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Luke
  
THE PARABLE OF THE SOWER
AND THE FIELD WITH ITS FOUR KINDS
(Luke 8:4-15)
4And when a great multitude had gathered, and they had come to Him from every city, He spoke by a parable:5A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell by the wayside; and it was trampled down, and the birds of the air devoured it.6Some fell on rock; and as soon as it sprang up, it withered away because it lacked moisture. 7And some fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up with it and choked it.8But others fell on good ground, sprang up, and yielded a crop a hundredfold." When He had said these things He cried, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear!"


Do you want to hear more about grounds in Christ’s parables? Did you exactly understand his saying? His disciples did not understand Christ’s sayings exactly and profoundly, and they asked their Master to give them more explanation. Yet, the public satisfied themselves with the interesting story. They left Jesus, the Sower and did not understand their sowing, nor did they understand their own heart. A superficial man spontaneously hardens his heart and bears no fruit.