taken from him. 13This is why I speak
to them in parables:
"Though seeing, they do not see;
though hearing, they do not hear or
understand. 14In them is fulfilled the
prophecy of Isaiah:
" 'You will be ever hearing but never understanding;
you will be ever seeing but never
perceiving.
15For 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.'[Is
6:9-10] 16But blessed are
your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear. 17For
I tell you the truth, many prophets and righteous men 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: 19When
anyone hears the message about the kingdom and does not understand it, the
evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the seed
sown along the path. 20The one who received
the seed that fell on rocky places is the man who hears the word and at once
receives it with joy. 21But since he has no
root, he lasts only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of
the word, he quickly falls away. 22The one
who received the seed that fell among the thorns is the man who hears the
word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke it,
making it unfruitful. 23But the one who
received the seed that fell on good soil is the man who hears the word and
understands it. He produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times
what was sown."
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7-10, 2 Cor 9 vv 6-11,
Laws of the Harvest
The Principle
of Multiplication
Prepare before you Sow
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