1That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the lake. 2 Such large crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat in it, while all the people stood on the shore. 3 Then he told them many things in parables, saying: “A farmer went out to sow his seed. 4 As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. 5 Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. 6 But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root. 7 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants. 8 Still other seed fell on good soil, where it produced a crop—a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown. 9 Whoever has ears, let them hear.” (Matthew 13:1-9)
Here the Lord Jesus taught the parable of the Sower. The seed represent the word of God, and the soil represents the heart of man. The seeds were sown on four different kinds of soils, representing four different kinds of responses to the word of God. The seed sown on the roadside are eaten up by birds, this means that people hear the word of God but do not understand it, and the evil one, the devil comes and takes away the seed sown in their hearts. The seed sown on rocky places are those who hear the word and immediately receive it with joy, but they have no root in themselves and are only temporary. But when the sun came up, the sun represents trouble or persecution, that is when trouble or persecution occurs because of the word, they immediately fall away. The seed sown among thorns are those who hear the word, but then the worries of this world, the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires for other things come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful. The seed sown on good ground are those who hear the word and understand it. They bear fruit, some a hundredfold, some sixtyfold, and some thirtyfold.
May God bless you and your family! 🙏😊
